The internet has made modding boring

[Voltaire]

Yeah I just sold my Triumph Thruxton as all the mods on that involve buying parts off internet shops......no welding, glassing, hacking, painting,grinding or dirt and grime....

Thought I'd have a go a building a classic racer.....



I had a play with some old bits I have been collecting for a few years....... http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=790873

[ellipsis]

...you could just about include most things under the premise of what you say...the world wide wank has elevated even those who can hardly read into some kind of place where,' it's all available, right here, push this button'...it does not mean to say they should push the button...all this information means 5/8 of fuck all to most i dare say...but it puts everyone on some kind of level commercial playing field...originality is a scarce and quickly stolen thing these days...

[imdying]

You're just looking in the wrong places!

[bogan]

Its a symptom of 'generation me', every muppet with an extra sticker want everyone to look at how cool his bike is, so the web is plastered with this crap. The best way to weed out the rubbish, is to get a bike with class; classy bike, classy mods!

[onearmedbandit]

Who really cares? If someone considers 'modding' to be a tail tidy, crash bungs etc then that's fine. At the end of the day, the bike is still 'modified' from the way it left the factory. Modifying isn't restricted to making something unique. If it is unique, then I would call it 'uniquely modified'.

[ducatilover]

My GN has polished levers and a welded on gear lever, plus a modified compression ratio and ability for the rings to seal. I'm sure I've done some mods on something before though

[Katman]

I have no interest in modding bikes.

To me, taking an old classic and restoring it to original condition is far more rewarding.

[Voltaire]

I have no interest in modding bikes.

To me, taking an old classic and restoring it to original condition is far more rewarding.

Your right about its more rewarding to restore an old classic but there are plenty of Japanese bikes out there dying to be bobbed...

[Brian d marge]

I have no interest in modding bikes.

To me, taking an old classic and restoring it to original condition is far more rewarding.

eeeeewwwwwwwwww

Stephen

NSU quickly ...should never see a new lease of life

[Katman]

NSU quickly ...should never see a new lease of life

Not quite the sort of 'old classic' I had in mind.

[Brian d marge]

remember these .......If I screwed up I got to work on these ,,,,later it was the Honda H100



yuckiee pooos

Stephen

[Silage]

Well the tail (with numberplate and reflector) fell off my DRZ so after finding the (trampelled) number plate it was ground and cut and screwed on higher up - does that count?
Also got an after market screen and shockie bleeders. All a bit extreme eh

[98tls]

Yeah I just sold my Triumph Thruxton as all the mods on that involve buying parts off internet shops......no welding, glassing, hacking, painting,grinding or dirt and grime....

Thought I'd have a go a building a classic racer.....



I had a play with some old bits I have been collecting for a few years....... http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=790873

Great read that mate,awesome work indeed,and your having fun.On ya.

[tigertim20]

You need to search the bucket threads

Rsv1000 front end onto a cbr250 frame is the latest mod retaining the cbr250 wheel.

Or a home built trailer.

yes, the bucket loads are a definite exception!! mad buggers!

What's boring is these guys who have a CNC at home and don't have to work for a living - they turn out mind boggling work, and their bikes are pieces of art that never get ridden.

thats not boring, its fucking criminal!

What about the cool stuff folks like ducatilover and Bogan are doing?.. I think it's probably a case of business as usual in terms of number of people doing interesting mods, it's just that with the internet providing such a ready medium for everyone and their dog to throw up a build thread or page, you hear a lot more about the boring cookie-cutter mods where in days gone by you'd only hear about it if it were new or interesting. In short, cool modding is probably still being done, you just have to wade through a bunch of boring crap to find the interesting ones.

I dont honestly know much about what bogan has been up to, but I have kept an eye on Ducatilovers build, and I find his efforts to be quite inspirational, a great job done by that man, well, boy.

Hear what your saying Tim,am guilty of most of the off the shelf stuff myself inclusive of aftermarket rims,lets face it i couldnt have made them myself and of all the things ive done to my old S its the rims that made the most noticeable difference.As for not off the shelf stuff fitting GSXR forks/radials is a little different and very worthwhile.

yes, the latter example is great! you did create a gorgeous bike though!

You're just looking in the wrong places!

probably! but it seems like alot of the really cool stuff goes unmentioned.

I think what Im getting at is the difference between modding, and accessorizing, - it seems that these days people confuse the latter for the prior. I think if its off the shelf, bolt on, its an acessory, may very well be a worthy accessory, but still.

I made the thread in response to a post on another forum. Some dude posted up about his 'build thread'. it wasnt a build, it was a list of the most inanely boring, generic items that go on virtually every bike, a tail tidy, integrated tail light, aftermarket levers, and rearsets, with a slipon. I realised that that it the basis of probably 95% of the build threads out there. There are those like ducatilover, and carbonar1 who work tirelessly to create a truly unique example of bike pron, and I love that stuff, Im just sick off 'ohh look at my boring piece of shot with my boring generic parts on it that I call a custom build'. Im guilty of buying plenty of the same shit myself, dont get me wrong, but fuck, we're kiwis, ingenuity and being different is kind of our thing right?

I thought mayeb this could be a bit of a show and tell of the shit we have all dont with our bikes - Hayd3n's hornet has had a few very unique little touches that have made it a standout from any other hornet, for example. not a lot of money, just patience and thought.

[BurningPlastic]

I'm moving over to Canada in a few months for a while, and one thing I'm looking forward to is only having to worry about a bi-yearly emissions check - no WOF or rego to deal with. I'm aiming to pick up a cheap bike or two and do some proper mod-work without having to worry about things not being in compliance to the various regulations and so on... My biggest worry here is doing something and then finding out that I've contravened a regulation and have to redo it to get the bike legal again.