01-18-2018, 04:25 AM
CB750F, I suspect you and I are more the exception than the rule. Like you, I tend to leave most of my bikes as close to stock as possible. If I do modify them in any way, my strong preference is to stick with factory accessories. Even so, the majority of my bikes received some degree of personal touch.
The more I feel a need to modify my bike, the less enchanted with it I become; my XSR900 being a perfect example. With the lone exception of my SV650, which I modded to death and loved to death, the best bikes were the ones that didn't make me want to change anything about them, and those were rarities, indeed.
Now I'm trying to recall any bikes that I left 100% stock...
Okay, there were the two GSX-Rs, the 750 and 1000. Never touched a single thing.
Most of my Hondas were left alone, except for the two VFRs and the CBR600, which received exhaust systems. Come on, though, those high-revving V4s with the gear-driven cams were the best-sounding motors ever created. I had no choice. Such glorious music simply had to be experienced through a proper set of speakers. As for the CBR, I was just the typical idiot that wanted more power.
I left my Street Triple R alone, and one of my Kawis, the ZX-6. The ZX-9R did receive a pipe.
Whoa, come to think of it, I left both of my BMW Roadsters bone stock. Hmmm.
The CB1100? Provided the suspension truly is better on the '17 EX, the only modification I would make is the addition of Honda's heated grips. Otherwise, I wouldn't even add steel brake lines or HH pads. I'd leave her 100% stock.
The more I feel a need to modify my bike, the less enchanted with it I become; my XSR900 being a perfect example. With the lone exception of my SV650, which I modded to death and loved to death, the best bikes were the ones that didn't make me want to change anything about them, and those were rarities, indeed.
Now I'm trying to recall any bikes that I left 100% stock...
Okay, there were the two GSX-Rs, the 750 and 1000. Never touched a single thing.
Most of my Hondas were left alone, except for the two VFRs and the CBR600, which received exhaust systems. Come on, though, those high-revving V4s with the gear-driven cams were the best-sounding motors ever created. I had no choice. Such glorious music simply had to be experienced through a proper set of speakers. As for the CBR, I was just the typical idiot that wanted more power.
I left my Street Triple R alone, and one of my Kawis, the ZX-6. The ZX-9R did receive a pipe.
Whoa, come to think of it, I left both of my BMW Roadsters bone stock. Hmmm.
The CB1100? Provided the suspension truly is better on the '17 EX, the only modification I would make is the addition of Honda's heated grips. Otherwise, I wouldn't even add steel brake lines or HH pads. I'd leave her 100% stock.