Well, it's been about 2 months that I've had the V-Rod now, so I thought it would be a good idea to post a few pics of the changes I've made to it so far.
Before - master cylinder caps with sight glass:
After - smooth
Before - tall sissy bar:
After - a little bit smaller:
Before - grey ugly calipers!
Almost there:
After! That's a little better:
Don't worry, the rear caliper matches the fronts:
And a few scenic shots:
More pictures soon!
love it, great pics.
| '89 Z24 Auto | '99 Prelude 5spd | '04 GS500F | '05 HD 883L |
Nice V-Rod,tight bike and nice shiny upgrades!!!
15.2@89mph 2.171 60ft. 9.830 1/8 R.I.P. "LULU"
nice i have a v-rod night rod as my background i love how they are, but big money!
That my friend is a sexy bike.
Though I must admit, I liked the tall sissy bar! It's a debate for me.
I like it, but I think it could use a few shiny black accents. Powdercoat something and throw it on.
if i were to own a harley, id own that one right there
I really like those v-rods...I'm a fan of the night rod though...but that is a very nice looking bike.
Teh Thread Merger wrote:I like it, but I think it could use a few shiny black accents.
I thought so also, I want to have a bike with a purpose, not just a "let's see how many chrome bolt-ons I can add to my bike and think it looks good" rolling catastrophe that too many people have. So, I switched out the grips.
These are the ones that were on the bike when I bought it:
Here's the ones I switched to:
They are a lot more comfortable, plus they tie in with the footpegs and brake and shifter pegs (they are all from the Harley "Aileron" collection).
I think over the winter while I have some down time, I'm going to take the rear shocks apart, cut them down an inch, and get the springs powdercoated black. Either that, or buy a set of Progressive shocks with black springs. That's one other area of the bike that I think is a little bit overloaded with chrome, between the belt guards and swingarm and exhaust pipes, and I think blacked-out shocks would look good.
Joe Schulte wrote:Though I must admit, I liked the tall sissy bar! It's a debate for me.
Me too, like them both. That isn't the best picture of the mini sissy bar, it looks better when you view it with the whole bike. But, I got both here, and it's a matter of 5 minutes to switch from one to the other, so I can't lose either way
Anyway, thanks for all the comments. I'm gonna try to get some more scenic pictures tomorrow, this work thing has been kicking my ass lately!
