Modifying a Motorcycle 1980s Era Bikes are the best Choice
Motorcycles seem to be getting more and more popular. Not only are there more on the roads during the warm “riding” season, more and more are on the road when the weather turns bad. Both in cold weather as well when it is raining.
Are more people enjoying the freedom of the open road? Did the price of gas finally push them over the brink? Whatever the reason, there are more bikes.
While the majority of the motorcycles that you will see will be factory, or stock which means they were bought the way you see them, more and more people are becoming wrench turners.
Motorcycles are easier to work on than a car is. The motor is basically the same but smaller and has less accessories. You can also walk around the bike to get to a part instead of crawling under the car or removing half of the engine.
What does all of this mean? More and more riders are buying motorcycles and customizing them into a creation that they can call their own.
Because of this, there is a particular type of bike that has risen to the forefront of modified motorcycles. It may seem like a strange kind of bike, but it is the 1980s era metric bike (the slang term for Japanese imports, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha). Why are these the preferred bikes to modify?
If you look at bikes that are older, they are classics and cost more to buy in the first place. If you get a bike that was made in the 90s or newer, they get more complicated with computer controls and fuel injection. This becomes much more complicated to do the home wrench turning on them.
Because the 1980s era bikes fall directly in the never-never land between the two, you can pick them up cheap. Usually for less than $500.00. On top of that, when you are self modifying, you don't always go to a motorcycle shop for parts or the local Autozone. You will findpartslaying around that will work for what you need to get done.
This is the basis of customizing a motorcycle. You find parts (not always made for your bike of choice) that will fit with a little bit of swearing and sweat (and many times some blood). When you have the bike finished, you will love the bike so much more than the guy that went to a Harley Davidson showroom and picked out a completed bike and call it their own (along with all the other people who like the same bike).
1980s era bikes are easy to work on. They are old school but cheaper than the classics. Themodificationsthat you can do are literally endless. You can take a crotch rocket and build a chopper or bobber (and still have the original power of the motor of the sport bike).
This has been becoming more and more popular. Riders like to do the work themselves, it gives you a sense of pride to look at the bike and release that you built it. Not only did you build it, you didn't break the bank to do it.
1980s metric bikes are the preferred bike for those people that don't have thousand to spend on the more expensive brands of motorcycle.
If you want to try your hand at building a bike, these are the ones to start with. If you are experienced, it is still the bike to pick. Even if you totally mess it up, you can either try again or just start over. The low price of these bikes make it totally possible. They are easy to work on. No real computer components and a 10mm wrench and a cross head screw driver can pretty much tear the bike apart and put it back together again.
If you are going to modify a motorcycle, this the bike you should choose. It is inexpensive and easy to work on.
