When I first got the bike in august I was so pumped to have a bike I could ride on the road(legally that is). I swore up and down to the wife that I would trade my quad in for it and leave it stock and not mess with it. Well my desire/necessity to modify and tinker with the things I own didn't last long. Ended up doing and exhaust within two months, a booster plug a month later and now the intake mod. Just finished up blacking out the plain white plastics tonight. Want a unique look for my strada, plus I used plasti dip so it's not permanent and can be peeled off whenever. Anyone that has some insight on other mods or things to do please feel free to comment. This is my first road bike so everything is a new learning curve and very to eager to keep learning about these things. I do want to make a shout out to the people who originally did the intake mod and say a huge thank you, I only ride on the road and have 2.5k miles on it and still had a undesired amount of dirt and dust in the throttle body. Here are some pictures of when I got it to now;
This is with the new box I got from Walmart, didn't feel the need spending several hundred dollars on one. Also got the exhaust from screaming Demon installed as well.
Here's what I finished tonight with the plasti dip. I really like how it turned out, just did the plain white in black.
Looks good and somewhat unique :-) Suggested Mods - Further info on all these is available on this forum. Lose the oversize Licence Plate Holder. Drill swinging arm to release trapped water. Move the AIT sensor to the front of the bike, I suggest inside the air intake on the right hand side. This is particularly necessary with the Pod mod as the air entering the Engine is not actually passing over the sensor any longer so you have false high readings to the ECU. Perform the Cannisterectomy if not already done so. Reroute the Clutch cable to prevent chafing issues. Drop the front sprocket to 15T and see how much fun it is to ride then. Enjoy !!
Regarding the swing arm drilling. you may not have to do it. I drilled mine, and then noticed that there is already a hole that goes through to where the chain adjuster is. poked a bit of wire in there and it definitely goes all the way through.
not to hijack the thread but whats the deal on the HIBOY is there a lowboy if its got wheels im on it i hear people say [oh i like hiboy fords ] WTH is a hiboy i already had my ford 4x4 and it wasn't a hiboy
Factory f250 long beds came with tall suspension back in the late 60's and into the 70's. Much taller than a F100 was stock. Those F250's were known as high boys.
I would think that you should buy chocolates,flowers and a dinner for your wife and not mention your earlier promise especially when more mods are on the way. Robert-Jan
