The 13 Best Bike Modifications

Since the dawn of time, men have been customizing their toys. When Grok finally began making spears for his fellow cave people, I guarantee it only too Og a week before he tied a big feather to his and added on an aftermarket shaft. After all, if everybody was throwing the same spear, how were the cave women supposed to know whose spear to be impressed with? Modifying just made sense.

Thousands of years later, modification and customization are still in our blood. Changing things for the better, or at least to be different, is just what we do. Men and women alike can’t get anything for very long before they start fiddling with things to make whatever they got a little bit better than stock. We fiddled with the British monarchy and came up with American Democracy. Henry Ford fiddled with the assembly line and came up with the moving assembly line. Carol Shelby fiddled with the British roadster and came up with the AC Cobra. Modification just makes things better.

Modification is also synonymous with motorcycles. When someone shows off their bike to a new friend, one of the first questions that they get is almost guaranteed to be, “So what did you do to it?” So we started a thread asking what the best mod you’ve made is, and here are 13 of our favorite responses.

13) Uncle Chester: “Shotgun shock.”

12) David the Gnome: “Mustang wide touring seat. ”

11) Wide_Open: “The pullback risers. Pretty simple mod but they really transformed the comfort of the riding position.”

10) SoCalSoftailSlim: “I love em all. But I’ll tell you my best bang for the buck mod:

A FIAMM Freeway Blaster horn for a grand total of 15 bucks. Direct fit, simple as can be, and about 30 to 40 percent louder and deeper than the stock horn.

Money really well spent here in L.A., where a loud sounding horn can come in handy.”

9) Sling Blade NSAA: “For tailgaters at night I have a strobe led flashlight.”

8) Rootro: “Klock Werks wind shield. Simple but effective for eliminating buffeting.”

7) pastime: “LED lights all around…..”Can you see me now, jackass?!?” ”

6) DTCooper: “I’ve done lots of things to my Road King…
But the single best mod, would have to be the cruise control..
Since Harley stopped making the kit a long time ago, I had to do some serious searching and hunting to find one..
Bought a kit from the dealers in Tecumseh, Michigan..
They said “well it says on the box that it’s missing parts”.. But the module and harness are in there. We can give you 25% off since the box is open”..

I bought it, and it was missing 4 black cable ties. LOL

Excellent mod.. Makes the long trips nicer. ”

5) jluvs2ride: “Footboards on my Fat Bob.”

4) Panchorelly: “Push button gas lid release”

3) dtidwell: “Driver back-rest”

2) 2o3Cree: “Integrated garage door opener.”

1) TwinCooled: “The best mod? The next one.”