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Old Dec 25, 2010 | 10:17 AM
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Congrats on the new scooter. Ride her for a while and get to know her, she'll tell you what she wants. Like said a few times before, nothing cheap about customizing your bike. Some cheap and easy mods though. Ride safe.
 
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Old Dec 25, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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welcome to the addiction,
Depending apon what skills you have, you can fab a lot of things yourself.
One free thing you can do is to run your hand control wires inside the handlebar itself. It will clean up the looks a little and just requires a little time to do. Get creative
 
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Old Dec 25, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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agree with the others... ride awhile and you will figure out what you should change.
imo also depends on whether you are taking it on the big road or just around town-
i have just finished about everything i wanted to do to mine- great around town and can also take this bike on trips (windshield and bags come off in less than 5 minutes):

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php...age&img=754956
 
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 03:36 AM
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Yep ... inexpesive,rand to dollar exchange rather poor and the shipping is a bitch,So even drag bars were unavailible over the counter out here
so all of my mods i've done by..myself using bits and pieces scrounged or availible at the hardware store.H

















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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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