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Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:42 am
by FritzPinguin
This is V 1.0 of the highway bars my friend attached to his PCX. Personally I don't like the look too much, but it is his bike. What I like is the coloured touch to the exhaust protector and the seat. The wheels are just sprayed silver, looks not bad. He got the transmission "enhanced", too. From standstill his 125 goes off like my 150, but she runs rougher and gulps gas at a higher rate (+20%).
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Getting a bit rusty, we had a lot of flooding in the last weeks.
Getting a bit rusty, we had a lot of flooding in the last weeks.
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Look at the wheels and the seat
Look at the wheels and the seat
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Easy paintjob, but looks nice
Easy paintjob, but looks nice
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Sideview of the seat. It took 4 visits at the shop to get it done like this.
Sideview of the seat. It took 4 visits at the shop to get it done like this.
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Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:36 pm
by Fiah
That looks pretty nice, thanks for sharing. But I have to wonder, don't these bars make the PCX way too wide? I was in Phuket a few months ago and did some riding on a smaller Honda scooter, and from my experience I'd rather have a narrow scooter for the traffic there than an extra wide one!

Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:59 pm
by FritzPinguin
Actually, the bars extend not further than the mirrors. But you have to be careful when passing cars waiting at a traffic light, especially near high sidewalks.

Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:44 pm
by maddiedog
Wow, those stick way out. It almost looks like they'd grind when deep in a corner.

Still cool though. They'd be awesome for comfort on long trips.

Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:21 pm
by PCXsouthernclub
sweeet. Love how it looks mate. good place to put em feet on a long ride.