Gen 2 article by Si Hargreaves

[PieEater]

Is there such a thing as a bike that needs no mods to "sort it out" ?
Looking around different owners clubs websites you'd think not!!!  but for the rest of us normal folk, probably most bikes we buy are left well alone, including my gen2

My 11 year old bike was obviously going to need some refurbishment due to wear and tear. It was also going to need some upgrading because it wasn't designed to cope with my size and weight. The suspenson front and back was going to need tweaking to cope with my requirements. My preference for the look of the bike was to replace the screen I bought it with for another better looking one. I knew that the bikes fuelling was compromised resulting in a degredation in performance so I chose to resolve this. The standard exhaust was heavy and restrictive so I chose to replace it with one that was lighter and less restrictive. Given the choice over the unweildy and restricted bike I originally bought and the sharp handling ultra responsive bike I now own there is no competition, if "normal folk" are riding around on unmodded bikes good for them but count me lucky for being "abnormal".