Northwest Cycle News

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Bike Maintenance and Upgrades

By John Davis • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Blog Posts

I’m trying to beat the Spring rush to get my bike ready for the riding season. I have scheduled a full maintenance visit with a mechanic and ordered a few upgrades and farkles to install while the bike is down.

First up is a re-worked seat. The stock seat has never been great. I have heard good things about Mean City’s upgrades and, for the price, figured I should give them a try. I sent my seats off for the Double Memory Foam upgrade. In case there is an outbreak of sun, I arranged to borrow a stock seat so I can still get some riding in while I wait.

I am also having a set of Progressive fork springs installed. From what I hear, this is a must-have upgrade on the VTX and greatly improves ride and handling. I can’t wait to see how the bike rides with these springs installed.

On the farkle front, I have a set of Kuryakyn deep dish bezels for the turn signals, a chrome cover for the rear brake caliper, and, last but not least, a 139 dB Stebel air horn. That ought to wake up the cagers!

Anybody else doing upgrades?

John Davis is the owner, editor and publisher of Northwest Cycle News. John also owns and writes for MotoSkagit.com and is the administrator for the Washington 120 State Park Tour. In addition to his own sites, John is a contributing author for MotorcycleLife.com and Motorcyclebloggers.com. He lives in Mount Vernon, WA and rides a candy-red Honda VTX1800 Retro.
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