[gizzo]

Hell, I was being kind. Pretty sure we're mostly a bunch of wrinkly Boomers.

My dad's a boomer. Gen X whipper-snapper, me. Too old for a skateboard but too young for a Mal (but ride both anyway).

[Breezin]

I'm a boomer (just), and my next task is to find out what the hell Aleve is! 

[Morgan65]

Does anybody in any motorcycle forum actually ride?  According to some, we're all pimply millenials posting from our mom's basement!

Yes I do ride most every day year round. I’ve ridden my motorcycle in all fifty states and in all of the ten Canadian Provinces. With one exception Hawaii I rented a HD Street Glide for two days. For my long distance riding I’ve used a Moto Guzzi now retired, for the last ten years I now ride Harley Davidsons. Do I come to look or post on motorcycle forums every day or week? NO, I would rather ride than talk about riding.

[zimmemr]

Does anybody in any motorcycle forum actually ride?  According to some, we're all pimply millenials posting from our mom's basement!

I don't ride every day, but I do something related to motorcycles or riding every day.

[viczena]

Its an old thread, but nearly 30% increase of low rpm torque is impressive. HP dont do much for fun and ridability, torque does.

[wachuko]

I am just happy I joined this forum recently. I have a problem with not wanting to own any vehicle or motorcycle "stock". Ton of knowledge here... All that is missing is a couple beers between us.

Going to go spend some money on +1hp more.

Welcome to the forum!!  Why not go for the full 5HP increase?   

[GravyDavy]

I'm a boomer (just), and my next task is to find out what the hell Aleve is! 

Naproxen sodium

[Breezin]

Naproxen sodium

Thanks. My education continues...

[BlackIce619]

Does anybody in any motorcycle forum actually ride?  According to some, we're all pimply millenials posting from our mom's basement!

Yes! How else do you learn all the upgrades you want/need? I do have the interest to take this out to track or ride aggressively in the mountains. At the moment stock tires don't give me that comfort as of yet.

[GravyDavy]

Yes! How else do you learn all the upgrades you want/need? I do have the interest to take this out to track or ride aggressively in the mountains. At the moment stock tires don't give me that comfort as of yet.

The stock tires were clearly chosen strictly for the look. Nearly everybody reports that replacing them makes a clear improvement.

[YellowDuck]

Great thread.  I've been on both sides of the fence.  Modded the **** out of a Ducati Sport Classic to try to turn it into a competent race bike (total suspension, steering damper, wheels, brakes, track bodywork, intake pods, exhaust, fuel map, pegs, controls, probably a bunch more stuff I have forgotten).  A bunch of that I would have done even if I wasn't racing it because honestly, at that time I enjoyed wrenching almost as much as riding.

This bike (once it arrives), is about just having a sweet little road bike to go riding on, mostly with my teenage daughter on her CBR250R.  No time for spinning wrenches these days really.  It will do exactly what I want it to do in 100% stock form, and look good doing it.

Both are perfectly legitimate ways of enjoying this hobby.  To each their own.

(But honestly, given my past irrational compulsion to needlessly modify perfectly good bikes, I may need to join a support group to stick to the above plan.  Can we start a thread for that?)

[olhogrider]

Hell, I was being kind. Pretty sure we're mostly a bunch of wrinkly Boomers.

But Aye, Lads, to bed! For we rise at daybreak!

and then pee and go back to bed for a couple of hours to let the Aleve kick in

Damn! I thought I had the camera turned off on this computer!

[CPJS]

Great thread.  I've been on both sides of the fence.  Modded the **** out of a Ducati Sport Classic to try to turn it into a competent race bike (total suspension, steering damper, wheels, brakes, track bodywork, intake pods, exhaust, fuel map, pegs, controls, probably a bunch more stuff I have forgotten).  A bunch of that I would have done even if I wasn't racing it because honestly, at that time I enjoyed wrenching almost as much as riding.

This bike (once it arrives), is about just having a sweet little road bike to go riding on, mostly with my teenage daughter on her CBR250R.  No time for spinning wrenches these days really.  It will do exactly what I want it to do in 100% stock form, and look good doing it.

Both are perfectly legitimate ways of enjoying this hobby.  To each their own.

(But honestly, given my past irrational compulsion to needlessly modify perfectly good bikes, I may need to join a support group to stick to the above plan.  Can we start a thread for that?)

Join that support group now, you will need it.
My bets are on you wanting to fix the suspension before the first service.

[Jack Straw]

I've been modding my vehicles forever....since my first bicycle (it sure looked cool with that chopped front fender).  My present Interceptor is no exception but honestly the bike is so good I could happily go back to bone stock with the exception of the tires and
seat and be quite happy with it.

[ideola]

Think I measured the runner length in the airbox at 9 1/2"with a total of 14" to the valves. Cut that total intake length to 11-12" and you get over 50hp without loosing anything (very little) on the bottom.

That HP curve is 99.8% because of the stock 14" intake length

Duly noted...