One of the joys of owning a cruiser is “making it your own” — and it seems that the job is never finished. I’ve been slowly customizing my 06′ Star Roadliner (1900cc and 113 cubic inches of pure happiness) over the last year.

Here’s where she’s at today:

Performance mods — the idea was to open up the bike to really let it breath and take full advantage of that giant air-cooled V-twin… more air in, more air out.

• Replaced stock pipes with Hard-Krome 3″ Big Straights (loud? you bet your ass they are)
• Patrick Racing Big Air Kit
• Power Commander III Fuel Injection Module
• Stainless steel braided brake, throttle, and clutch lines, which perform infinitely better than the stock rubber lines.

Comfort mods — The Roadliner is a big, stretched out bike with some extra wide handlebars. If you’re 6′ 3″ or taller, than it probably fits you just right. If you’re a bit shorter like me, than you’ve gotta make a few changes to make it fit you just right…

• Corbin Classic Close Solo seat — stock motorcycle seats are notoriously uncomfortable, and usually the first thing that riders change. This seat dropped me 2 inches lower and about an inch and a half closer to the bars.

• Corbin Fleetliner Saddlebags — because this bike is my everyday ride and commuter, I need to be able to carry stuff with me, like my rain gear, gym clothes, lap top, etc. These bags are some of the biggest on the market. And Corbin did a fantastic job designing the bags to match the lines on the Roadliner.
• Baron’s Risers — added new handlebar risers which brought the bars back almost 2 inches while only raising them about half an inch.

Cosmetic mods — because you can never have enough chrome

• Chrome luggage rack — I removed the passenger pillion and replaced it with a chrome luggage rack. My wife has her own motorcycle, so she never rides on mine with me. Having my bike set up for solo riding prevents me from being able to give my girlfriends a ride.
• Küryakyn Chrome lay-down license plate frame — because the stock license plate frame was butt-ugly.
• Yamaha Chrome Front Fender Rail — before I added the front fender rail, the front end just looked naked and too insignificant.
• Cycle Sounds Chrome Premium Sound System with 3 inch Speakers and amplifier

Next on the agenda — Küryakyn grips, new mirrors, throttle lock, running lights, Run-Turn-Brake controller, and chrome floor boards.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Trackback |