did you just buy a motorcycle and come to the same realization that everyone eventually comes to when the end of the month rolls around and they open their wallets to find it dustier than your old vhs collection probably otherwise why are you here all right it popped up on your youtube feed when you were dumping up the john at the office to get away from the misery at the cubicle farm for a few sweet minutes no it's okay i see how it is while we're here together on the toilet you might as well have a quick chat with me about saving some cash on motorcycles you see they're not the money-saving virtuosos that some people say they are sure you might not have to pay to park them and they do run a little bit more fuel efficient than the average sedan but you've probably picked up one as a second vehicle maybe assuming that splitting the mileage between a car and a bike would drive down the cost of both i'm sorry to say but you are wrong at the very least it'll take years for a motorcycle to pay for itself in savings alone you'd probably need to ride the bike for like NUMBER_TOKEN years but there are a few ways to save cash if you know how to do it so today i'm gonna do just that no need to thank me i do it because i love you let's start off with the fun one today modding your motorcycle is a great way to make it fit you better sound nicer or even handle a little bit better but the question is do you actually need to modify your bike sure if it's quiet and you want it to be loud you're going to have to swap your exhaust out but before you do it's worth taking a look online of seeing if someone else has figured out a way to maybe drill out some of the baffling in your stockpipe or doing something more on the cheap at the end of the day an aftermarket pipe is just a slightly flashier and louder version of your stock exhaust so if you can't live without the looks drilling with the baffle out is usually a great alternative that doesn't cost you a dime but how about the handling surely you need to swap to olins and new fork oil and you might as well add a steering damper in the shopping cart while you're at it too right well no when's the last time you checked your suspension settings maybe your bike only has preload but then you have no excuse not to set it up from the factory most motorcycles are sprung for a person about my size NUMBER_TOKEN about NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN pounds so if you're under or over the stock settings might be too harsh or too soft a few clicks of preload can really change the way a bike handles because it means your rear end doesn't squat so much under your weight if you got fully adjustable suspension setting it up for your weight can completely alter the feeling of your motorcycle especially if you bought it used and it's got the previous owner settings you don't need to mod your bike to make it feel better a good setup might be all you need and help just invest in some good tires and make sure they're pumped up to the right psi that'll do your wonders but you know it's a nice mod that'll actually improve your riding experience rock form my dude they've got the best cases
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