Customizing

[Badbob]

I find the idea that you are customizing your bike, gun, car or anything else when you buy something in a box or bag and bolt it on some what annoying.

I my opinion if you can buy it and bolt it on it's not custom its accessorized. If you cut, drill, weld or fabricate something that didn't exist before its customized.

I have added a Suzuki Sissy Bar and a MC Enterprises Full Engine Guard to my 2005 GZ250. This is not customized. I also have stainless steel saddle bag guards that were fabricated for the GZ250. Since these are basically just copies of the Suzuki versions I do not consider this customized.

I if I were to fabricate mounting brackets/mount points and add my own hard bags that I made from something else, this I would consider customized.

Changing handle bars I consider to be adjusting you bike to fit you or perhaps in some cases (ape hangers) a fashion statement.

Anyone care to weigh in on this?

I would hate to think I'm the only one who feels this way.

[Dupo]

Makes sense to me. Completely agree with you. There is certainly a difference between custom and accessories.

[Edy]

That sure does make some sence to me aswell. From all the looking that I've done for the GZ, it seems that for just about anything it's over priced. Plus you'd feel like you've truly done something new if you have made the part from scratch, and more often then not (my own experence) save money in hte process.

[Bill]

I agree. I also find it annoying that motorcycle manufacturers make mass produced custom motorcycles. This is just a marketing ploy. If they make more than one then it is not custom. Special edition - OK. Just not custom.

Cheers!

[Badbob]

Its not just motorcycles. Computer manufactures do this as well.