As much as I love my DRZ, it’s not perfect from the factory. In fact, I already had some things in mind before I bought it. The stock tail light is butt-ugly and needs to go. Lots of other little things, some obvious and some not so obvious. The nice thing about simple bikes is they’re easy to modify and make your own. In no particular order, here are some of the things I want to change…
- Lighting: like I said, the factory tail light and turn signals are fugly so they’ll be the first to go. I also want to replace the headlight for brightness and maybe better looks.
- Protection: at least case protectors and a folding shift knob, maybe a skid plate.
- Fuel system: replace the factory gas tank and petcock, remove the charcoal canister.
- Performance:
FMF Power Bomb pipe, Q4 muffler, 3×3 the airbox, and FCX 39 carb. Maybe a big bore kit (?) (Update: could not find a Q4 exhaust system, so I bought a Yoshi RS2 system with carbon fiber muffler) - Misc: Foot pegs, rear rack, high output stator, hand guards, “loctite fix”, gearing, chain, front fender, graphics…
And of course, riding the piss out of it. That’s it for now, keep the shiny side up.