Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

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Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Post by FritzPinguin »

This is V 1.0 of the highway bars my friend attached to his PCX. Personally I don't like the look too much, but it is his bike. What I like is the coloured touch to the exhaust protector and the seat. The wheels are just sprayed silver, looks not bad. He got the transmission "enhanced", too. From standstill his 125 goes off like my 150, but she runs rougher and gulps gas at a higher rate (+20%).
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Getting a bit rusty, we had a lot of flooding in the last weeks.
Getting a bit rusty, we had a lot of flooding in the last weeks.
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Look at the wheels and the seat
Look at the wheels and the seat
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Easy paintjob, but looks nice
Easy paintjob, but looks nice
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Sideview of the seat. It took 4 visits at the shop to get it done like this.
Sideview of the seat. It took 4 visits at the shop to get it done like this.
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Detail of the work. The pins are still in the seat, but he is riding alone most times.
Detail of the work. The pins are still in the seat, but he is riding alone most times.
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Bike history: Germany: Staiger 50cc 2-stroke, BMW 250 (from 1952, my age), Honda Dax ST70, Honda CB 125 (Twin), Honda CB 750, Kawa Z400j
Thailand: Kawa Zephyr 400, Honda Wave 110 S, Kawa ZX130, PCX 150 (as far as I can remember)
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Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

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That looks pretty nice, thanks for sharing. But I have to wonder, don't these bars make the PCX way too wide? I was in Phuket a few months ago and did some riding on a smaller Honda scooter, and from my experience I'd rather have a narrow scooter for the traffic there than an extra wide one!
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Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

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Actually, the bars extend not further than the mirrors. But you have to be careful when passing cars waiting at a traffic light, especially near high sidewalks.
Bike history: Germany: Staiger 50cc 2-stroke, BMW 250 (from 1952, my age), Honda Dax ST70, Honda CB 125 (Twin), Honda CB 750, Kawa Z400j
Thailand: Kawa Zephyr 400, Honda Wave 110 S, Kawa ZX130, PCX 150 (as far as I can remember)
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Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

Post by maddiedog »

Wow, those stick way out. It almost looks like they'd grind when deep in a corner.

Still cool though. They'd be awesome for comfort on long trips.
Currently ride: 2011 Honda PCX 125 - Upgraded windshield and seat, keeping this one mostly stock
Previously rides: 2005 V-Strom DL650, 1974 Vespa Ciao, 2011 Honda PCX 170 (tons of mods - takegawa 170cc big bore kit, gears, etc), 1996 Honda Nighthawk 250, 1987 Honda Spree, 2000 KTM 125SX, 2003 Honda Silverwing, 2007 Genuine Buddy 125, 1998 Honda PC800, 2008 Buddy 125 (white), 2008 Buddy 125 (red), 2001 Honda Reflex, 1987 Honda Elite, 1988 Honda Spree, 2007 Yamaha Vino, 2007 Honda Metro, 2x 125cc pure-chinesium dirt bikes
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Re: Home-made Highway Bars and other mods

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sweeet. Love how it looks mate. good place to put em feet on a long ride.
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