There isn?t a bike in the world that is absolutely perfect. Ok, one or two are quite close and most modern bikes are very capable of doing everything well. But thanks to manufacturers developing bikes to please the majority, not to mention jump through various legislative hoops dependant on where in the world the bikes are to be sold, they can always be improved upon. And certainly made ?your own?. The first thing you need to do when you buy a bike is order some 44T stickers from the official 44teeth.com shop to bling up the bikes livery and support your favourite motorcycle website. But that goes without saying. When you?re ready to seriously improve the performance of your bog-stock motorbike, there are a handful of things that you definitely need to think about. Here?s a list of our top five.
No 5. Exhaust

This is an no-brainer, and an easy one. Euro5 regs have got a firm chokehold on modern bikes and it tends to be the exhaust that bears the brunt of the mechanical castration. You?ll find umpteen catalytic converters, lambda sensors and Christ knows what clogging the thing up. There?s little wonder why bikes are coming out of factories with such big ugly exhausts. A full system can quickly and easily bin all that nonsense off. And it?ll give you more power, less weight and a much more tuneful engine note.

Most of the gubbins tends to be in the link pipe and end can. That means you can usually save yourself a few quid by leaving the standard headers on. ...