If you've followed along with the print version of Motorcycle Cruiser, you may already have met our long-term Honda Shadow Aero. We've had it for several months and in the time its been in our custody, we've made a few key alterations to make it more fun to ride (Saddlemen seat, Progressive Suspension forks and shocks, and Jardine drag pipes), along with some stuff it came equipped with for our Baby Bagger Test (MC, April 2009).
While it falls to me to walk and feed it every month, we put it in our rookie rider test that's going in the October Print Edition. It seemed like a good idea at the time: introduce some new riders to customization via a lightly modified mid-size motorcycle. What could possibly go wrong?