It was about time I moved up in the cc department for my daily driver. So when I saw the listing of this 2013 Suzuki Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S. I had to take it. The bike had only 16,000km and it was in top notch condition. I loved the already blacked out look of it and figured now was the time.

The bike came equipped for touring with saddle bags, pillion seat, highway pegs, and a windshield. I knew I was going to be riding it mostly in the city, so the first order of business was to strip it from the touring package. Thats when the brilliant idea came to mind to build the BOSS bobber.

First on the list was removing the windshield. It is held in place by 2 screws on either side.

After removing those the windshield comes off easily. However the mounting brackets that the screws attached to still remain. And they are not the prettiest sight.

The top brackets were attached with alan key screws, that screwed in directly into the top yolk of the fork. The bottom ones were a bit more involved to remove. They were also attached with alan key screws, however they were bolted to the bottom yolk of the fork and covered by the black plastic between the turn signals. In order to get to them i had to unscrew the headlight so that I can lift it a bit and unscrew them. Once removed the front end looked a lot cleaner.

Next on the list of things to remove were the saddle bags. They were very straight forward to remove. 4 alan key screws on the inside of each of the bags held them to the frames.

The frames themselves were also very easy to remove. They are held by 3 screws to the frame of the bike, and a 4th screw connecting a rod between the two sides.

With the frames off the back of the bike started to look a lot cleaner. Also much narrower, which is what I like.

Soon after the bags I removed the engine guard bars with the highway pegs on them. The bottom bolt that technically holds the floor boards bolted to the frame as well, was crazy tight on there. I believe there was a ton of loctite put on it as well. Finally I took off the little rack on the back of the sissy bar as well, and gave the bike a bit of a wipe just to get that gloss black showing a bit more. All in all very happy with the purchase, it will be my long term project. I am hoping to turn it into serious soft tail bobber. Get some ape hangers on it, a better sissy bar, do something about the overly bulky fenders, etc. Stay tuned for more of this series on youtube.