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Old Mar 6, 2024 | 01:40 PM
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Bloody love this thing. Nice to get out for a few hours today.

Added the killer customs lower fork covers at the weekend as well as custom
caliper inserts. Also added black clutch/brake lever pins but you can’t see them in these pictures.


Bars are so nice to ride with and the gauge is real easy to read.
Phone mount also works perfectly.

Just a few more bits to ‘black out’ now. Lower rockers and rear pulley and a few bolts here and there.





 
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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 04:17 AM
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Hi all, just wondering if anyone else has switch the front fender around, personally I like the look of it this way and there’s more protection for the oil cooler.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 09:18 AM
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Sharknado ON!!!!I'm liking it.




 
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Old Mar 19, 2024 | 10:46 AM
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Really like that front fender that way, is it just a unbolt and flip?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2024 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by murphc13
Sharknado ON!!!!I'm liking it.


@murphc You bike looks fantastic with the Sharknado. I bought the Sharknado for my Fat Bob but it arrived cracked. Sent it back for a refund and kept the Memphis Shades. Really wish I gave the Sharknado another try. Those Viking bags look perfect as well. I have the stock exhaust so bag options are limited.
 

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Old Mar 20, 2024 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Calif Fat Bob
@murphc You bike looks fantastic with the Sharknado. I bought the Sharknado for my Fat Bob but it arrived cracked. Sent it back for a refund and kept the Memphis Shades. Really wish I gave the Sharknado another try. Those Viking bags look perfect as well. I have the stock exhaust so bag options are limited.
They're not Biking bags they are SW Motech from Germany.Its actually for a Street Bob but fits our bike fine with the hold fast luggage.
The Memohis Shades wouldn't fit my bike with the bigger bigg.Would have been a hell of a lot cheaper if it did lol.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2024 | 06:45 AM
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Funny, I am always going back and forth about trading my FB for a LRST, but just love the chunky look and rideability of the FB. need a tail bag so I can carry my laptop to work but don't want to ruin the look of the bike with it.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2024 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by johnnyhumble
Funny, I am always going back and forth about trading my FB for a LRST, but just love the chunky look and rideability of the FB. need a tail bag so I can carry my laptop to work but don't want to ruin the look of the bike with it.
why not putting your laptop in a backpack?
 
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Because I am lazy...
 
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Old Mar 30, 2024 | 07:09 AM
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I spend so much time on this bike going back and forth to work and I change it a lot trying to find the perfect combination, I had been contemplating trading both bikes in and getting the LRST as it seems to be best of both...but the more I research, the more I realize I already have the best of all worlds and I should just put a tailbag and rack set up on the FB.
 
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