Winter work in progress....new pic.

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Feb 6, 2008 | 07:53 AM

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Chipstah

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Man, muddy, that looks awesome and love the idea of lower bars - clip-ons would look cool, but maybe not very comfortable!

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:16 AM

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rickshog

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Ok... where did you get the wheels and how much were they.. Look sharp!!

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:23 AM

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hammerhead

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Hey Muddy, I agree with Jackyl stay with the apes!! How were theneck bearings to deal with switchin out the trees...Bitch?
What are ya using for a fender with that nice big 21"
Gonna look sweet...i'm lookin foward to the finished pics

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:25 AM

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hammerhead

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Oh yeah don't forget the 2" tank lift

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:30 AM

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Muddyape

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

The front rim is BlackBike Wheels in Northridge, CA. It was $782? Complete. But after pricing out a WG hub (went to WG trees as I mentioned) with 21" rim, powdercoating it, buying stainless steel spokes, having it built and buying a tire it was like $650-700 anyways (if I bought new). Besides this is 3.5" wide with a 120 instead of 2.15" wide with a 90. The rear is OEM 17" thats coming off for powdercoat, I just bought Buchanan SS spokes for the rear (same as front) and putting a Metz 170/60 in rear. Already bought the rear tire and it is at least as wide as OEM 160, I dont want a wider tire. As far as bars I have my old black Nightster (dirt track) bars in the shed, going to play around a little to see what I like. As far a fender I bought a FatBob fender painted but the mounting holes are different, not sure what im going to do but I want a fender, dont need crap flying all over the place. I want to stay away from the tank lift to keep the profile low.

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:48 AM

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hk_shooter

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Looks good, Ape. I like the way the front end is coming together. I agree that if you don't want to ride hunched over, the apes are the way to go.

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:52 AM

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Sarge4life

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

Looks sweet!

Feb 6, 2008 | 08:53 AM

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rickshog

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RE: Winter work in progress....new pic.

well.. it looks great.... just a bit outta the price range for rims... they are nice tho... whats the differance between the new ss spokes and the ones it came with??