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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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Hey, not too badly damaged but you can see from the photos I took it a completely different direction!





 
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Dude, that is just plain SICK! I love that.
 
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Gorgeous bike, very nice work.
 
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Any before pic's? looks sic!
 

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Gosh, I'm startin to blush... Thanks for the Kudos, it means a lot!
 
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No photos of the before, but the tin was scratched up and the fork tubes tweaked. I just reused the "core" of the bike, stripping it down to just the engine trans and frame and built it back up. It was actually quite enjoyable.
 
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just one thing I would do to it.......
I woulda put one of those narrow bitch pads on the back fender
 



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