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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
From what I see he does just what I told the idiot he was going to have to do, what the buttplug got mouthy and blew off is to get that amount of gooseneck & frontend combo the down legs have to be solid bar not tubing, the neck area is gonna be 3/8" plate gussets making it almost solid with half the backbone cut away and more bar stock welded in to keep everything from twisting and stress fracturing. Been there and broke this **** already ............

in other words a massive amount of work to make a bike that won't be fun to ride unless you're going in a straight line and have a football field to turn around in at the other end . i'll stick with near stock thanks !
 
Old Dec 8, 2014 | 06:40 PM
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Look at the neck on this one. Doesn't look like there is enough metal up there...

 
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