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Old Nov 6, 2020 | 05:52 PM
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Bars and risers on today, working on the headlight more tomorrow. Had to reconfigure it a bit for fitment issues.

 
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Old Nov 7, 2020 | 12:35 PM
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Working on the back wheel.
 
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Old Nov 7, 2020 | 05:20 PM
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Gas tank is not enough..
 
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Old Nov 7, 2020 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ad78
Gas tank is not enough..
Not enough what?
 
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Old Nov 7, 2020 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 24v
Not enough what?
my previous HD has 3.2 gallon theres an instance in the freeway that it require almost 10miles on the exit. I know im an idiot. For me a cruiser with 3.2 gallon is not enough.

hey, beautiful bike man. Thats one of my list too but ended up short with the gas tank capacity
 
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Old Nov 7, 2020 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ad78
my previous HD has 3.2 gallon theres an instance in the freeway that it require almost 10miles on the exit. I know im an idiot. For me a cruiser with 3.2 gallon is not enough.

hey, beautiful bike man. Thats one of my list too but ended up short with the gas tank capacity
Lucky for me I have another choice if I need more fuel capacity.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2020 | 06:37 AM
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Next idea.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2020 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 24v
Next idea.
looks cool but you want your guages closer to eye level so you don't have to look down so much , higher up the riser anyway
 
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Old Nov 9, 2020 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCaRider
looks cool but you want your guages closer to eye level so you don't have to look down so much , higher up the riser anyway
Correction, YOU WANT your gauges up on the risers. I WANT my gauge right where I have shown, hence the reason I am making the part to put it there.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2020 | 06:17 PM
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Working on the back wheel some more. Had a machine shop cut off the cush drive and drill/tap holes for the brake rotor, then they drilled out the holes on the brake rotor size larger and tapped them for the bolt on pulley. Wheel will be run backwards.
 
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