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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 10:23 AM
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Nice build Intense.....how's that springer front end ride and also those tires?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 10:25 AM
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Hey Freak....to each his own brother......LMAO!!!!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 11:02 AM
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Show stopper for sure.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Hellbilly562
Hey Freak....to each his own brother......LMAO!!!!
that made me laugh, thanks brother

two pictures doesn't do it, i wanna see all that was involved. bike looks nice
 

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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:10 PM
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I'm definitely curious about what a dealer charges for what is essentially a complete rebuild of a brand new motorcycle.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:16 PM
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inquiring minds want to know
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneWoolf
I can't imagine how much the stealership charged you for all of that work.

so you bought the bike, had the parts powder coated and they put it together for you? total cost?


So long as it's worth the $$ to the OP, what business is it to anyone else?
Just a statement buddy, I didn't say anything bad about the OP. You need to ease up on the butthurt.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:48 PM
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I can't. I know they had to build a mount under it and they sent me pictures to see if I wanted it to sit higher or lower based on how it looked.
I don't know these types of things so that is why I had to have someone else do the work.

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Very nice!
Can you provide particulars on what was involved with getting the tank to mount/fit?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:50 PM
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Nice Bike
 
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Old Mar 30, 2017 | 12:55 PM
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That may be but typically message boards are full of people that want to opine about how stupid it is that I would spend so much money when "they"
could have done it so much cheaper.

I will just say it was expensive but someone else made the comment and I agree with them that the value of the bike is what it means to me -
not anyone else. I sold my last bike (among other things) because we were rushed to get into a new house and didn't get to ride all last year so I was pretty happy to build an even better bike and finally get back on the road. To ME, this bike is perfect and so the amount that I paid for this work to be done was justified.

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maybe people want to know in case they would like to do it that was also, this forum is a place where people do these things, you know, discuss things.
 
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