My 2017 Softail Slim Bobber Build
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Me too. I prefer rigids but my back just can't take the pounding after 30 years in the gym. Plus, I ant fix a damn thing and rigids fall apart so going with a Softail with fuel injection was my attempt at practicality. I can ride this thing for quite a while with no problem.
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Thank you and that is exactly why I went the route I did. Rocky Mountain Harley has taken very good care of me for my last 2 builds. They have been awesome and if anything goes wrong they are there to take care of it.
The way I see it it's there's no difference than your route our going through some chopper company. The ultimate cost for a new Harley plus all your mods will likely be the same. And you have the added benefit of Harley warranty since it was all done I house versus trusting a less ubiquitous company. I just don't have that loot to skiing so is do what I could at home. 
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I definitely will. I live st 9k feet and we have snow this week so I won't ride until next weekend and I can take pics then. We keep our bikes down in Denver or I would go out to the garage and take the pics now.
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Tricked out sled but I never could get my head around my nuts being that close a grinding wheel at any pothole not to mention all the road **** that gets tossed up the back and down the shirt. I like some kind of rear fender, too many miles and years not know how that could end.......
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I get asked about this a lot because my last bike had no fenders either. I have had no problems with debri other than water if it's raining. In the hot months I even ride with no shirt and it still isn't an issue.
And about *****... if your ***** are close to either tire you're doing something really wrong. 🙂
And about *****... if your ***** are close to either tire you're doing something really wrong. 🙂
Tricked out sled but I never could get my head around my nuts being that close a grinding wheel at any pothole not to mention all the road **** that gets tossed up the back and down the shirt. I like some kind of rear fender, too many miles and years not know how that could end.......
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I take no offense to your reply and if I had that kind of time I would love to learn how to do that kind of work. Where you guys might have a hobby of working in the garage, I am a competitive bodybuilder so I spend a lot of my time in the gym.
Time is money so instead of wasting time ****ing something up all by myself, I pay for someone else to do it right the first time. 🙂
Time is money so instead of wasting time ****ing something up all by myself, I pay for someone else to do it right the first time. 🙂
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I get asked about this a lot because my last bike had no fenders either. I have had no problems with debri other than water if it's raining. In the hot months I even ride with no shirt and it still isn't an issue.
And about *****... if your ***** are close to either tire you're doing something really wrong. 🙂
And about *****... if your ***** are close to either tire you're doing something really wrong. 🙂
Hit enough crap on the road where my *** has come off a solo seat and slammed off the rear fender a time or 2 over the years, went a phase where skinny 5" wide flat fenders where all the rage on stripped chops. One good pothole or a muffler to bounce over ..........
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*eye roll*
I don't come here to argue and I have run a message board in my industry for almost 14 years so I understand how they work.
Here is my position:
I have money and spent a lot of it to have RMH build my bike to my specs and I trust them to do awesome work. Honestly, that's all that matters.
If you want to save money and do things yourself in your garage,
more power to you.
You like to opine a lot but yet have made it a point to not mention anything directly about how my bike looks. Instead, you focus on other things like attempting to judge me on how much money I spent, why I don't do the work myself, blah, blah, blah.
You are THAT guy on the message board. It's great to meet you.
lol
I don't come here to argue and I have run a message board in my industry for almost 14 years so I understand how they work.
Here is my position:
I have money and spent a lot of it to have RMH build my bike to my specs and I trust them to do awesome work. Honestly, that's all that matters.
If you want to save money and do things yourself in your garage,
more power to you.
You like to opine a lot but yet have made it a point to not mention anything directly about how my bike looks. Instead, you focus on other things like attempting to judge me on how much money I spent, why I don't do the work myself, blah, blah, blah.
You are THAT guy on the message board. It's great to meet you.
lol
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Hit enough crap on the road where my *** has come off a solo seat and slammed off the rear fender a time or 2 over the years, went a phase where skinny 5" wide flat fenders where all the rage on stripped chops. One good pothole or a muffler to bounce over ..........
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Still a good looking sled
