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Old Feb 25, 2018 | 09:03 PM
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so I asked the question to a few friends today would it be sacrilegious to powdercoat Carlini handlebars? Have my eye on some pullbacks, but my buddies Gangster Apes look amazing on his Heritage
 
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Old Feb 25, 2018 | 09:22 PM
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Unless I'm missing something.... who cares? It's ur ride, make it ur ride by setting it up how u want. I mean if I saw someone with pink wheels and pink flames on their tank I might think to myself, "Well that's odd." But if that's how they wanna roll, good for them. Do you n to hell with what anyone thinks. Just my
 
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No that wouldn't be out to lunch at all. You can even buy a set of "blemished" bars at a little discount from Carlini if you're going to refinish them.

Love my Flyin' Apes. Saw a set of Gangster's on a bike last week that were amazing.
 
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they have a set of pullbacks that are blems I was thinking about buying and then powdercoating . I need to get on a bike with similar bars to make sure how they feel compared to apes.
 
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