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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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I believe Paul Jr from that hotbed of intellectual thought, American Chopper, put it best when speaking about open primaries - the same could apply here.

"... sure you'll lose a few pairs of pants, but it looks cool".
 
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Looks good, I run without guards and had a belt break at 20,000 miles, rock or something.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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They all look good without the guard but one stone pushed through the belt may change your mind later. Cost of a belt & the 9 hours to pull down the entire primary side & drop the swingarm to replace it may have you wondering later if it was woth it. Especially if the shop has to do the work.

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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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looks like its missing the belt guards. if you really want to make it look cool remove the engine.
 
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hotrod351, WTF is that all about ????

 
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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I saw a guy gets a sweatshirt sucked into the rear wheel, his biked skidded and threw his *** of the bike like a bucking bronco into the freeway lanes and off to the hospital he went.
 
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looks like its missing the belt guards. if you really want to make it look cool remove the engine.





What is it that you are trying to say with this post???
If your trying to be funny, sorry, but I see no humor....
Don't really know what your trying to prove....



 
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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Looks bitchin', make it permanent and get rid of the tabs, they mess with the looks...

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Thanks, Mimo, when riden season is over I plan to remove the rear wheel and clean things up.

 
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Looks awesome man. Having to buy a new belt down the road is worth the appearance.
 
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