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Which do you like better... Fishtails or not?

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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Default Which do you like better... Fishtails or not?
Ive had the fish tails on for a while and decided to make a change. I figured I'd get some opinions on what looked better.

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or with out



 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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fishtails for sure man
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Looks better with
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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I like the Fishtails Chris, but damn that bike looks good either way bro... Did you put your quieter baffles in?
 
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Tails with bags...
 
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i usually don't like fishtails much...but must agree they do look good on your ride
 
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I definitely like the uncircumcised look better.
 
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Fishtails, but don't like "true duals" with a pipe on each side. Looks "metric".
 
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Without has a cleaner look...just my .02
 
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