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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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got bored and painted the rear turn signals
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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gonna do the fronts too?
those look good
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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I think those look sweet....I should get bored and do the same...nice
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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I am going to black out the whole bike i hope.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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Makes sense to me. Make yourself invisible to the cages and improve your ability to get run over.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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that's awesome. i wish when I got bored stuff like that would happen as well. what type of paint did you use?
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Looks great. If you're bored next week, swing by my place and bring your spray gun. I've got plenty of Bud Light.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Makes sense to me. Make yourself invisible to the cages and improve your ability to get run over.
Yeah... cause that 12 square inches of chrome shows up SO well at night
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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just gloss black spray paint and then put 4 coats of clear on it. it took one night of painting. the only bad thing is i had to cut the wires to get the lights off the fender
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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looks great..
 
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