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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Attaboy! another one came out great...

And I love it when I see thunderheaders on Harleys, best sounding pipe ever

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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 12:47 AM
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Nice, came out great.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by TX Lo Life
I finished putting the 14" bars on my F/B. Just went for a ride. Love it. Thanks to all of you that have posted about doing bar swaps on here. That and a service manual made it easy. I'm glad I didn't pay the $700 the shops wanted to do it. When the weather clears up I'll get some better pics.



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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Killer bike, I haven't seen a better looking Lo yet. Nice job !!!
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 09heritagerider
TX Lo Life...how tall are you and where are the bars in relation to your shoulders? I'm going to go with the HCC kit as well and am having trouble deciding between the 14" vs. 16." I'm about 5'11" and I figure the Navy may give me some sh%t for having apes above my shoulders. Thanks a lot and you just changed my perception of the FB Lo...VERY NICE!
I'm 6'2 and w/the LePera seat on my hands are right at my shoulders, maybe a bit under. It's just perfect for me. I could have got away with 16's but I'm happy where they ended up.

Thanks for the compliments guys. The fork lowers will come sometime over this winter.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Nice job- looks good.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Man, congratulations! Outstanding results!
Could you mention the pipe's brand/model?
Thanks!
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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NICE! I ordered 14" carlini gangster apes for mine, i hope it looks 1/2 as good as that nice work man, enjoy and good luck.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by logan.pit
Man, congratulations! Outstanding results!
Could you mention the pipe's brand/model?
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The pipe is a Thunderheader.

Thanks again guys for the comemts.
 
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