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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MoonCricket
looking at those pics is a walk down memory lane, awsome post
Thanks Moon, Thats a great looking bike!!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Finished up most of the work tonight. Looks more like a bike again! All the lights work, it fires (with no actually fire)... so I mustve done something right. All that left is bleeding the brakes and away I go!
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:38 AM
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Thanks for th post brother, I'll make sure to bookmark this, as I'll be doing this very soon.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Congrats brotha.. The look will mean even more to you since you did it yourself.. I think that wrenching is just as fun as the riding..
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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Nice..good job
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:07 AM
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Ballsout, love the 'rootbeer' color of your Fatboy and recent mods, but please, reinstall the cover plate on your ELE panel!
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Ballsout, love the 'rootbeer' color of your Fatboy and recent mods, but please, reinstall the cover plate on your ELE panel!
The what on my who?
 
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Sweet lookin rootbeer !!!
 
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but please, reinstall the cover plate on your ELE panel!
Top left corner. Guess I'm overly observate.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nickrc3

Top left corner. Guess I'm overly observate.
OOOOOOHHHH, lol , Im getting ready to install a 200amp system... go eyes man... I sure hope you didnt see any dust on my chrome, haha!
 
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