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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Default Apes - Slow going, but getting there

I got everything tore apart on Saturday, but didn't get a chance to do anymore yesterday. Tonight I installed the risers and bars, attached the clutch cable and reinstalled the cover. I'll pick away at it over the next few evenings, and I'm hoping by the end of the weekend I'll have the bars done and air ride on.

It's not much so far, but I'm stoked so I have to post pics. Garage is a mess, but there's enough room for me to move around.





 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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Looks good and brings back memories of doing mine...well the garage part anyways.

Congrats!
 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Looking Good !!

Now get that tank off the floor and put it somewhere safe....



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Old May 24, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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Its going to look great brotha...
 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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Gonna be bad @ss my friend. Those apes are gonna give that bike an attitude adjustment...

Please keep updating the thread as you go.
 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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That is going to look sweet!!!
 
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Old May 25, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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Pimp can't wait to see the end result.
 
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Old May 25, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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Nice! It's all over now. You are an ape man now!
 
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Ya that looks really good man
 
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Old May 26, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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Thanks for the compliments, everyone.

Project has just slowed down further, so it won't be done by this weekend. HCC didn't include the Molex pins as advertised and their solution is for me to just solder them into the plastic connectors.

Not happy with that solution since I want it to be as close to stock as possible for future changes. With my work schedule I won't have time to hunt down pins until sometime this weekend, so I'll just do what I can in the meantime.

Real happy with the bars, controls and cables, though. Just wish they'd let people with '07s or newer know they won't come with stock style connectors.
 
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