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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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Well I had a shock bolt brake off in the swing arm so decided to take it off and get it fixed. The bolt was a pain in the ars... I had to just make a whole new bracket for the shocks. So when I had the plasma and MIG out I decided to make the splash guard easier to mount and make the bike slam a little lower. Hope to have the bike back on the road later this week.





 
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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Wow dude looking good your wheels going to tuck in like jd's
 
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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fireman--
Ive never had mine off, so Im not sure what it looks like--can you tell me what you did? What is different in these pics?
I see where youve done some ginding, it looks like, but Im missing the mods.
How will it change things?
 
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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The swing arm strikes the bump stop and that is what I modified. You see in first picture that the pipe has a flat spot in it now? That is where the swing arm hits the bump stop. I took about 1/2" of the pipe out. And I also had to grind on the side plates so they do not contact the oil tank.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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Make sure your drive belt doesn't rub coming out of the primary, either, if you slam it that low. Good luck. Gonna look SICK, man.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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Are you chroming it too? After all the work of taking it off you might as well.

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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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Looking forward to before and after mod pics.
 
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gotcha--thats a pretty good idea...alot of work toget there, but good idea, no less.
 
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i like the mounting holes for the splash guard...looking forward to seeing it. let me know when your reinstalling and I'll help out.
 
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Yes it will get chromed with a lot of other small things but want to ride it before weather gets to bad.
 
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