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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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Great site from what i've seen so far. I am not only new to the site, but new to Harley. I have always had sportbikes...guess I finally came to my senses. Here is my 2012 Blackline with some Arlen Ness bits and a modded seat.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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welcome to the nuthouse
kewl scoot,
what r your plans besides ridin it on that beautiful island
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by caddyman311
Great site from what i've seen so far. I am not only new to the site, but new to Harley. I have always had sportbikes...guess I finally came to my senses. Here is my 2012 Blackline with some Arlen Ness bits and a modded seat.
What seat do u have on it?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Welcome, glad to see another blackline owner on here from hawaii.

Jay
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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you got yourself a tough looking ride. i rode a blackline before getting my rocker the other day. had some sick pipes on it and man did that puppy have some pull when i twisted the throttle hard. congats!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Im in the same boat, went from sport bikes straight into my blackline. Happy I did, welcome!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 09:23 PM
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I ride my R6 I think uhhh maybe once a year. She looks good in the garage tho but evry time I wanna ride, I jump on the Harley and ride thug! Welcome to the dark side. Nice ride bro!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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Welcome and congrats.

Your Blackline looks killer.

Get us some more pics! Let's see the bars. (what kind are they?) How is that license plate bracket mounted? etc, etc, etc...
 
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Well the seat we had to modify since the pan is for both seats. We cut the passenger portion off of it, left enough material on the back side and re-stapled it. The bracket from the passenger seat was re-used (had to be bent a little to contour the front seats shape). It came out pretty damn nice. For the license plate, I cut and sanded everything above the light on the stock plastic mount. After that, I cut the reflector mount and used it to mount the whole plastic assembly, then re-wired the thing cutting about 6 inches off the stock wire.

I'm thinking of cutting the rear fender down and getting some pinstriping done (red) when it gets re-painted post chop. Of course I would have to replace the wheel nipples red to match.....BUT I WANT EXOTIC CHOPPERS MENACE EXHAUST BEFORE ANYTHING!
 
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Hey Jay, we live in Kaneohe.
 
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