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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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I did a few other small things last week to clean up the ride a bit in addition to the light bar. I have gotten rid of most of the Willie G skulls and replaced them with smooth chrome. I also replaced all the diamond plate boards, pedals, shifter pegs, and grips with some black and chrome HD stuff. I think it's more clean and keeps with the black/chrome contrast throughout the rest of the bike. I've also gone back to a single stock mirror on the left side.

I also found the need to improve upon a previous design. My swing arm bag mounting bracket was starting to sag a bit from the top two mounting points, so I added a third by fabricating a bracket and attached at the lower belt guard mounting tab. This thing is rock solid now.

Simplicity was the goal with all these additions and subtractions.



 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:07 PM
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Nice work! Clean and smooth!

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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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Looking real good Warg!!!
 
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nice work, bikes lookin pretty smooth.
 
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yea +1 Warg.
 
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That is a seriously cool look! 2 Thumbs up! Where did you find that AC cover?
 
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Nice. What is that ac cover?
 
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Nice and clean - much better than the skulls.
 
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Looks great man, I've always like how simple and clean you kept you ride, its one of my favs on here.
 
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That is a seriously cool look! 2 Thumbs up! Where did you find that AC cover?
AC cover is from Story808.
 
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