Another Deluxe with Beach Bars
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You sir, have the springer front end I covet.
Nothing better than turning your own wrenches, stress relief and boredom killer.
Nothing better than turning your own wrenches, stress relief and boredom killer.
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Those really make your bike look nice Dude. Nice, clean, simple and low lines. I love those beach bars but I also love the 16" Gangsters and I couldn't make up my mind. I really struggled with that choice. I just said the heck with it, pulled the trigger and went with the Gangsters. I hope I didn't make the wrong choice because I have a little experience with beach bars but ZERO experience with Apes. This could very easily be a 1k mistake for me. I guess I will know in a few weeks. I also agree that doing your own work is awesome and the only way to go... if ... you have the tools and the time. I am at this point unable to do anything on my bike so I have to reply and depend on my friend with his own shop to get my bike up and ready for me so that when I can ride again the bike is ready for me. I also like the color of your bike Dude. I also like the bags you have over the ones I have. Mine fill my needs, even though I have never had them on my bike, but they are the one's that look kind of fake and I don't like that at all. They MAY soon be for sale!
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The bags are Iron Bags. $$$ but worth every fricken penny. I can't believe how much they will actually hold, how often I actually use them or how well they are made.
First time I laid eyes on the BBBs I had to have them. I have had neck and shoulder surgeries and the bars definitely help keep me riding.
Was going for that "old school" look, I think I might of pulled it off. Next up will be a chrome front end once I get done playing with my Shelby and get me and my kiddos moved back home.
First time I laid eyes on the BBBs I had to have them. I have had neck and shoulder surgeries and the bars definitely help keep me riding.
Was going for that "old school" look, I think I might of pulled it off. Next up will be a chrome front end once I get done playing with my Shelby and get me and my kiddos moved back home.
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I don't know your personal story "My Monster" and I don't need too but I see you mentioned your kids. I had to sell my last bike, a modded out 97 Heritage classic to pay for lawyer's to get custody of my kids years ago. I then went nearly 8 years without a bike, the longest time period since I was 13 going without some kind of bike, because I won and had to raise my kids on my own and I just couldn't afford all the lawyer bill's, the expense of raising them alone and blah, blah, blah, and so on. It's always nice to see and hear of other people with the same priorities. FAMILY FIRST! I sure do LIKE my bike and riding but I LOVE my kid's. It was all well worth it and I would do it again, the same thing, tomorrow if I had too.
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Tbone, I was ready to sell mine for the same reasons as yours and not knowing how I was going to pull off raising them on just my income if worse case senario played out. Fortunately their mother did "the right thing" with support and I mentioned selling the scoot. My daughters went into full revolt, "you would give everything up for us but we will NOT let you sell that. We can cut corners other places, you're keeping that. Besides it is ours too and we like riding with you". Proud and humbling moment for me. Hung onto the bike, things fell into place and I have the luxury of remaining a stay-at-home-dad right where they want me.
My kids are priority number one, everything else is replaceable. You can't get back the time one fails to spend with them.
Now if I can figure out how the teenage daughter's mind functions...
My kids are priority number one, everything else is replaceable. You can't get back the time one fails to spend with them.
Now if I can figure out how the teenage daughter's mind functions...