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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 10:30 PM
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Lost the original picture on my old phone but this is how she used to look.

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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 10:36 PM
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haha, I see you dragged those pipes as much as I did and cut the tips off too!
 
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The night I picked it up new in 2010-





How it looked this last summer...have made a few changes since then.

 
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Old Jan 26, 2016 | 01:49 AM
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How it looked when we got it used last January.






How it looked a couple of months ago.

 
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Old Jan 26, 2016 | 03:08 AM
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The day I saw it at the showroom for the first time



One of the early days after a few mods


And now as a Sport Glide
 
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Old Jan 26, 2016 | 07:57 AM
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haha, I see you dragged those pipes as much as I did and cut the tips off too!
Yep they were throwing sparks regularly. The front pipe had drag marks all the way up the length of the pipe. It was so damaged at the tip that I could not pull out the baffle to install TTI's. I installed 12" progressive shocks to help the dragging. It did help a bit, though I still drag the Patriot Defender but not nearly as much.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2016 | 09:20 AM
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Old Jan 26, 2016 | 06:12 PM
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Those are some nice looking bikes... Keep em coming
 
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Lots of cool sh*t here, love it.

Mine is a 2008 105 anniversary special, lots of bling and nice pipes stock.



Rebuild of engine now gets about 17 KM per liter, less than original but still not bad. Wouldn't trade her for the world. (And in Israel you won't get squat for her anyway!)

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