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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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getting the bike closer tobeing finished. actually i finished it tonight. these pics are from yesterday.
had to wait for my LED strips to get here.

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semi-gloss paint. chopped the rear fender and im gonna tuck the LED strip under the tail.

ill have new pics and prolly a video tomorrow. worked on it from 7pm to 1030pm.
had to repaint the rear fender, wire the taillight and the turnsignals and mount the turnsignals.

next mods will hopefully me LED turnsignal mirrors, Iron-like rims and V&H black sortshots.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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looks like its coming along good, good work
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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I really like the flat black look, really cool
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:18 AM
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Looks Sharp.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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nice job
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Looks like your well on your way to having a homespun Iron. Looks good.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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here are some pics and a ****ty video of the lights working.







the lights on the right look dim, but they work fine.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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All I see are those pesky red X's. Probably just the work puter system not allowing me to see'm.
 
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