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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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From start to now....still way more things to do, but getting somewhere....

Any advice on what to do next? Thanks


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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Good looking bike brother.

What else did you have in mind? Looks good to me as is.
 
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I like the JM a/c, perhaps add some new footpegs for style? Like the look, nice ride.
 
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Second that, the stock foot pegs don't look right with forwards. The angle is fugly. Sweet looking ride otherwise.
 
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looks good. are those the stock shocks just painted?
 
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Second that, the stock foot pegs don't look right with forwards. The angle is fugly. Sweet looking ride otherwise.
yeah put some middies on there. bike is bad to the bone bro.
 
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Thanks everyone for the tips and props. I like the way its coming together, especially since I didn't really know what I was doing at first and just started cutting and ripping things out and trying to make things work the way I wanted. I guess the best way to learn is by doing, and I'm really glad the bike fired up after taking out about 20lbs. of wiring and dumping the hand controls. I was thinking for sure about getting new foot pegs. I wanted something super plain and simple, and might end up going back to mids though. Any ideas on some plain round metal pegs?
 
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oh and they shocks are progressive 412's in black. with the 1/8" of padding on the seat, the stock shocks weren't cutting it.
 
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the black shocks look good. i was going to lose the hand controls too but i got lazy.lol i love the look though
 
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