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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jag1886
Your bike looks almost stock yet, there's a thousand things you can do, get a couple of scripes for magazines and a Drag Specialties and Custom Chrome catalog and you will have plenty of ideas.
Look at my bike it was a bottom of the line xlh883 and the only stock unmolested part of the whole bike today is the crankcase, everything else has been change or modified in some way and it has won or placed in 8 different bike shows.
Bro, your bike is just plain fvckin sick !!!
Nice job !!!
RTW.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jag1886
Your bike looks almost stock yet, there's a thousand things you can do, get a couple of scripes for magazines and a Drag Specialties and Custom Chrome catalog and you will have plenty of ideas.
Look at my bike it was a bottom of the line xlh883 and the only stock unmolested part of the whole bike today is the crankcase, everything else has been change or modified in some way and it has won or placed in 8 different bike shows.
lookin sweet, jag.

what's the red dot on your head light?

bruce, put wheels on your bike.

or if you're that desperate to spend money, just write me a check.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Jag,

What kind of front end do you have on your bike? It looks SICK!!!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Polish your lowers. Cheap mod with a significant difference.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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weld a kitchen fork to the forks, just to say you did it. When someone asks, say 'fork you'
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 04:10 PM
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thanks guys for the ideas, i dont know what to do, i put the apes on and now want some different ones, lol, thats always the case when you have a HD you want to add add add all you can! I just need another bike like someone said! I have the fatboy and Im trying to get dad to let me put some apes on it! His is covered in chrome and I just dont want to load mine down with chrome due to my custom gray flames, they go good with my gray motor....
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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chop the rear fender.look at my profile I just done mine along with alot of other things trim timing cover cut your front sprocket cover it just goes on & on just what ever you do have fun with it if you like it that is all that matters.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mrmeanbean74
chop the rear fender.look at my profile I just done mine along with alot of other things trim timing cover cut your front sprocket cover it just goes on & on just what ever you do have fun with it if you like it that is all that matters.
Ye si love your bike, i lookd at it from the start and loved it! really nice job! if i could get my hands on another sporty I would chop and bob it all the time....

I am thinking about putting some lights under the tank... what color should I go with? Blue or white?
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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white will reflect off the chrome better.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mrmeanbean74
white will reflect off the chrome better.
thats what i was thinking but I dont have alot of chrome so i dont know what color.... I am going to order it tomorrow where i can have it here and put on before our lil sturgis mississippi is here in 2 weeks
 
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