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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 12:47 AM
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The Burly shocks ride pretty good, the fronts also have the lowering springs in them as well. Thank you guys for all the compliments. Not very often you see a 23 year old kid with good taste such as myself haha.@ Egetrop, I didnt want to cover the holes cause I may want to change the seat later on and I didnt cut the fender cause I think it makes Sportsters look smaller in my opinion. I was going for the bigger bike look when I started the project. I am a bigger guy so I had to make sure I would be in proportion with the bike ya know. And I know people are going to give me the **** about trying to make a Sportster into a bigger bike and say I should have just bought one. Well tell that to my buddys that ride big twins and I smoke them on my sportster haha
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 07:41 AM
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Nice Job on the bike it looks great which tank is that and how many gallons does it hold ?
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 07:45 AM
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SUUuuuuwwweeEEEEETTTTTTT
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 07:45 AM
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Ahh..I see...that's cool...liking the mini apes you have. I was thinking of putting a larger 4.5 gallon tank to replace the peanut but now your tank has me thinking...?? Ride safe.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Yeah nice before and 10 times better now. Good job man!
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 12:11 PM
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NICE BIKE!

Where did you get that piece covering your license plate bracket holes?
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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@Stonewall. I got it on ebay but I had to look forever to find it. They are few and far between. Send me a email and Im sure I can find you one. It took me over 2 months to find it.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RICHIEMACK
Nice job,your next move should be a change of a.c..i put the hyper charger on mine gave it like 10 hp more.does it vibrate with out that sporty riser? Upgraded to a nightrain in jan.
WOW! thats a big gain with just a hypercharger....i'd like to see the before and after dyno sheets...not cuz i dont believe it...ok...i dont believe it..
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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I would also like to see the dyno sheets. I know that the RevTech motors come with 2 air cleaners. 1 makes 80hp and the other makes 120hp or something like that, but for that much of a gain on a Sportster your going to have to do a little more than a air cleaner. A stock 883 only makes 38hp to begin with.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Wow! Love what you did with it! Looks great!
 
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