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Old 04-13-2011, 06:48 PM
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Amen brother.
 
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Dig it homie! Was it hard to drill holes in the heat sheilds?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... Bobber or not if you like it then that's what's up!!
 
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Thanks for the posts. It is great inspiration to get started on customising mine...
 
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I like the holes you put in the heat shields of your Shortshots... adds a cool little touch. Sweet bike bro
 
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No the holes weren't hard to drill but I did have too re pwdercoat it afterwards too clean it up. But just measure your spacing twice or three times and drill once...yeah I was going for a machine gun look. Thanks for the compliments.And I'm taKing a dIfferent route now not going for the bobbed look so y'all stay tuned....
 

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That seat has to go.
 
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Well to be honest I wanted to do a spring seat but I can't locate a kit for my year model. But even if the one it's on there don't look great it is comfortable on long rides.
 
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Well went back with the stock seat....does anybody happen to know what the rise on stock Nightster bars is? I'm wanting to go with some road 6 z's and I'm trying to get some ideas..
 
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Just adding new pic with my new bars.
 
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I'd call it a bobber. The Nightster starts as a factory bobber, compare it to a 2008 Xl1200C and you'll see that. I don't think there are any hard and fast rules of what is required (hardtail, spring seat, homemade exhaust, exhaust wrap, etc) for a bike to be considered a bobber. If you consider EVERY element that could be applied to a bobber, then say a "bobber" needs every one of them, it would be very rare to see a real bobber.
 
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