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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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Default FL style seat rail on my 48

Hi guys, Unlike a lot of people I love my 48 seat and now that I've got a few miles on it, it's softening up nicely (my *** has probably hardened up a bit too!)
However I have to concede I do occasionally slide off of the back under hard acceleration, so after a bit of thought I decided to make a stainless steel seat rail in the style of the old Halrley FL's.
This gives my wife somewhere to hold on when she's on the back and it stops me sliding backwards!



 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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Nice, if you made that from scratch I could see you getting some requests to make more of them
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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way cool man. i like it. I'm with you on the stock seat.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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That's kick-***!
Nice style.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Pretty cool.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Nice idea, great implementation!!!
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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That's pretty cool.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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That looks good...very creative. Finding myself on the fender was one of the main reasons I swapped seats.
 
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that bike is ****in sick lookin I love it
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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That is a sweet looking sporty. Love the seat rail.

What bars are those? I like 'em.
 
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