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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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So, I hear a lot of the bigger guys complain that they'll look funny on a sporty. I hear things like a "monkey on a football." Or circus bear.
But then there's the other extreme you don't hear about so much. I'm wondering... Is this a small guy on a bike that's too much manbike for him, or is it just another case of "Mods gone wild."?
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 11:23 PM
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So, I hear a lot of the bigger guys complain that they'll look funny on a sporty. I hear things like a "monkey on a football." Or circus bear.
But then there's the other extreme you don't hear about so much. I'm wondering... Is this a small guy on a bike that's too much manbike for him, or is it just another case of "Mods gone wild."?
Enquiring minds and all that....





His name is Jim, met him a few years ago up in Indiana. If I remember correctly he is about 6' 2". Looks crazy, but he could maneuver better than most could on a stock bike.

Don't know how he did it, but he made it look easy.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 11:53 PM
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In this years St. Patricks day parade the Shiners showed up on Harleys. (And one Goldwing). Those guys were running figure 8's in the street like it was nothing. I don't understand how they could do that. My nighty has a turning radius of about 35 feet it seems.

Just goes to show ya, you can still be surprised; the sporty may be the smallest HD, but I couldn't make it turn like those guys could with their big dogs.

Yea I figured someone here would've seen this before. I didn't mean to make fun, but he does have some radical pipeage going on. Myself, I'm leaning towards loving stock issue machines. It's kind of become a thing with me. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love some of the crazy mods people around here do to their sportys and that's cool. I love looking at them. But when it comes down to me and my sporty, I love looking at it the way it came from the factory. It's mine & I paid for it. I don't see myself as any smarter than the guys that designed it, so I leave it be. (Except for some small tweaks)
 
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I think he's from my area (st.louis) but I could be totally wrong. The sign in the background is for the mo department of transportation.
 
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Thats bike is bone stock...
 
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