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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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Rick from Orange County Choppers just tweeted a photo of them chopping up a 48 tank for their next build. From what I know, it will be a softail raked out chopper using a Sugar Bear front end. Should be interesting to see how the 48 tank works with the bike.

Here is a link to the pic:
http://instagram.com/p/M3GOCHNlef/

Rick's twitter is @RickPetko
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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God I hate their bikes so much.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:17 AM
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Stupid question....but why bother chopping up an expensive 48 tank instead of a cheap aftermarket 2.2 tank? The raked out softail with an SB front end on his instagram is a Panhead...so why bother removing all the EFI crap? Unless they plan on adapting an EFI setup to the Pan? Who knows.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:29 AM
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The tank came off of a friend of Senior's 48 who swapped out the tank for a 3.3 gallon tank. So the 48 tank was a donor. Feel free to ask me how I know, just don't tar and feather me later. I like this forum.


Here is another instagram pic Rick posted that the tank is going on.
http://instagram.com/p/MvzPOwtlWE/
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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So Senior is your buddy? Cool, I suppose.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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here we go again
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 08:52 AM
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They will screw it up for sure, as usual, doing more of a pimp bike. Which most, if not all, the OCC bikes are about.
 
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Originally Posted by HotIceHD
They will screw it up for sure, as usual, doing more of a pimp bike. Which most, if not all, the OCC bikes are about.
+1 - Another OCC, not made to be ridden anywhere, all for show bike.

 
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why bother chopping up an expensive 48 tank instead of a cheap aftermarket 2.2 tank?
exactly....u mean to tell me they had no peanut tanks laying around that shop that has to be at least one third the size of lake champlain?
 
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Nothing personal towards you just could care less if their shop went up in flames
 
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