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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 12:26 AM
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Default Monkey's Ol' Iron Project
Just bought my first Iron and just can't leave well enough alone! Without a doubt one of the funnest machine's I've ever worked on! Also had to throw a betty pic in there of pin up model 'Junebug' from Vegas, you know to make Ol' Bessy look better!

 
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Nice bike! How does it sound with just the header pipes
 
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F'n loud! But with that said ridin' around town there's definitely safety in NOISE!
 
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Any issues with just running the header pipes?
 
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None that I've run into thus far. That said I'm not ringing out every gear when I'm leavin' pit road to get on the highway lol
 
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