Been seeing "Count" threads.. 180 Kits? Lets SEE EM.
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From: Dark Side of the Moon
Originally Posted by JimTJr
No, not "Dark side" No car tire here, Dunlop Elite on the rear, and yes, that's a rear mounted backwards on the front. Avon engineer told Paul that's fine and would handle well. (It does)
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No, not "Dark side" No car tire here, Dunlop Elite on the rear, and yes, that's a rear mounted backwards on the front. Avon engineer told Paul that's fine and would handle well. (It does)
RLH 767, how did you do that without a kit? No regrets buying mine, but interested in knowing how you did it!
RLH 767, how did you do that without a kit? No regrets buying mine, but interested in knowing how you did it!
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Well first, I would recommend doing the kit route for most but I wanted to try my hand at it from scratch. No mods to the forks at all externally, bought a rear 8" chopper fender from Led Sled guys for $150 and they cut the wrap outline for me but the big trick is fitting it properly to the forks and I had to do that, took an entire day to drill 4 holes in the exact spot that they had to be ! Some finish work on the roll marks on the fender and it's ready for paint, also cut the cans 1" higher on the inside then polished them. The wheel was a hubless rear modular Revtech wheel off of ebay that was display wheel so only paid $350, bought a front dual disc ABS hub for it from J&P Cycles, put an Avon 180 tire on it and a "kit" is born ! I have $1,100 in parts tire & all then a few hundred for paint so entire conversion came to about $1,500. The bike is an absolute joy to ride, way beyond my expectations , handling and smooth ride is awesome as you would know. Even at new prices I can't think of a mod that changes the appearance, ride and handling as much as this does, highly recommend doing ! Thanks !
Jerry
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