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Old May 5, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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Metzeler 200 for 2006 and previous, but only when you wear out the stocker and need to replace it anyway. (thus less than $50 mod)
Good point. With my luck I'd end up with one of the non-German Metz and the wreck would costme a few grand.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Spot it yet? Cheapest. Mod. Ever.



2 cents worth of electricians tape to cover the VIN plate on the upper frame tube. It blends into the black frame and it's readily available for DMV or Trooper inspection.

Sidenote: Why is there a $ but no cents sign on my keyboard? Y'know, the 'c' with a horizontal line...?
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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Drill your Stock Vrod exhaust all it cost you are the bits to do it with... Gives a little more sound little deeper throat.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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I STARTED THIS THREAD AT 1130CC.COM
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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I STARTED THIS THREAD AT 1130CC.COM
Good for you but what does that mean for us here?
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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sportster brake caliper inserts for 04 and up in the cam covers (around 45$)







Black vinyl (10.80$ for me) the forks i did but havent taken pics of it yet, if your worried about bubbles in the vinyl and getting around the hard front brake line, wrap the sheets around the forks and tape em in the back with electrical tape, i'll take pics of it when the black bars and levers go on



 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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You can't do crap for under $50.00. Save up and do something worthwhile. I will agree with the stop light harness...that's probably the best one.
if you can not do any mods for under 50 bucks maybe you should stop paying someone else to do the work for you... i have done a TON on my bike, cutting stuff down, custom milling parts, made my own derby and points cover,did all my own powdercoating, and pretty much everything was around 50 bucks.. (except my wheels, spokes ran me 200 front, 150 rear) but i powdercoated, laced, and trued them up... there is ALOT you can do for under 50, hell you can interal wire your bars for free and that is a huge dif!
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Like this ?? ¢
 
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Old May 24, 2008 | 08:35 PM
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wrap the shift linkage in electrical tape for those who want it black that is...
 
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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ViagROD, I thought your mod under $50 bunck was your 'Kick Stand' 'ROCK'... LOL....&nbsp\\; You are using it and it should cost less that $50 bucks... so does it count?


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