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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Greetings fellow riders:

New here and wanting to say Hi, so Hi. My name is Ray and I am from Chiefland Fl. Hopefully this will not get me baned or anything but I do not own a Harley. I am one of them Suzuki owners. Hold that button for a moment, Don't send me to rice burner hell just yet, I do work on Harleys regularly.

Besides my "real job" I work with a small custom bike company called Gulf Coast Sledz. We do custom paint, body and fabrication work. I am one of the designer/fabricator/painter dudes. (Mostly the design and fabrication, and less of the paint. Still learning that one.) If it has two (Or on one ocasion three) wheels, we will cool it out for you, or fix it. We mostly work on HD but also do custom ground up builds and some metruc stuff. I will post pics of some of our prodjects when I learn how. Untill then, I will be poking around in here lending advise when I can, and most likely asking for some. Untill then, have a good one.

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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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Welcome from Texas. I guess you can post all kinds of good info.
 
Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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Welcome to the forum!! I am a bike builder/ fabricator/ painter also and hope to learn from you, so please share some of your work with us!!
 
Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:19 AM
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:41 AM
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