Diaries of a chrome addict
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Diaries of a chrome addict
Hi, my name is Mats and I'm addicted to chrome. I was able to fight offthe problem for about 15 years with just looking at Harley pictures, last year a "friend" of mine was selling his Fat Boy. Like the "good friend" he is he gave me an offer I couldn't refuse, I thought to myself "I'm a grown mature man, I can handle this" - I ended up buying the bike and ofcourse I went crazy with the partscatalog...
I started right away planning for "necessary" upgrades and came up with the following:
-Exhaust, licenseplate, seat, grips, handlebar, turnsignals, brakelight, trimring, reflector w/ highperformance bulb and rear loweringkit.
I made a conjugal visit when the bike was at the shop and realized a few things:
-Loved the look of the new knucklebar but didn't like the quality of the bar I had bought. I ended up ordering Wild 1's knucklebar and having the first knucklebar replaced without even starting the engine...
-Since I was getting a new bar I might as well chrome all the front controls including the wires.
-When I was making (yet) another order for parts I might just as well addnew passenger pegs, brakepedal and shifterpegs.
The result was amazing, I am a very very proud owner of a 2003 Fat Boy!
On a side note; all you guys in the US thinking Harley dealers as "stealers" - I dare you to come to Europe and shop for parts, everything is 2-3 times more expensive...ThankGod I have friends that travelacross the Atlantic very often and are willing to be my chrome-mule...
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I started right away planning for "necessary" upgrades and came up with the following:
-Exhaust, licenseplate, seat, grips, handlebar, turnsignals, brakelight, trimring, reflector w/ highperformance bulb and rear loweringkit.
I made a conjugal visit when the bike was at the shop and realized a few things:
-Loved the look of the new knucklebar but didn't like the quality of the bar I had bought. I ended up ordering Wild 1's knucklebar and having the first knucklebar replaced without even starting the engine...
-Since I was getting a new bar I might as well chrome all the front controls including the wires.
-When I was making (yet) another order for parts I might just as well addnew passenger pegs, brakepedal and shifterpegs.
The result was amazing, I am a very very proud owner of a 2003 Fat Boy!
On a side note; all you guys in the US thinking Harley dealers as "stealers" - I dare you to come to Europe and shop for parts, everything is 2-3 times more expensive...ThankGod I have friends that travelacross the Atlantic very often and are willing to be my chrome-mule...
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RE: Diaries of a chrome addict
LOOKS AS IF YOUR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF BEING AN ADDICT. STOP NOW OR THIS ADDICTION WILL BREAK YOU, AS I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU START HAVING PIECES MADE AND HAVING THEM CHROMED, THEN YOU ARE AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. PLEASE GET INTO A PROGRAM NOW !!!!!
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RE: Diaries of a chrome addict
Navychief,
those are not Hornets, it's a swedish made fighter, built by SAAB,called JAS 39 Gripen - check it out at www.gripen.com
I'm flyingwith the 171. Fightersquadron, Swedish Air Force, stationed atBlekinge Airbase
those are not Hornets, it's a swedish made fighter, built by SAAB,called JAS 39 Gripen - check it out at www.gripen.com
I'm flyingwith the 171. Fightersquadron, Swedish Air Force, stationed atBlekinge Airbase
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RE: Diaries of a chrome addict
Heck, I see a few things still to be done...
Funny, but when I got mine a few short weeks ago, I was telling my buddy (and my wife!) that I wasn't going to do "much", just a couple of necessary items like windshield, saddlebags and sissybar. Now, I've got a pretty big list of things I've already done, with 4 items from eBay on their way here, another 5 being bid on, and a another handful of 'wishlist' items I haven'tquite committed to![sm=bling.gif] All this, and only a little over 1000 miles on the bike so far. [&o]
If someone has a good reference for a competent support group please send it my way...[sm=icon_guiness.gif] the wife will be extremely grateful![sm=chairshot.gif]
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Roger
Funny, but when I got mine a few short weeks ago, I was telling my buddy (and my wife!) that I wasn't going to do "much", just a couple of necessary items like windshield, saddlebags and sissybar. Now, I've got a pretty big list of things I've already done, with 4 items from eBay on their way here, another 5 being bid on, and a another handful of 'wishlist' items I haven'tquite committed to![sm=bling.gif] All this, and only a little over 1000 miles on the bike so far. [&o]
If someone has a good reference for a competent support group please send it my way...[sm=icon_guiness.gif] the wife will be extremely grateful![sm=chairshot.gif]
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Roger
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