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my pritty girl gonna get turned into a work horse...build thread

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Old 12-23-2009, 07:21 AM
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Gotta love those old flat trailer fenders! Are you going to go with an old school flatter tread tire to match that flat fender?
 
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Dang Chris choppin up a perfectly good bike.Go for it.I already like the flat fender better.120.00 dollars left can't wait to see what that will do. G.
 
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Old 12-23-2009, 08:28 AM
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got my attention. post some "after" chop pics of the fender struts if you can.
 
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Old 12-23-2009, 09:49 AM
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Your bike was never my style, but I did love it! It had it's very own look and was awesome! Well keep us posted on the progress.
 
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Awesome! Can't wait to see what you come up with. It's an '04 XL1200C originally right...??
 
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I think its going to look clean.. keep it up I cant wait to see the grand finale..
 
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I'm dissapointed your tearing down the bike but I'm sure you'll end up with something I like just as much as the old one.
 
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I am sure you are going to build another bike just as radical as this one. Keep us posted on the progress.
 
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Old 12-23-2009, 09:43 PM
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Never satisfied hu? me neither thats awesome. Factory stock sucks chop that ****.
 
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Old 12-23-2009, 11:12 PM
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ok made some good progress today, got the toggles hooked up to the horn cover today, it looks great, i'm really satisfied with it. this removes all the switches off my bars cleaning them up, of course i still have the big bulky master cylinder up there but i'll tackle that another build.
got the bars and risers all moded up, i used a wooden dowle for the actually bar, i'll cut up the regular bar tommorro
also changed my mind about the sissy bar set up so i bent up a new one today that i will be commin strait off the swingarm with and welding to the fender...it will support better... i just bent it today, it won't be this tall, i need to cut it up a little, its about 4' tall, i'll end up being about 16-18 inches off the fender i think
O also found a place fo the ignition...diggin it
i'm lovin the stance of the bike at this point...if feels soo freakin good!





 


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