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The tire and fender finally arrived today. Here are a few pics of the new look. I still hate I lost the custom paint but all in all not bad. I had to spiff the badges just a touch to get a little different look and yep I am a chrome junky...got a little crazy with the chrome molding. LOL, note the STOCK chain guard..no more chrome on that particular item for me.  The chain has a tight spot in it. I am afraid that will have to be replaced as well. Finally, I can get back on the road!  new tire and paint after the chain guard issue filled badges.gotta love testors!
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lookin good, glad to hear you're back on the road
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Sweeeeeet man.... dang good looking bike.
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Gotta love that chrome trim.
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Looks good, nice seat too
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Thanks fellers. Gotta get a chain and all will be right with the world. 
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Cool glad you are back in the wind! 
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07 TBA Pacific Blue and White.. stock for now!
A bike has half the wheels my cage does.. but 3x the fun factor
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Looking good, Joe!!! 
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Nice touch with the red badge paint!
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Nice bike Joe .....Hey does that seat have a rider's backrest accomodation? In the picture it looks like a Corbin seat that has a slot for the backrest to fit in? Thanks
'05 TBA....Mulberry/Graphite....lot of chrome...904 BB from Bonneville Performance...gutted stock pipes...ghetto freak..19.5k miles...still looks new-but makes more power ;-)
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Thanks fellas. Yeah, it does have the hole for a backrest....I just haven't been able to muster the gumption to pony up $200 plus for a backrest....ROBBERY!!!!
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Good deal. I sent Triumph your name/number in my letter. Haven't seen my new chainguard yet, but hopeful. I'd give Peter a call if I were you, what do you have to lose?
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Good point Al...I think you sent me his number in a PM??? I think. I will take a swing at it. thanks.
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Thanks fellas. Yeah, it does have the hole for a backrest....I just haven't been able to muster the gumption to pony up $200 plus for a backrest....ROBBERY!!!!
Just an idea... after seeing the ingenuity on this site for making rider's backrests from a chunk of flat steel and a used backrest, I've been tempted to make a more compact backrest for my Corbin, maybe just a few inches tall to support my lower back. All it should take is a piece of square stock that fits in the "receiver" built in the Corbin seat, a flat plate bolted or welded to that square stock for mounting the backrest to. Might try to fab something up this winter.
Even if you have to pay someone to weld up the two bits you should be able to get'er done for $50 or so. The Corbin backrest also has a set screw to secure the backrest so it can't be removed without taking the seat off, but I don't often use that set screw. But if you wanted to use that it's one hole to drill and tap.
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(Hmmmm...let's see here...This guy's got an absolutely beautiful '02 Cardinal Red BA with many of the same touches that I've done to my '02 Cardinal Red BA) You know Mr.Ezell, I think we probably ARE "kin folk" somewhere or somehow!!!  Congrats on gettin' back on the road, "Cousin"!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Wait a minute...I just remembered that "Cousin" Joe posted his pictures of that beautiful red BA o' his on a Ford F150 website, and NOT a CHEVY SILVERADO website.  (okay...DISTANT cousins, maybe) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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LMAO, easy Cousin.....blood only goes so far. I was raised on Fords. My dad drove me home from the hospital in a 69 Torino GT 351W 4-speed Presidental blue hard top with the shaker hood.....man I hate he sold that car. To each his own.....I have been in a few bow-ties that I really liked but when it is my $$$, ol Henry builds em like I like em. Thanks on the ride...funny they do look a lot a like. Somewhere in all that is a "great minds" reference or maybe "infamous" comment. 
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A Ford Torino huh?! Okay, I'll go out on a limb here and guess that your branch of our family tree must have a few Starskys and/or Hutches dangling from it somewhere then too, right?! 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Looks very cool. One questions where did you get those rear pegs, I like them need to change the ugly black ones on my back they really stick out on the chrome holders
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Kuryakyn pegs..I think. They were on the bike when I bought it used. Peg I think these are the adapters but not sure. adapters
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