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I have been dying to clean up some of the "clunky" areas on my '03 Speedmaster. The front seemed like a good place to start. I've never liked the front fender. 
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Thanks to Frank for great deal on chrome America wheels. I've always had a thing for the Kury Akyn axle spikes, or shin rippers. My bike is already heavily customized so these changes need to be over the top. Much more to come. 
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I'd love to see some more pics of your set-up, with some side shots of the wheels!!
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Hey Paul, now that you have those nice shiny wheels, are you going to do something with the lower forks?
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I'm looking for a set of America lowers to have chromed so I can off the right side caliper mount tabs. 
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Love those axle spikes!! 
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glad the wheels fit paul haha. they look good
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grind them off and polish them up with a buffer. You can make them look like they were never there. A powder coater can put that silver High heat coating on them, and they'll look like polished aluminium that will be maintanence free. Just a thought, I did it on a couple of my Bultaco's on the tripple clamps and they came out great.
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Yeah, Chip, I've done lots of that but I always try to leave the origional parts intact for this bike since it was my late brother's. Just in case I wanted to put it back, (not that that's too likely). They need to be chrome for this project.
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Hey Paul,
Can you point me as to where you found your axle spikes?
Thanks if you get the chance.
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Hey Paul,
Can you point me as to where you found your axle spikes?
Thanks if you get the chance.
I used Kury Akyn, but there are vendors selling them for$35 free shipping on ebay. Our bikes require some modification (nothing permanent)to make them work since we have flush mounted axles and these require 1/2" nuts or bolts to clamp onto. I tapped the rear axle on the left side and ran a 1/2" bolt into the end. Then I drilled the inside of the hex in the front axle cap nut and ran a piece of 7/16" threaded rod through the axle. I welded 1/2' nuts to 7/16" nuts and it worked perfectly.
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Parts are painted, next photo should be the "money shot". 
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Life need a little Triumph!
2008 Triumph Speedmaster, Single baffle drag pipes, lots of black powder coatin,K&N pods, AI removed, TBS needles and a procom cdi.
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Those tins are fantastic!!! Definitely got that WOW factor going!!!! 
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That will be sick when its done...keep us posted with pics
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I tapped the rear axle on the left side and ran a 1/2" bolt into the end. Then I drilled the inside of the hex in the front axle cap nut and ran a piece of 7/16" threaded rod through the axle. I welded 1/2' nuts to 7/16" nuts and it worked perfectly.
See, it's that easy 
Staintune Pipes, K&N Pods, 45 pilots, TBS needles and 145 mains.
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First photos almost done. 
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Looking very good!!
'04' Black America
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Looking real good!! Tell us a bit about the filler cap on the tank.
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06 America 904
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Apes are not my thing, but that bike looks sick.
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I wish I was a better photographer. 
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Apes are not my thing, but that bike looks sick.
I hope you meant slick,fj. 
Nice bike, Paul. 
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Slick is cool, Sick is what I was going for. Thanks guys.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Thanks for putting the gas filler and racing stripe down the middle so that my right-side filler and left side racing stripes will look significantly different. 
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Very nice...different....good job
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looks good, well done!
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