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smaug, it does have a brake light. look at the light above the license plate, that's a brake light....angelis
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I also see it as no rear brake light.Is that legal?I would love to trim my fender that far if I could get rid of the brake light.
There's a brake light there... just above the license (number) plate.
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Yuppo,I see that now!Thanks for pointing that out!
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WOW - I didn't realize how good the America would look bobbed, but there are some really fine examples here! I particularly like the use of the fork gaiters on some of these, but all look very cool. Thanks for the eye candy and ideas! 
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Ya done it again!
he has at that 
was thinking of puttin a pic of the Speedy up dont think i'll bother now
following that bike of Dennis's
my Speedy looks a little plain 
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Runner0023 what type of front fender are you running?
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This thing is tough to top. One of the most beautiful America's I've seen !! Great job ! 
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When powder coating the front tubes how much of a pain in the ****** is it to replace the fork seals? I wanna do some bottoms but I'm lazy and don't want to redo the seals.
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dertbikdennis That is so I'm guessin the swingarm has been lengthened 4-6"?
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Very nice - but where did you get those luvvly exhaust flanges? (the ones the old Triumphs used to have) I was dreaming about trying to fit those just a couple of weeks ago...
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The pipes are d&d with the end caps they supply. I recently took them off and installed a set of Bubs pipes. I also removed the tank badge and replaced with the 2010 emblems. I will post a picture with the changes 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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That fattank emblem looks surprisingly good on the older tank.
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Well John, that could all be because the rest of the bike looks so darn good, and so ANY emblem put on it would have to be REALLY awful lookin' in order to even come close to makin' that beautiful bike there look even a little bad!
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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Dang, that thing is HOT! And I gotta tell you, the picture is fantastic in terms of composure, exposure and that-I'm-sure!!
Nicely done!! 
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 Here is another picture.......Bike now has 167 miles on it
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which whitewalls are those? dunlop? I gotta find a new whitewall tire to go to in the future because maxxis discontinued theirs.
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Yeah they're Dunlops. Biggest sizes I could find. I had to modify the front fender bracket by cutting ..adding in I think 3/4...and welding it back together. Just clears and hugs the front tire just right. I bought them from an ebay site.I debated a while before I went for the white walls ( just was'nt sure) but after I had them mounted I was glad I did
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lowered 2 in stretched front ,widened front forks, aubergine black pearl paint 40 ford rear light standard exhaust all baffels removed, pods, 155 main, 45 pilot, thruxton needle, 16 tooth sprocket procom ignitor set to no 5
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I've always LOVED that hue of blue! Too bad it wasn't centered in the pic. better, I'd like to see more of it. 
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it is only existing picture and he's posting it here at least once a month after having a toss...probably
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it is only existing picture and he's posting it here at least once a month after having a toss...probably
that's because he's hella 
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Seriously...dude.  This pic is so old if it farted, it would smell like 2 year old sh!t.
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Seriously...dude.
This pic is so old if it farted, it would smell like 2 year old sh!t.
And besides, the metal flake looks like crap. Yeah that's right, I said it! Okay, IMO... does that make it better?
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Speaking of paint I saw one of coolest paint jobs I've seen in a while today. It was a black mustang with ghost flames done in that color changing paint. Was way cool to see. I would do it on my bike if I was gonna paint it and had the money.
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The sparkles is terrible, I'm sorry. I'm with the mountainman on this one.
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  Here is a recent bobber job on my 2004 America which was re-built after an April accident. Bill Dunkley of Beckley, WV did the work. A radical rear fender cut back is the most prominent modification among others.
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Is that your brake light tucked in there under your fender?
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Hardcore. Very nice. (and welcome) 
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That's one heckuva nice first post dude. Looks good!
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That's one heckuva nice first post dude. Looks good!
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very nicely done.
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I had one like that, just not as nice. 
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Beautiful job!
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