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...Can it be that the bike falls into that singular category of, just right?



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I enjoy reading and looking at the mods lots of fella's have done, and I consider them. Then, I think, Naaaa... Hope I'm not gettin old and stable!

+1 And to this day, 8.5 years later, neither of my prefire babes are Customs section worthy.

I like reading about the big bore installs, charging upgrades, flipped forward control bars, hidden wiring too. Heck I must have 50 threads filed under my Engineering Firefox favorites. My motorsickle modifications have been more on the order of comfort and performance. Although performance is more loosely stated, as the NH Dynos and me are worlds apart. Who was it that wanted to detune a bit? Uncle Charlie?! Well that's my fillosofee too. Roll on get out of the way hole-shot power, and decent mpg #s. So Sceptres and D&D’s and all that goes with those. Cinnamon girl finally got her snorkel pulled and a drop in K&N. No nology coils. No side gapped plugs. No special sparkers. All oem. From handgrips to the final drive each of the ladies are oem. There are exceptions. Vera Lynn received a front brake reservoir chromed cover from a brother in Dawsonville. Vera got a spot of chrome from me as in a license plate bracket and cam cover. She had a roadster screen, still does, but it is stored. Vera does have a flame fender bib from a brother in New York City. Every time I look at it I think, “Turkey Due” too. Got a oem petcock from a brother who rides a gold wing now. Got me another set of ez brackets from a brother in cuba. Over the years have watched lots of oem stuff come to roost in my garage. And in all that time and with all the spare stuff, Customization still eludes me. Cinnamon girl had some barbed wire hand painted on her front fender a couple years back in New Hampshire. So custom paint? Naw. That was twofold : Souvenir and scratch cover. Getting back to comfort, corbin saddlery adorns both girls. Makes my AUP happy too. Jim’s spacers for Vera while Cinnamon Girl has none. Don’t notice much difference neither. 440’s for Vera, stockers still are on CG. Big difference there, although the 440s are dry and need warranty work.

Dang. I wish I could burn a rod or two. Could wire without thinking and paint and do sheet metal work. But the cost of tooling up and the time to learn is for me much better spent riding one of these , just right motorsickles.

Blowing gravel off rural roads