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[image]  [/image] I love mentioning "Look, My Front Tire is Bigger than Your Rear" To Harley Riders
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Stickman Yogi
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That thing is badass. I LOVE IT!! 
Live to love, love to live.
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Love it! What size and brand is that? 
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Loquacious
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Sweet!
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Love it! What size and brand is that?
865cc Triumph
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Since it was an experiment, I went dirt cheap, the tire brand is Duro ($75) and it's a 130/90-17 on a TBS stock front wheel. Yes, it handles and corners just fine. I can't make it slip and I have tried.
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Loquacious
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This is all I see...
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Re: '05 Spdy
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Oil Expert
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Very nice! What did you do to the right side engine case? It looks like you gave it the GFG treatment? Really like that tire and wheel, and the tank badge, too!
Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black
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Ken,I just reloaded the page and the pics came up.
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Re: '05 Spdy
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 I bought the rough unfinished cover and guard, poof-canned 'em black and worked the fins out with a 2x6 inch stone, took about 3 hours of whittling to get it acceptable. BTW, no complaints about the machine work for the case mating surfaces and the stator mounting.
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Learned Hand
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Really diggin the cable and lines. Did you do the sleeve youself?
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Ken,I just reloaded the page and the pics came up.
Issue may be mine, perhaps my AV app is blocking the pic host site. Bummer.
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Love it! What size and brand is that?
865cc Triumph
Looks like a 904cc to me but i could be wrong 
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Ken,I just reloaded the page and the pics came up.
Issue may be mine, perhaps my AV app is blocking the pic host site. Bummer.
Just checked again, & the pics are now visible
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Great work. Very cool.
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3/4 Throttle
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Really diggin the cable and lines. Did you do the sleeve youself?
Ditto, from the pics they almost look like they're leather wrapped. Would like to know about the custom sleeves too.
Karl
Independence, MO
'07 America, Cinnamon Girl (aka: Black Beauty) - Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On
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If your talking about the cable wraps, they are spiral cut black and red plastic tubing, terminated with shrink tubing, unsure what you mean by sleeves? I'm honored you like it, nonetheless.
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[image]  [/image]
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2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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what bars are those?
The bars are Jardine solid billet, took me 2 1/2 years of searching to find suitable risers as they were discontinued (bars and risers)5 years ago.
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I have the bike apart again, I'm going to change the tail and headlights again. I'm on the hunt for a retro 8 inch single headlight, right now.
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Adjunct
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Triumph Fat Bob look with the dual head lights and fat front tire I like it !
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
08 SpeedMASTER, Black and Red!
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If your talking about the cable wraps, they are spiral cut black and red plastic tubing, terminated with shrink tubing, unsure what you mean by sleeves? I'm honored you like it, nonetheless.
When I saw the photo I assumed the tubing was a type of sleeve something like this.
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