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Reply #15 on: March 24, 2011, 01:43:15 pm
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Reply #16 on: March 25, 2011, 05:36:18 am
Cheap and easy. Pannier lock keeper chains. Total cost less than three bucks IIRC.

 Anti gremlin bell was a gift from one of our forum brothers  8)
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Reply #17 on: March 25, 2011, 01:22:12 pm
Anti gremlin bell was a gift from one of our forum brothers  8)

Have you had much gremlin trouble since installing said bell?

Uncle E, I love your chromed tank too... was thinking of replacing my dented stock blue with a chromey one further down the road.  Are your forks chrome too, or just the stock gray in bring sunlight?


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Reply #18 on: March 25, 2011, 08:56:39 pm
I would like to add a side car and mount like this to mine...should deter those "bad drivers" ;D
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Reply #19 on: March 31, 2011, 09:36:37 am
Didn't like the chrome look of my headlight trim and visor (headlight trim is actually nickel plated, so looks a bit more "yellow" than the visor) so I sanded them with some 180 to achieve a "brushed aluminum" look.  Also drilled and added a jewel to the headlight visor. 

Pictures don't really do it justice, but here they are:


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Reply #20 on: March 31, 2011, 11:30:24 am
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Reply #21 on: March 31, 2011, 04:18:39 pm
.  Also drilled and added a jewel to the headlight visor. 


  I want to do this to mine as well...there is not really a jewel on my old honda but more of a indicator on top so you can tell if the headlight is on or not. It came that way. :)
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Reply #22 on: April 01, 2011, 06:54:30 am
The jewel I added to mine also shines through - tests indoors confirm that it actually works.

Here's a pic - I've brushed the aluminum surround to my speedometer, and the control bars.

You'll also notice that I made a round cap fit on the normal fliptop cap place, without buying a conversion kit.  I simply cut some threads in the gas cap bung with a dremel, and modded a stock Harley gas cap ($10 on eBay) to thread in.  There's also retro-reflective 3M tape around the headlight, anything to increase visibility.


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Reply #23 on: April 02, 2011, 08:54:10 am
.  There's also retro-reflective 3M tape around the headlight, anything to increase visibility.
cool...I done this also.
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Reply #24 on: April 02, 2011, 09:51:06 am
Guess this also counts as a mod; just ordered a new rear tire for my bike as the Avon on there harks from 2004 and was already cracked when I bought the bike in 2009.

Description                                  Unit price       Qty   Amount
American Motorcycle Tire
Item#                   KENDA K761  $60.06                    1   $60.06 USD

It's an 80 road 20 dirt tire, and I live in the PNW so you could classify the roads as 20% dirt if you wanted to :D

And to keep with my own rules, PICS of other mods I've done.  Modded a stock Harley Sportster '59-'82 gascap to fit on the normally fliptop tank by cutting ridges in the stock bung (pics are before sanding/etc so they look rough), and a pic of my key when I was taking the MSF course - bike 107, or LOl upside-down


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Reply #25 on: April 02, 2011, 11:05:14 pm
Got my drag bars on yesterday.... REALLY like the riding position. Lower than stock but not as low as flipped stock bars.
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