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#11 Unread post by HYPERR »

Soldano16 wrote:IMHO, if one wants to look at useless, wasteful, meaningless human activity, it's chroming bikes. I cruise the used bike adds and see people saying how they have $6,000 or $8,000 of chrome on the bike.

I don't get it. What is the point? Spend money on a great bike but wasting money making it "look better"? Not for me. I'll add more foster children to my account before I do that.

Sorry but when one looks at the world today, chroming a bike seems like a pathetic undertaking.

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You know the old hot rodder's saying...."if it don't go, chrome it". :wink:
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I take it you are feeling more comfortable with the bike Rhadam? :)
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Brackstone wrote:I take it you are feeling more comfortable with the bike Rhadam? :)
I am... I need to ride it to work more often to really get to know my clutch the way I knew the Kawasaki, and I now have a total of.....

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8 slider on the bike. ;)


I figure if I don't learn how to ride it well, I can always slide down the street.

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Soldano16 wrote:IMHO, if one wants to look at useless, wasteful, meaningless human activity, it's chroming bikes. I cruise the used bike adds and see people saying how they have $6,000 or $8,000 of chrome on the bike.

I don't get it. What is the point? Spend money on a great bike but wasting money making it "look better"? Not for me. I'll add more foster children to my account before I do that.

Sorry but when one looks at the world today, chroming a bike seems like a pathetic undertaking.

:peep:
I am a man just like all the other little boys out there....


Oooohhh shiney. :)

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RhadamYgg wrote:
Brackstone wrote:I take it you are feeling more comfortable with the bike Rhadam? :)
8 slider on the bike. ;)

I figure if I don't learn how to ride it well, I can always slide down the street.

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Haha :)
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#16 Unread post by HYPERR »

Hey RY, where did u mount the last 2 sliders? The front axle, frame, and the rear axle is 6.
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HYPERR wrote:Hey RY, where did u mount the last 2 sliders? The front axle, frame, and the rear axle is 6.
Handlebars probably
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HYPERR wrote:Hey RY, where did u mount the last 2 sliders? The front axle, frame, and the rear axle is 6.
Front Axle (2)
Frame (2)
Rear Swingarm (2)
Rear Axle (2)

The rear ones are a bit redundant. There is actually 2 more that I can put on - or at least 1 more. There is an engine slider. It has a U shaped mount on multiple points and a single slider in the center.

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Frame Sliders...Although I have the OES sliders, not the Evotech
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(Total 8)

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Next to get:
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I believe you can put these on both sides of the bike.

I could get bar-end weight sliders as well, I suppose, but I'm looking to get bar-end mirrors.

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#19 Unread post by HYPERR »

The ones on the swingarms are supposed to be spools for using a rear stand. Be careful with putting too big of a spool on the swingarm as they can break off the mounting hole in the swingarm even in a minor tipover.

Looks good BTW! :D
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#20 Unread post by RhadamYgg »

Pics of my actual bike:

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You can see a lot of the scratches fairly well in some of these pics - as well as my chicken strips.

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