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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:43 am
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.
You know the old hot rodder's saying...."if it don't go, chrome it".
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:04 am
by Brackstone
I take it you are feeling more comfortable with the bike Rhadam?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:10 am
by RhadamYgg
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.....
Wait for it
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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.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:12 am
by RhadamYgg
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.
I am a man just like all the other little boys out there....
Oooohhh shiney.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:28 am
by Brackstone
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.
RhadamYgg
Haha
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:41 am
by HYPERR
Hey RY, where did u mount the last 2 sliders? The front axle, frame, and the rear axle is 6.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:53 am
by Brackstone
HYPERR wrote:Hey RY, where did u mount the last 2 sliders? The front axle, frame, and the rear axle is 6.
Handlebars probably
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:38 pm
by RhadamYgg
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.
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Frame Sliders...Although I have the OES sliders, not the Evotech
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(2!)
Next to get:
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.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:09 pm
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!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:58 pm
by RhadamYgg
Pics of my actual bike:
You can see a lot of the scratches fairly well in some of these pics - as well as my chicken strips.
RhadamYgg