Oldway
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Post by Oldway on May 6, 2005 21:48:27 GMT -5
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DUTT
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Post by DUTT on May 7, 2005 0:56:22 GMT -5
Holy crap that thing is clean Now thats a nice bike
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Post by trebchopper on May 7, 2005 9:03:52 GMT -5
nice looking bike oldway. you've captured a look to be admired by all. tebchopper  |
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Post by Burns on May 7, 2005 11:31:50 GMT -5
tres nifty
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Post by steve78650 on May 7, 2005 14:42:49 GMT -5
Very Nice!!!
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Post by 30coupe on May 7, 2005 19:14:31 GMT -5
Flames is flames, but scallops is cool! Oldway, I was planning on running a sparto light too, but they don't have license plate light illumination do they? How do you plan to address that problem, or just don't worry about it. I always like to "look" legal so as not to give an excuse to be pulled over. Next thing ya know, they're looking at EVERYTHING, and I don't need that. My fender is even shorter (ends straight up from axle) and I need a light that can mount on top of a fender like that. Does anyone know of any other light that mounts like a sparto, or is there enough room in the housing to cut a lense hole and mount another small light inside? I refuse to run a sidemount, so I'm just looking for options. I love your bike, and don't want to sound like a smartass....but... how far did ya get before that chain ate your ignition key? Is that elec box from you know who? Or was that promise of sending you one just more of the same old song and dance?
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Post by hotshoe3 on May 9, 2005 11:27:03 GMT -5
I used the same light on my Daytona Bike.
In an attempt to keep it somewhat legal,(and safe) I gutted it and fit in a 3 wire Auto Zone replacement brake light assembly from a Chevy pickup . It uses an 1157 bulb that I wired to the stock rear brake switch.It seems to be bright enough to illuminate the plate, but it should have a clear lens from the bottom.
That is a real nice bike,great job.
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Post by Diesel on May 9, 2005 21:00:05 GMT -5
Hey Oldway... I didn't realize you were a member here as well so I posted pix of your bike (sorry for the extra exposure). See, that's how impressed I am with it.  So how did you build the girder? |
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Oldway
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Post by Oldway on May 9, 2005 21:25:36 GMT -5
I'am like s*** I'am everywhere. I won it on an ebay auction, it was 58" long. I had it shortend at www.drjohnsmfs.com he also fixed the terrible job that Black Widow did and did not make good on. I had to convince people on that other site that the sun does not rise and set on the V-Twin. Nor does it take 20k to build a nice bike. |
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Post by Diesel on May 11, 2005 19:59:23 GMT -5
You had to convince them of that at Garage Choppers? I have yet to hear/read anything negative unless it's about the custom bike shops that assemble +30K billet barges.
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Oldway
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Post by Oldway on May 11, 2005 20:38:44 GMT -5
They're great over there and very supportive of any project, it's just that ( nothing against HD or the evil yuppies who have inflated the price of a so-so motorcycle ) the V-Twin has just been done to death. Back in the day we chopped anything and everything and some of the Triumph's BSA's and 750 fours put HD to shame as far as show bikes go. I would like to see that happen again. I own a Honda VTX, I would never chop it because no matter how nice it came out, and there are beautful examples of them out there, it would just be another V-Twin to me.  I don't want to come off as a Harley hater, I'am not, my point is as far as choppers go the V-Twin is as pass'e as flames ( ah-oh did I step in it again ). As for baggers, ( this is a catogory thats really coming of age ) these guys rock! I see more inovation and potential then any other type of custom. |
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Post by trebchopper on May 12, 2005 0:30:05 GMT -5
i dont want to get on my high horse but you said it for me about the chopper fad today it really jerks my chain. you dont know how many non riding bike guys at work talk about getting a american chopper or a west coast chopper and i just laugh at them. they could not even get it out of first gear probably. when i tell some of the guys im building a chopper they just bug there eyes out and ask me how i can afford it. and one said they cost like ten to twenty thousand bucks don't they. i just put my head down and shook it in disgust. choppers should never be thought of as an expensive high dollar item. there about building your personality into a mean looking ride that you can call your own . but you said it oldway. anyway i plan on buying a yamaha v star for cruising longer distances. trebchopper |
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Post by SPARKEY on May 27, 2005 20:41:57 GMT -5
I have admit, that is one sweet looking bike.Good show.
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Post by jeepurze on May 31, 2005 20:00:34 GMT -5
this has got to be one of the most tastefull chops ive seen would you mind telling everyone youve got 75 g's in it so nobody feels bad on the other side of biking
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Oldway
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Post by Oldway on Jun 4, 2005 19:33:09 GMT -5
Sorry, after registration and insurance the bill came to just over $3,000, (including the donor bike and tools).
Surpriseing to me was the the amount of money I spent on new fastners.
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