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Another one followed me home! 31 Dec 2011 22:03 #495523

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Got the bike out of the garage to do some work on it, got some pics before I put it on the lift. Actually took a little ride before these shots. Kinda getting attached to it, paints growing on me I guess.

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Another one followed me home! 31 Dec 2011 22:45 #495526

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I like it, pipe and some elbow grease and she will be with you a while :)

I could see the paint growing on me to if it still in good condition. My brother had a 70 302 Boss Mustang painted wild like that. The bell bottoms were cool back then, I think. ;)
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Another one followed me home! 31 Dec 2011 23:05 #495532

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les holt wrote: paints growing on me I guess.

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arent u a little old for droping acid ??? :whistle:

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Another one followed me home! 01 Jan 2012 00:00 #495543

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Id say put a shorter swingarm on it and put a chrome rear fender in origional place.
I like the black header myself,been a long time since ive seen a black sidewinder B)
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Another one followed me home! 01 Jan 2012 00:14 #495545

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Actually fitting the new tubular arm on it which is a 2" stretch where as this one is a 6" stretch and a chrome fender and header with polished engine covers. Would like to go with an 18" wheel in back also.
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Another one followed me home! 01 Jan 2012 01:37 #495563

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I vote for keeping the paint. It reminds me of:

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Another one followed me home! 03 Jan 2012 13:09 #496059

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itsa cool bike les,
can't wait to see how your swingarm and the other mods change the look.

keep us posted.


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Another one followed me home! 03 Jan 2012 13:32 #496062

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Keep the paint job. Get an extra tank, sides, and tail. Paint them any color you want and have two different schemes.
If you do decide to paint them see if a site member will trade the parts to you. I would be interested....Russ
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Another one followed me home! 18 Feb 2012 23:34 #504957

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Okay, I played with the tubular swingarm on the bike and got it debugged pretty good. Then, my nasty habit of not being able to leave well enough alone, I got back on the bolt in single shock deal again with a different approach. As if that wasn't enough, that extra frontend and wheels got used quicker than I had planned and here is what I ended up with.

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Now if I can just leave that 1075 kit and ported head on the shelf.

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Another one followed me home! 18 Feb 2012 23:59 #504962

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That paint job is growing on me. I would totally run it like that.

You know you aren't leaving the 1075 kit on the shelf. I wish I could figure out where I was going to live. Once I settle down again I'm putting mine in the blue bike.
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Another one followed me home! 19 Feb 2012 00:18 #504965

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Ok Les now your just showing off! my god man that is cool keep the paint job
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Another one followed me home! 19 Feb 2012 10:56 #505020

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Nice job Les. B)
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