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Old 02-17-2011, 10:35 PM   #71
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The whole thing does tie together really nice.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:13 AM   #72
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The whole thing does tie together really nice.
Like a nice rug.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:47 AM   #73
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Looking really great Gas!
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:08 AM   #74
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Okay, I really, really like the custom seat! Of course, I'm a custom seat person. I had a Corbin color co-ordinated seat on my '88 V-Max.... Beautiful and personal statement imho.
Thanks Gents... and zoom!

It's ostrich & "hammered metal" (silver). The color matches perfectly. Even the ostrich is flat in color besides the bumps that are shiny which helps tie in the shiny frame and other shiny black bits. Just looks so much better than the old seat cover.
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Old 03-06-2011, 08:38 PM   #75
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So I finally got the ceramiced exhaust pipes back. They looked oh so nice.



And color matched to the tins perfectly


Put on the flanges and re-install the O2 sensors


Get the pipes & mufflers mounted


Another shot that shows you the color match


Then the satin high temp powder heat shields installed.




They will flatten out a bit after some miles... but it all looks good. I think the satin is a nice blend between the gloss back frame and other pieces and the matte finish paint



Each of the mufflers interfered with the last hole as you might be able to see. But there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm still happy with the look and the completion of the bike.
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Old 03-06-2011, 09:59 PM   #76
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Old 03-07-2011, 12:08 AM   #77
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This calls for a quote from one of my favorite movies;

"Tits, Huah!!!!," Al Pacino
-Scent of A Woman

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Old 03-07-2011, 12:13 AM   #78
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Thank you gentlemen... and Cave.
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Old 03-15-2011, 10:09 PM   #80
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Well after some concern about the bottle openers being either too soft or too hard (brittle) I decided to go with some brackets behind the openers. Just to be safe.

Drafted up this little thing


Ended up going with 1/4" stainless steel due to what we could find at my buds shop.


Grinded one end down to a more of a taper and cleaned up the edges from the band saw. Then took the tarnish off it (shown above and the lower bracket in pic below) because it looked a bit un-even after the bench grinder...


Installed. Put wires & throttle cables between this bracket and the bottle opener. Then used a grade 8 bolt on the bottom due to it's 5" length.
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