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Offline turboguzzi

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Re: Front-End Thinking Changed
« Reply #50 on: October 04, 2015, 02:50:47 PM »
talking about ex500 powered racers, here's a proper one ;)

That's sexy!
and it won the AFM 500 championship in 2002 too....

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Re: Front-End Thinking Changed
« Reply #51 on: October 05, 2015, 09:21:03 AM »
Great track action pics, Don. What track and who shot em?  Thx

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Re: Front-End Thinking Changed
« Reply #52 on: November 19, 2015, 10:36:45 PM »
While living in AZ between 2005-13...(wishing I were still there)...

To think that I picked up an 87 EX500 in California that had seen a rough time, having been dropped several times from the looks of things and had been given the flat black paint job.. I flipped it doubling my money before I did anything with it... Little did I know what could be done with it. Having spent less on the bike than a good front or rear tire for a cb550....cheapest bike Ive ever bought.
I was picking up a CB already so, two fit with little added drain to to the fuel bill.
David- back in the desert SW!