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Offline Stev-o

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Re: My new chopper. A real "back in the day" survivor.
« Reply #275 on: January 01, 2021, 03:13:47 pm »
Not being able to add pictures inside the body of the post is a real drag.
Forums just arent the same after photobucket.



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Re: My new chopper. A real "back in the day" survivor.
« Reply #276 on: January 01, 2021, 03:56:55 pm »
Have you ridden a chopper much ? Set up right, you can do lots of miles.
 And you can have huge fun without being ticket bait...
 
 Laws a around here have really  killed it for sportbike owners. .

I have not done a tone of miles, but I know what you mean about a properly set up chopper.
Honestly I was shocked how well this one went down the highway.  I assumed it was only ever going to be good at bar hopping.

Sport bikes do get a bad rap.
A few that I have had really were zero fun at sane speeds.

Ones I have now kind of split the difference.

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Re: My new chopper. A real "back in the day" survivor.
« Reply #277 on: January 01, 2021, 09:59:24 pm »
I have a raked out chopper and that thing is comfy as hell except for in any kind of traffic.
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Re: My new chopper. A real "back in the day" survivor.
« Reply #278 on: January 02, 2021, 06:01:50 am »
Need to finish getting the cases cleaned up, then painted.

After that I will dig into the crank bearings.  I would like to have new ones, but need to figure out what is available and what sizes I need.
Any tips?

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Re: My new chopper. A real "back in the day" survivor.
« Reply #279 on: January 02, 2021, 07:44:41 am »
Measure first, you may not need any at all.
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