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81 Shovel
I bought a one owner FXE yesterday.
It is pretty clean, but has the wrong tins on it. I bought it from my friend that owns a local Indy shop, it was a commission sale. I had made an offer on it about a month ago, and the seller finally came down to my offer. First thing is to lose the hiway pegs and the gay , tassled seat with chrome studs all over it. I thinking a stripped down bar hopper, but, I'll think it over before I do anything radical. I can't pick it up till Monday, I'll post some pics then.
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06-22-2018, 12:57 PM
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If tassels are gay, than you can call me RuPaul.
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06-22-2018, 02:51 PM
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My career as a stand-up comedy male dancer requires tassels. State law.
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06-22-2018, 03:22 PM
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This is one I threw together last November. About the only thing that was done to the stock frame was one spacer was welded on the backbone for the tank.
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Under the seat, I found a slew of orange wire nuts, attached to SPEAKER WIRE, going SOMEWHERE.... The PO was nice enough to leave me a BRAND NEW Kobalt 3/8 ratchet.
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Ah, wire nuts, the signature of the ace electrical technician.
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I think Sparky used it to hook up the aftermarket turn signals. which are going away. I already put on the original seat, cause I couldn't stand looking at all those studs and tassels. If I'm gonna look at tassels, I want to see tits attached to them.
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06-27-2018, 11:53 AM
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Have I got a picture of me for you...
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hahahaha, post it up Bro!
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I was thinking how, um, rad that seat would look if you replaced the chromium studs with multicolored LEDs.
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06-27-2018, 06:08 PM
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I was thinking how, um, rad that seat would look if you replaced the chromium studs with multicolored LEDs.
Stay away from the brown acid. 
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