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Old 11-20-2009, 01:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A finishing touch

Somebody else had posted pics af a radiator screen painted silver that I thought looked really sharp, so I took it a step further...



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Old 11-20-2009, 02:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I think that's the coolest mod I've seen so far. And what do you know......it's the cheapest too.

Nice work!!
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Old 11-20-2009, 03:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hmmmm.........ideas flowing....thinking..thinking about how i named my bike "Brutus" and how i could do that to it.......hmmm............naw....well.....maybe....
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Old 11-20-2009, 10:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 11-20-2009, 10:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 11-20-2009, 10:44 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 11-23-2009, 09:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 11-23-2009, 11:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old 11-26-2009, 06:10 AM   #9 (permalink)
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That looks extremely cool - and I like it a lot.

For the more clueless of us (well me at least),

1. Anything special required to get the radiator grill out?
2. Could you advise what sort of chrome/silver paint you used?

I am one of the more cautious/not quite so fast riders so a grill with

Cap'n
Slow

would look quite nice (James May from Top Gear)

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Old 11-26-2009, 07:19 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Yeah man a neat job. I like it. But what image or words could I use on mine? I would of course have to take into account my bike's name "Leroy". I think I know. "Harley Davidson sucks"
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