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bassman29 Ex Member	Extreme Makeover - my rear end 11/11/04 at 20:58:00 Before: After: I got the OEM bag supports, the River Road bags and the OEM license bracket on e-bay. The bullet turn signals/running lights came from my local cycle supply store.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #1 - 11/12/04 at 00:35:00 8)Hey nice job! Especially love the bullet-style signals and the orange paint job! BTW, one of my fave singer/songwriters, power-pop maistro Matthew Sweet is from Lincoln, Nebraska ... ever heard of 'em?
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #2 - 11/12/04 at 09:25:13 That makes your butt look big.
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Reply #3 - 11/12/04 at 09:51:44

Perry, Lincoln is a fairly small community - 225,000 or so. The Lincoln music community (of which I am a member - as a working bass player) is correspondingly small - so, yes indeed I know Matthew Sweet. I'm not in his peer group, being an old f@rt, but knew him before he was "Matthew Sweet". I'm proud of him - small town boy makes good and all that.

Gitarzan, thanks for the compliment(?) but that's not my butt. My 18-yr old son is acting as a center stand for the photos. And he is skinny as a rail.

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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #4 - 11/12/04 at 13:20:44 I do like the bullet lights.
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Reply #5 - 11/12/04 at 14:30:07

8)Well that's so cool bassman ... I'm a bit of "a fart" myself at 44, but I love music (play a bit of guitar), particularly the "power pop" sound since discovering Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, etc. back in the late 70's.
I have several of Matt's albums and think he is a real craftsman ... much under-rated and under-appreciated IMHO. If you ever see him around, please give him my regards and tell him that we'd love to see him play up here in St. John's, Newfoundland.
BTW, what kinda music are you into? Does your band have a website?

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Reply #6 - 11/12/04 at 14:33:11

Nice clean work on that "restore" job. Looks good.

I agree about the running lights on the rear turn signals. That mod was one of the first that I did on mine. I think there is a lot more visibility with the added lighting. I don't know why Suzuki has running lights on the front turn signals but not on the back, too.

The turn signals are only available in complete units (I think), so to save the expense, I bought new sockets at the auto supply store and rewired them.

Here is the difference between stock and modified (plus, I get to show off our vanity plates

I also put some LEDS on my spouse's bags, but they still aren't as bright.

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Susan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Been AWOL but I'm back... Posts: 682 Eastern PA Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #7 - 11/12/04 at 20:06:53 Cool plates.
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johnnycrash Ex Member	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #8 - 11/13/04 at 12:56:14 I'm afraid your son gets a felony fashion violation for brown deckshoes and white socks on a motorcycle. FOUL, I CRY, FOUL.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #9 - 11/14/04 at 00:46:55 johnnycrash wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11: I'm afraid your son gets a felony fashion violation for brown deckshoes and white socks on a motorcycle. the deck shoes are clearly oversized at that.
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bassman29 Ex Member	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #10 - 11/14/04 at 09:14:39 Hey, what is this - GQ?? Give the kid a break. It's not his fault he has no fashion sense. I blame the parents. wait a minute.......
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #11 - 11/16/04 at 13:20:40 i too have a before and after, i just went the other way before after should i put on a chrome front fender, or paint the rear
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #12 - 11/16/04 at 16:36:13 8)Whoa!! That's one of the nicest Bob-Job's I've ever seen on an LS650! Go with a chrome front fender man ... for a truely unique look. BTW sluggo, what year is your Savage? Is that an '04? If so, ya didn't waste any time cuttin' 'er up man!
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Reply #13 - 11/16/04 at 17:07:52

PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

8)Whoa!! Is that an '04? If so, ya didn't waste any time cuttin' 'er up man!

my 04 custom. it was my intention all along to chop it.

i looked over the galleries on both this and berts forum and knew what i wanted.

thats the beauty of this machine. low initial cost, easily customized, virtually bulletproof drive train. 8)

the chrome fender came off my old thumper the gn400, it's a half fender with the other half plastic. where the surfaces mate there was two indents, the same indents i used to drill the holes to fit holes in 650 frame.
they really haven't changed that much. between the two machines. i'll just have to fabricate a new front fender bracket to make it chrome.

i know it's no "american chopper", it's better because i did it the way i wanted it. Grin

and spent about a 10th the cost.

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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: Extreme Makeover - my rear end Reply #14 - 11/16/04 at 20:20:24 Great job on both bikes, (bassman, and Sluggo). Sluggo, could you post a more direct side view shot of your bike? I'd like to see the "line" of your bike. That bike looks awesome. And Bassman, where's that new windshield????
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