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    (drooling)

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    awesome skills man.

    cant wait to see the finished product.

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    I usually cringe when I see Buells torn down for projects like this and have to admit still don't know exactly how I feel about this one. Having said that, this is hands down the best one I've seen so far and also have to admit that I'm intrigued to see the final product.

    Digging the creativity!

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    Finished fiberglass seat. Then I mocked up the tail with some scrap steel bolted to the back of the hub bolts and tacked to the tail. This will hold it nice and steady to measure cut and notch my frame tubing. Gonna look at it for a few days and make sure I like the height and angle. Then out comes the protractor and math. Grrrrr.




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    If anyone is interested in how to make fiberglass parts. These videos are very informative. I have no connection to dime city. But they are cool dudes. I use a bit different technique. But basically the same.

    part one mold



    part two fiberglass:D

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    I'm in awe of the bike and the talent. Looks amazing. Great vision. Now finish the damn thing so we can see the end product. :D

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    Lol. Thanks man. I wheeled it out of the garage today to clean up and blow out all the fiberglass dust. It's the first time I looked at it from any distance. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

    Lots to do yet. Hoping to be 100% by March.

    Right now I'm just having beers thinking about colors.

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    Very nice work. BTW I have red plastics and would love Black ones, seeing how you are looking at painting let me know if you would like to work out a deal on plastics.

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    Finished the tail support....




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    That's a beautiful thing... It's looking great.



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