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[spydglide]

 Now just have to put the little bitch's front end back together. 

And have you decided on this bike's official moniker?    har.  spyder

[Fired00d]

And have you decided on this bike's official moniker?    har.  spyder

Spyder you were reading my mind... that sentence had me thinking the same thing... matter fact I have a suggestion all ready...

Don... she should be called "Kandy Brandy". At least that's a start for suggestions if you are inclined to take any.


 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Twolanerider]

And have you decided on this bike's official moniker?    har.  spyder

Spyder you were reading my mind... that sentence had me thinking the same thing... matter fact I have a suggestion all ready...

Don... she should be called "Kandy Brandy". At least that's a start for suggestions if you are inclined to take any.


 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

No name for the bike yet.  I'm a firm believer that a bike (or a car) can't just be named.  It has to do something to give up its name; to share it with you.  It's been called "bitch" more commonly than anything else during the assembly.  But that's been only a term of endearment.

It may not give up its name.  Sometimes they don't.  The red bike did early on.  That's why it's the red bike.  But the Road Glide never has.  At least not yet.  Have to wait and watch.

[hdbrad03]

Probably will Mark.  Surprisingly the chome ones are cheaper than the black ones if what Jenni told me earlier today is accurate. 

Making a black one red isn't a huge deal though.  I've got some rattle can paint mixed that matches.  That's how I did the one that's here.  Coat of self-etching primer, couple coats of paint and a coat of clear.  So blow a day waiting for paints to dry.  All the paint won't retain heat any more than a dose of chrome plating would.  Decisions decisions.....

Oh well, at least the neck is (hopefully) tight.  Now just have to put the little bitch's front end back together. 

Is she back to work?

 


    Brad

[porthole]

How many bikes have black regulators?

How many bikes have chrome regulators?

How many bikes have red regulators that follow a theme that  has been many a moon in the making?


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[Twolanerider]

Is she back to work?

 


    Brad

No, sorry, that was a brain fart on my part.  Meant Rebecca, the new Jenni.  She quickly gave me prices.

[Twolanerider]

How many bikes have black regulators?

How many bikes have chrome regulators?

How many bikes have red regulators that follow a theme that  has been many a moon in the making?


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yeap......

[Midnight Rider]

If you've got the rattle can that matches, I'd do it up red.


BTW...my Red Bike is named Ruby, as in:

Raven hair and Ruby lips
Sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
She�s a restless spirit on an endless flight



Don't know why, but that song popped into my head the first long ride I took on her...

[Fired00d]

If you've got the rattle can that matches, I'd do it up red.


BTW...my Red Bike is named Ruby, as in:

Raven hair and Ruby lips
Sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
She�s a restless spirit on an endless flight



Don't know why, but that song popped into my head the first long ride I took on her...

As I remember those are called "flashbacks".

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[sadunbar]

How many bikes have black regulators?

How many bikes have chrome regulators?

How many bikes have red regulators that follow a theme that  has been many a moon in the making?

 

[Twolanerider]

I agree.  But it's annoying when (with 20% off) the standard black piece is $170 and the chrome piece is $135.  Makes it seem silly to buy a black one and paint it. 

Earlier today missed a black one on eBay.  Don't know how much would've taken to get it though.  May watch for a week and see if something pops up before ordering a new piece.

[spydglide]

If you have to purchase a new one, get the chrome one at the cheaper price.....more chrome to contrast with the red.  (chrome is always good, esp. at a 'discount')  har.  spyder

[Twolanerider]

If you have to purchase a new one, get the chrome one at the cheaper price.....more chrome to contrast with the red.  (chrome is always good, esp. at a 'discount')  har.  spyder

That's probably what I'll do Spyder.  No time to do anything with it for the next several days anyway.  Will likely give it a week or 10 days and see if a good used piece shows up on eBay.  After that if have to buy new will buy the lesser expeensive chrome one.  There's enough red around the regulator that neither chrome nor red are really "wrong" choices. 

[mjb765]

I agree.  But it's annoying when (with 20% off) the standard black piece is $170 and the chrome piece is $135.  Makes it seem silly to buy a black one and paint it. 

Earlier today missed a black one on eBay.  Don't know how much would've taken to get it though.  May watch for a week and see if something pops up before ordering a new piece.

Kind of strange that the chrome one is cheaper   Maybe baking the black on--or whatever they do--is more of a process than chroming.....

[murphy]

Kind of strange that the chrome one is cheaper   Maybe baking the black on--or whatever they do--is more of a process than chroming.....

Supply and demand, black is the new chrome!