Bobber

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deadliving99
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Bobber

Postby deadliving99 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:00 pm

Hey anyone have any clue or tips on where to even begin to bob this bike. Seeing how it is virtually impossible to find aftermarket parts for our bikes what would be the next closest fit? Obviously I will mod parts but anyone know what the closest sizing would be? thanks

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Re: Bobber

Postby Triangles » Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:20 pm

not sure what you want to do? Isn't a bobber pretty much were you take off all unnecessary parts and trim down existing parts to make the bike lighter? The 454LTD and Vulcan 750 are somewhat similar. A few vulcan 800 parts are interchangeable....
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Re: Bobber

Postby Leaf » Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:21 pm

I'm not sure what else you could lighten appreciably (or why, as it already gits down the road like a scalded dog)... It's only 400-ish pounds as-is, and the rear fender is plastic rather than steel (on the A, anyway; never seen a C up close)...

Personally, I just don't "get" the whole bobbing craze. It seems strange to me to take a decent bike and chop it up into something impractical that flings mud and water all over ya and doesn't have any place to tie anything on... >_> Different strokes, I reckon. No offense intended. ;3

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Re: Bobber

Postby Triangles » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:53 am

C is a plastic fender as well.
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