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doty
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 Posted: September 14, 2008, 11:14 pm Post subject: yes i am from iowa |
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my name is jason...i live in davenport, iowa. got my hands on a 81 650 for $300 in good working order...stripped it of all the clutter and this is what i am working with so far...making a bratstyle seat, getting a simple paint job and hope to be on the road in about two weeks...anyway i am glad to have found this site. seems to have all the info i need and a ton of other great looking 650s
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jimmythetrucker
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| Posted: September 15, 2008, 4:01 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| Welcome, Jason! We're always glad to meet another Iowan around here. I live in Troy Mills, myself, and there's guys here from Mount Pleasant, North English, Ankeny, Council Bluffs, and a couple of other places. There'd be more of us, you know, but not everyone is smart enough to invest in an XS650.
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georelle
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Location: South Dakota
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| Posted: September 15, 2008, 9:43 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Welcome
Good luck with the build. Keep us updated.
By the way that is a nice looking Sporty in the poster.
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jojoaruba
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| Posted: September 15, 2008, 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Welcome!
y hat is off to all you guys that can tear 'em down and put 'em back together!
Have you had a 650 before? It is a great bike.
Send us the pictures of the final masterpiece!
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davechief
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Location: West Liberty, IA
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| Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| Welcome Jason, I'm just south of your location in West Liberty, IA and currently working on bringing my 79 Special back up to speed.
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p73ornstar
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| Posted: September 23, 2008, 8:07 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| Howdy Jason, born and raised in Webster City myself, moved to Wisconsin in 4th grade. Welcome to the forum
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doty
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| Posted: September 28, 2008, 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| i will post some new pics later this week. stoked to say the least. this is not only my first 650 but my first bike also. yeah the sporty poster is a keeper "honey cycle" is the name of it...keeps us smiling in the shop.
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doty
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| Posted: December 2, 2008, 2:47 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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here are some more updated photos of the progress of my first 650. I have had the help of my boy heath with river rat cycles doing really most of this build and also greg of docs chops coming by to help with wiring, and hooking up some custom kneepads. when its finished i will take some good shots for you guys...i am stoked.
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Pure-Pork
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| Posted: December 2, 2008, 11:50 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Welcome
Haven't been a member of this forum that long myself, but have found a lot of useful information about the 650. The knowledge here from others seems to be immense.
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metalredneck
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| Posted: December 2, 2008, 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Looking good!
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nj1639
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| Posted: December 2, 2008, 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Looking good, what kind of knee pads did you use?
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doty
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| Posted: December 6, 2008, 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| greg from doc's chops came by and custom made them on the spot one night...wish i could point you in a better direction.
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mseriously
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Location: Iowa
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| Posted: December 7, 2008, 3:02 am Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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Another fellow Iowan...good deal.
What shocks you running there? 11" ??? Any chance you could let me know where you got your seat from or who made it? I'm looking for a low profile seat myself.
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doty
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| Posted: December 7, 2008, 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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we custom made it...well heath from River Rat Cycles did all the work really i just drank PBR and gave my 2 cents and a bunch of bitch work...he has the progress posted on his myspace www.myspace.com/riverratcycles kinda walks through the hold build so far.check under his folder {650 streetfighter for jason} took the pan and foam to a local upholstery shop, showed them a couple bratstyle pics and dude hooked it up in about a week...had it out a couple days ago when the snow first hit, still has some tweaking to do.
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doty
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| Posted: December 7, 2008, 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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| Part #06-3608 from mikesxs 11.5 shocks
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mseriously
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| Posted: December 7, 2008, 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: yes i am from iowa |
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cool...that's what I thought. nice to see what they look like on a bike. your yammy is lookin good man!
ain't nothin wrong with a good PBR!!!
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