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Originally Posted by Dragonracer76
Very nice. Maybe lose some more weight with clipons and bar-end mirrors. Makes me wish I had a pre-gen again.  |
You are right, and we wanted to go with lightweight clip-ons and bar-end mirrors, largely because the stock handlebars are heavy and because we wanted to lower the front end an inch or so to reduce fork flex a little.
However, we designed this bike for a 17-year-old new rider, so we thought the stock bars with conventional mirrors would be better at this point.
Maybe this summer . . .
We recently installed a new chain and 15/45 sprockets, and shimmed the cush drive, and we have a SS front brake line and new pads on the shelf, ready to go on when there's a little time.
Anyhow, here's the new rear end after we detabbed it a little more). I've since painted the exhaust brackets flat black:
And a before/after shot:
Later, after adding clip-ons:
