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04-17-2012, 06:58 PM
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I have decided that the original question *Can an FXR be Bobbed" has been answered. As a matter of fact, I think that the bobbed examples I have seen are superior to the average bobbed motorcycle!
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04-17-2012, 07:54 PM
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#47 (permalink)
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IronButt
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: St Pete, FL
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I'm with you Joe. Give me the bike, I'll throw away the frame and aluminium bodywork, and transfer the rest to my FXRS-CON. Then again, maybe not. I might just buy a cheap used FXR and transfer everything to that.
Hey...a guy can dream. ~ Pete
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04-17-2012, 08:16 PM
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Dreams are always good!
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04-17-2012, 11:51 PM
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#49 (permalink)
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IronButt
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhead smitty
I have decided that the original question *Can an FXR be Bobbed" has been answered. As a matter of fact, I think that the bobbed examples I have seen are superior to the average bobbed motorcycle!
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Agreed. With the Bobber, less is more. Less can be done well or poorly. We have a number of examples of it being done well, and a few poor. Quality is high overall. I would be happy riding a number of the bikes here.
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1992 Harley Davidson FXR
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04-18-2012, 07:45 PM
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#50 (permalink)
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The Best Me I Can Be
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhead smitty
I have decided that the original question *Can an FXR be Bobbed" has been answered. As a matter of fact, I think that the bobbed examples I have seen are superior to the average bobbed motorcycle!...
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You're right, some of the best I've seen. It probably doesn't hurt that they started with a superior motorcycle.
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Originally Posted by BigPeet
...I might just buy a cheap used FXR and transfer everything to that.
Hey...a guy can dream. ~ Pete
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Nothing wrong with dreaming big.
joe
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FXRT- When only the best will do
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04-19-2012, 08:43 PM
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#51 (permalink)
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IronButt
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LaPorte,TX
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A bobbed FXR isnt a bad idea as long as it does'nt compromise the handling of the greatest bike Harley ever produced
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04-19-2012, 09:17 PM
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#52 (permalink)
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I think Eric Buell summed it up when he said "this bike handles like no other Harley ever"!
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04-20-2012, 08:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Throttle_Jockey
A bobbed FXR isnt a bad idea as long as it does'nt compromise the handling of the greatest bike Harley ever produced
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhead smitty
I think Eric Buell summed it up when he said "this bike handles like no other Harley ever"!
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That's right- don't mess with the frame...
All those aftermarket 'FXR' frames that're 'FXR' only because they're rubber mount.
That aluminum 'fxr' earlier this week- it at least incorporated the triangle, but the backbone was sh**. Looked like my bud's '96 DWG.
joe
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04-21-2012, 06:34 PM
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#54 (permalink)
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FNG :)
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhead smitty
Dreams are always good!
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That is a bad a^% looking bike, the bike Mickey Rourke rode in Harly Davidson and the marlboro man movie was pretty sweet also.
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04-26-2012, 08:06 AM
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IronButt
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Colorado by way of SoCal.
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Yet another example.
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04-26-2012, 09:16 AM
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IronButt
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gretsch58
Yet another example.
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That bike is crying out for a set of drag bars!
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04-26-2012, 08:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by juiced03
That bike is crying out for a set of drag bars!
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Or some anti-collision lights. I doubt an ultralight could clear those things.
joe
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11-20-2012, 01:08 PM
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#58 (permalink)
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FNG :)
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Texas
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I'm currently making my FXR into a bobber. I cut about 6" of the frame behnd the strut. It's a just an open tube and I don't want it to get rusted out. What do you put at the end of a frame on the FXR?
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11-20-2012, 03:48 PM
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#59 (permalink)
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IronButt
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Garland, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chuco
I'm currently making my FXR into a bobber. I cut about 6" of the frame behnd the strut. It's a just an open tube and I don't want it to get rusted out. What do you put at the end of a frame on the FXR?
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how bout some paint
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11-20-2012, 04:02 PM
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#60 (permalink)
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IronButt
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: St Pete, FL
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how bout some paint and a plug
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