The fenders and gas tank removal was quite a chore; the Springer front-end makes it much more difficult and tedious than motorcycles with ordinary tubular forks and shorter, smaller fenders, but "Hey, I'm not just an ordinary guy"!

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Well, there is no turning back now; the candy red metallic pearl paint will be a welcome sight.

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That stainless steel oil tank was not cheap, but it won't ever rust or peel. Those Vance & Hines pipes will be replaced with some low slung shotguns; I'll use these bad boys on a future project.