getcarter
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well this is my attempt at my rat bike. i built it, or should i say started taking it apart, about 2 years ago. it is a 01 yamaha v star 1100. i bought it in all stock trim, it was a custom. i then began to make it mine. i worked at broward motorsports which makes metric choppers, very expensive, nice choppers. i had plans to go that route when it hit me, i don't like shiney stuff. so i bobbed the fender, added classic wheels, bought a set of pipes and wrapped them and cut em. i then had a buddy shoot it flat black and lastly started taking off the chrome and sanding it for a brushed look. i have not finished that part yet. i think when i get home i will cut out the back bone and raise it up a bit. oh yeah, i took off the handle bars and put on gsxr grips. when i lowered it the fork tubes came up a good ways through the triple tree and it seemed like the right thing to do. that is all....... i think.