Motorcycle .. Before and After
 

I bought this bike a few weeks back and i still can't believe how different it looks from the way it was originally purchased .. the guy that had it chopped the seat pan / put on the straight bars and straight pipes (sounds great .. really loud )

BEFORE
http://www.motorcycleminnesota.com/070104/07/image1.jpg

AFTER
http://www.satanbros.com/mike/bike1.bmp

looks doper!!!!!

this is also the same bike customized ... it's a Honda Shadow VLX 600

http://southernmetalchoppers.com/norm2.jpg
this was done by www.southernmetalchoppers.com

I see you likes bikes.

I like "before" better then "after".

I can see how some people would but that bike just don't fit me .. I'm more of a custom Harley type of guy but for my first bike didn't want to spend that type of money .. I only paid $1000 for the bike and i think it looks pretty cool for a Honda ... runs great and i like the flat black a lot ..

Can't bitch about it when it costs 1k... nice man :thumbsup

I'm more of a sportbike guy but I like what you did to it.

Here is my bike when I use to race for Team Kawasaki

http://www.insanemidget.com/gfy/bike.jpg

somewhere down the line I'd like to get a sport bike ... they seem like fun but not something i would ride all the time

but that's one kick ass bike

I'm looking at the new Kawasaki ZX-10

pure sex baby

http://ninja-board.de/1024/zx10-s.jpg

I just saw the other thread and i like the after better. I'm a fan of sport bikes but love the Harley look . never really liked the stock Honda look however they are getting better looking these days

looks great :)

looks great but I like "before" than "after" :)

I hate loud bikes. For some reason peope think that they have to loud to look good.

Nice and clean.. love black

the pipes just have a great sound .... I like them because they let people know your there .. I know that when I'm in a car driving I'd rather hear a bike coming up on the right then look over and see them last minute .. As far as look ...I think the thin straight pipes look better then the fat stock ones .. but loud doesn't =look good

When I saw the thread title I said "Oh no, he met up with tree or a telephone pole"
Sorry, I always think the worst when it comes to bikes...

Looks good. I'm looking to do something similar with a Sportster. Put a springer front on it, with a solo seat, etc. Old style.

nice rides....

yeah .. this is my first bike .. so i just got a beater .. but my next bike will be a custom of some type .. I'd like to work a Harley

:clown :clown :clown :clown

still as dope before and after!

I want to build my own big bear chopper
http://www.bigbearchoppers.com/image...r/photos/2.jpg

damn, I want that black KAWASAKI ZX-10. :thumbsup

Dope looking ride

it looks pretty good :thumbsup

looking good :thumbsup

I guee that guy made some good changes on your bike, Mike. :)

keep up the good work

here is one of my 'before and after' shots just to be a little motivation for you

before
http://www.mrpheer.com/vtx/02.jpg

after
http://www.mrpheer.com/bikes/bluevtx/14.jpg
http://www.mrpheer.com/bikes/bluevtx/03.jpg

I did all the work myself. I sold that bike last spring and currently have a red one sitting on my workstand, just installed new pipes on it tonight.

so many great details ... the pipes look great and i like that you took off the front directionals and added smaller ones ... the controls make a big difference along with the seat ... you changed just about everything on that bike ... it looks so much better ... my plan is to stick with this one all next summer .. maybe change a few more small details and then sell it to get a new bike that i can put some money into .. being my first bike and being that i only paid $1k for it I'm not looking to put much more into it .. just learn to ride on it and then pass it on to the next guy ... :thumbsup

wow i love it
i love bikes in general and all that power between my legs
i wanna go for a ride

here's some before and after pics....

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...icial%26sa%3DG

careful when riding your bike... :)

i hate the rear fender, that should get chopped a lot

other than that it looks pretty cool, get someone to stencil on a maltese cross on the tank or do it yourself and it will look good

flat black looks tough, now, make sure you wear the flat black 'skull cap' helmet to match... you might be Baddog tough one day :thumbsup

thats not a zx10, thats an old zxr750.. and team kawasaki havent used em for anything recently but vintage racing.. thats an early 90's bike.. someones talking shee-ite me thinks..

check these guys out: http://www.chandleroriginals.com

cool stuff and not very expensive either

http://www.chandleroriginals.com/gal...Bobber_001.jpg

http://www.chandleroriginals.com/gal...Chaser_001.jpg

On this one they chopped the fender .. I want to do the same
http://southernmetalchoppers.com/norm2.jpg

It will fall on deaf ears!
Trust me.

I hate loud bikes; my office is downtown and the bike motors echo off the buildings. The noise is more annoying than the trucks that pass all the time.

yeah i saw that, much better

i really hate that style of stock fender, the kawasaki vulcan 500 has something similar, ruins what would be a pretty good looking beginner bike

Looks like you can build one for like $12-15k .. not bad for a kickass bike like that ..:thumbsup


I can't believe they turned this (Buell/Sportster Conversion -BEFORE)
http://www.chandleroriginals.com/gal...erConv_001.jpg

into this (Buell/Sportster Conversion AFTER)
http://www.chandleroriginals.com/gal...erConv_003.jpg

That's fucked up ... you really need to watch everything going on around you .. I'm glad your friend is ok ...


I like a stripped down bike .. he had so much shit on that bike I would wonder how he could watch where he was going .. I assume he travels long distances ... GPS and all .. so i guess he needs those things ..

yep chandler is pretty cheap, that buell looks like an exile clone

there was another company that made some pretty cool exile style choppers that were not that expensive, ill have to find the magazine

I really like the Excile bikes .. I love the flat black (one of the reasons i have mine that way) and i like the wide tire in the front but wonder how that effects handling

I just bought this bike for my wife:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...leforwomen.jpg

http://www.revolutionsteel.com/site/index2.html

click on bikes, they have a knockoff of one of the biker buildoff bikes that russ from exile built (only russ's bike had red rims)

i like the lil bruiser

that is nice and only $16k I have a guy up the block ...he just moved in next to the car audio place and he's building some sick customs. I see them parked out front and they work with the doors open .. I'm going to stop by there this week and take a look .

:1orglaugh

Nice, I've got my eyes on a Ninja right now...

not as nice as i remembered it but the non-knockoff little bruiser is pretty cool, i would probably kill for an indian larry bike

one he actually made, not a new one but from what i understand they are carrying on the tradition over there, you probably arent that far away from his shop since you are in strong island, no idea what they charge though

probably 40k+