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Offline Doc B.

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on: June 04, 2015, 01:44:59 PM
I have got the Aprilia I picked up in March pretty much pulled back together and have been riding to work off and on. Crash damage from the POs down at the track is repaired save for some fairing scuffs, injectors are clean as a whistle and engine running great, new Dunlop Q3s on the wheels, a Scott/Ohlins steering damper has been added, the Akrapovic muffler has been repaired, repacked and baffled to make it a little more commute friendly (but less WOO HOO!), softer grips installed, suspension dialed in for the street, the brutally stiff clutch has been modded with a bigger slave cylinder, a bit of commuting luggage has been added and she's now quite pleasant to ride to work and back.

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Reply #1 on: June 05, 2015, 05:00:43 AM
Very nice!
Let's see some more photos when you get a chance...

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Reply #2 on: June 08, 2015, 02:19:24 PM
It's not a gang, it's a club. Warm weather here means that Bottlehead employees are two-wheelin' it to work. That's Matthew's ZZR600 in the back, PB's big ol' FJR1300 in the middle and and my Ape up front.

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Reply #4 on: June 28, 2015, 04:51:16 PM
A little more cosmetic stuff completed this weekend - covered crash damaged upper fairing scoops with carbon fiber vinyl, stripped the last ugly graphics off of the tail and mid fairing scoops, and added some cool aprilia logos the PO threw in which he never installed - chrome! Bike cruises along really smoothly at 3-4K.
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Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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Bottlehead Corp.