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Started by brianwarner983 at 07-15-2008 10:00 PM. Topic has 6 replies.

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   07-15-2008, 10:00 PM
brianwarner983 is not online. Last active: 9/21/2008 4:30:35 AM brianwarner983



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my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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I thought you guys would be interested to see what i have done to my bike so far. 
Here is a thread about it from another forum, there are some parts of the transformation that are not shown, but you see the result.

http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10083&highlight=gl500

~4L3X
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   07-15-2008, 10:07 PM
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Re: my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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Nice bike.
There are a lot of other pics at the web address but I grab the finished one.

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   07-16-2008, 9:32 AM
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Re: my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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I love what you did to the bike man.  Who knew that a gl500 could look that good.  I have been keeping an eye on your thread on the custom fighters page for some time now.  I have to know, where did you place your battery and all the wiring?  I have been having trouble making my gl500 open in the battery/airbox area.

Thank you


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   07-16-2008, 9:37 AM
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Re: my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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Looks good.  What did you use for turn signals and tail lights?

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   07-16-2008, 4:32 PM
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Re: my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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well, the wiring is tucked into that black box underneath the seat, and i replaced the battery with a smaller AGM type sealed battery and mounted it in the tail. 

the front has Ebay short stalk signals, the rear has only brake lights for now.  2   6led modules from oznium.com  
soon will come 2 more modules for turn signals.   yellow this time.

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   07-16-2008, 5:49 PM
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Re: my GL Fighter/ Cafe
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Nice job, I like it. A mono shock from a dirtbike would look really cool. I don't know if it would improve or hurt the handling/ride.
Tom
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http://choppercharles.com/cs/forums/29599/ShowPost.aspx


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   07-16-2008, 6:45 PM
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that was what i was thinking.    it would be nice to find one that i can change the spring out of, to get the best ride quality.

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