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Old 01-15-2007, 04:05 AM
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Drilled upper triple
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Old 01-15-2007, 05:09 AM
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Why would you drill holes on the upper triple clamp? to save weight?
I'd say you probably lost the same amount of weight yourself doing the drilling.
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Put down the cheeseburgers. Go for a walk. But for God's sake PUT THE DRILL AWAY.


That is all.
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Old 01-15-2007, 06:53 AM
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Looks like a pretty cool place to store pencils.
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Looks like a pretty cool place to store pencils.
I was thinking about a triangular pattern and some golf tees, and you could play one of those truck stop games on boring straight stretches.
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Old 01-15-2007, 09:29 AM
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Apparently Honda's CBR900RR "speed holes" made it to the Superhawk...does it help the bike turn faster?
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Old 01-15-2007, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bkelsey
I was thinking about a triangular pattern and some golf tees, and you could play one of those truck stop games on boring straight stretches.
Oh is that what they're for? I thought they were t-handle wrench and/or screwdriver holders; makes lock to lock turns tricky but talk about convenience!
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Old 01-15-2007, 12:46 PM
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Quite obviously it's to create a shear point for a low side.. handle bars will break at the triple clamp, which will help with..... man i got nothing. Is it a crumple zone?
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Old 01-15-2007, 02:13 PM
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Dang! You guys (girls) are a tough crowd! Not my bike, but I think it looks cool.
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Old 01-15-2007, 03:01 PM
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looks like a quality job none the less! those must be helli bars?
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Old 01-15-2007, 06:10 PM
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Hey that looks pretty nice, whats with the mirros aimed down at the ground.

I never thought about siliconing a watch in the middle, mine is down and to the left of the gauges. Might have to re-located mine.
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Old 01-15-2007, 07:48 PM
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I do like the drilled foot pegs. The triple tree was a litte much though. What if you placed some Christmas lights in the holes. Maybe give some illumination to the bars, to go along with some fender and tank downwash lights.
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Old 01-16-2007, 04:26 AM
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Ha! Ha!Yer killin' me!
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Everyone to there own i suppose,its personal preference at the end of the day.
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Originally Posted by Alan
Everyone to there own i suppose,its personal preference at the end of the day.
Yup, as a matter of fact I'm pretty much "the pot calling the kettle black" here in this thread as I'm probably the only other one who has drilled the upper.

However, mine was to mount handlebars and I think that might have been the origination of this fellows' too. Look at the two on the bottom nearest the steering stem. They are larger than all the others. That's about where I drilled and installed the bar mounts.
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Pla-do fun factory?
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