"650 V Stars "Custom, Classic & Dragstar"
And a Special thanks to Ron Weiser
The Green Mamba
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A friend of mine, Jeff Sweigart, dubbed my bike "The Green Mamba" and it sort of stuck. OK, OK,.. I know it's not the fastest bike around, but it looks like it could be! It took about 7 months to customize over a long, cold Pennsylvania winter. Here's what I've done: |
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| - | Custom paint by Benny Bryant, Fantasies On Wheels. Silver base with Silver/Black Marblized ghost flames and drop shadows. Top coated with Kandy Organic Green with Dupont Chromallusion highlights and starbursts. |
| - | Seeger Cycle Accessories AME +14 degree over stock raked front end with +10" over stock fork tubes. The front is raked about 50 degrees total and stretched about +20" |
| - | Outside slash cut semi-gutted stock pipes. A Benny Bryant designed modification. |
| - | RAK - Ram Air Kit intake & re-jet. A Benny Bryant designed modification. |
| - | Thunder Manufacturing Hyper Charger |
| - | Pacific Cost Star "Potato Chip"cruiser seat |
| - | Hidden handlebar control wire harnesses. A Benny Bryant designed modification. Where the wire harnesses exit the bottom of the bars, they are covered with stainless steel braided sheathing and clear heat shrink tubing. |
| - | Slammed the rear lowering the rear fender 3" |
| - | Raised the front frame 1" |
| - | Lowered the rear frame 1" |
| - | Removed the AIS |
| - | Custom high rise buckhorn pull back handlebars |
| - | 4" domed straight risers |
| - | Kuryakyn ISO grips |
| - | Drag Specialties Arlen Ness Stealth I short stem ellipse mirrors |
| - | Highway Hawk mini tach |
| - | Dual stacked 3" x 5" rectangular 55W halogen headlights |
| - | Replaced the front turn signal/running lights with Dennis Kirk fork mounted front turn signal/marker lights |
| - | Replaced the brake/tail light assembly and rear turn signals with a Jammer brake/tail light assembly with integral turn signals |
| - | Drag Specialties rear fender stay mounted 45 degree turn signal/marker lights |
| - | Yamaha swing arm covers |
| - | Yamaha engine guards |
| - | Kuryakyn ISO rider pegs and ISO highway pegs |
| - | Chromed handlebar control housings, levers and master cylinder |
| - | Cobra chrome master cylinder cover |
| - | Chromed front fork lower legs |
| - | Chromed front brake caliper and caliper bracket |
| - | Polished front disk brake rotor |
| - | Polished front wheel hub |
| - | Kuryakyn fork bullets |
| - | Stainless braided throttle, clutch and speedo cables by Barnett |
| - | Stainless braided front disk brake hose by Barnett |
| - | Aluminized engine cylinder jugs and polished the cylinder fins |
| - | Under gas tank mounted green neon tube lights |
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