Big dog loose in Costa Rica

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isalas

Member
Ok so here it is, after many months of shipping delays and stupidity /sigh customs being a bitch a then some body work its ready:

First see the attachments thats how the bike showed up at customs :( the bike was "packed" by a shipping company in Florida which had detailed instructions on how to do it and apparently had previous experience....

We discover later that what they used to hold down the bike was this metal lines used to hold wooden boxes they used only 3 one right on top of the rear fender, one in the middle of the frame, and another on the front fender...

Ok now the good, the company owner was extremely embarrassed he flew in from FL just to apologize to me and my dad and to gives us a check to cover all the damages.

So this is how the bike looked when I got it

Now After changing the broken pieces and painting the bike locally using House of Color paint this is the end result:











 

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chaingunner

Guest
Wow, bike looks sweet! Sept them damn reflectors! :)

I'd of been super pissed! What ignorant ass's could possibly think any of that shipping prep they did would suffice..... Jack ass's!

Good to hear the owner made good however :cheers: to him.
 

RuDawg

Red Cloud
The new paint job looks wicked! I almost wish they would have screwed up my paint when shipping it to Korea. I wouldn't mind some flames added. For mine they built a crate for my bike and they secured it on 4 corners with tie-downs, just like you would on a trailer. They also framed around the wheels with 2x4s. It arrived just like it left. I know you must have been pissed, but you are really lucky they didn't do worse damage.

Did you break even on the paint job or did you have to pitch in some extra for the new look?
 

isalas

Member
I ended up about even with everything, I was going to order a new tank but I couldn't make myself wait about another month so I heated this one took the bump out (let me tell you not as easy as it sound that shit was hard) smelted some iron on it to reinforce it and then paint it.

Parts I did had to order were Handlebars (not seeing in picture but where bent) all 4 turn signals housings and plastic covers and 2 light boards, air filter cover and the paint
 
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