Its never easy to say kind things about yourself or to ask for anything. Whether it is something material or simply a favor. Maybe it's the pride that most all of us have for ourselves. So when asked, "Why pick me?", I assume most of us sit here in our computer chair, couch, or bench in the garage (where ever you sit with your computer in front of you to access the interwebz) and scratch our heads pondering this simple thought.
For me, it is just that, very simple. The stock exhaust header pipes I have on my hard-tail dumps right into my foot pegs. This is something I had over-looked when building the bike. I re-used the stock foot pegs and simply welded the mounting studs to the frame, but by doing so, the stock exhaust ends about an inch or two before the foot pegs. Slowly, but surely, the rubber bushings are starting to melt out of there. Not to mention the extremely unsightly black soot that has been building up. But there is hope. And that hope is exactly in the form of the Pandemonium 'Ya Mama' exhaust pipes. These pipes would cure my problem 100%.
If I had the opportunity to win these pipes, in reality, two people would be getting free pipes. A very close and dear friend of mine is in the slow process of piecing an XS together. He has been a wealth of help to me in regards to wiring and always having an extra hand to lend. He is in dire need of any parts that he can get his hands on. He's not picky either. So I promise to give him my stock exhaust in return for the gift that
www.xs650.com and Pandemonium Custom Choppers may give me.
After all, half the fun of these wonderful bikes is not just riding them, but the companionship and joy that they bring to our lives. There is nothing I enjoy more than the feeling after putting a good night's work in on the bike or watching people break their necks to see you blasting down the road on your sweet new ride. These bikes are an outlet for all of us bike enthusiast to express ourselves and for some to meet new people that share the same interest. I for one keep every person's contact information that I have sold or bought parts off of. In my area the XS scene is not very big, so I embrace each and every person I meet a long with way. You never know when you might need that one bolt or electrical component that is sitting in someone else's spare parts box under their work bench. Networking is a wonderful thing, especially in the low budget bike building world. If you've never seen the movie 'Crash', I would suggest watching it. Granted, it has absolutely nothing to do with motorcycles, but it has everything to do with fate and things coming full circle. By winning these pipes, not only will they touch my life (and make my bike look more bad @ss!), but I guarantee that many more people's lives will be touched as well. Cheers! -Bykerbrad
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I'd be pumped to have won that for sure, I'd put her right in the window of my "Real ~ Man's", Barber Shop up here on main street.
