In MY case, the bike was a commissioned client project. His request: "find me an electric start Commando and turn it into a black cafe racer with CNW front brake, bum-stop seat, and alloy tank". This was the only e-start Commando on the market in September of 2005. I waited and looked for 3 weeks, then my available timeframe ended and I went and picked this one up the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Houston.
I swear, this is what it was like driving into town, ZERO vehicles on I-10 heading west into Houston, unbelievable overflow traffic ON THE GRASS heading east AWAY from Houston. I had NO CLUE what was happening...
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Anyway, the tank took forever from T.A.Baker, and it ended up like this...
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Here's the good part - I sold the High Rider seat, sissy bar and handlebars to a guy in Sweden that was restoring a High Rider, so the static count of complete High Riders remained the same.
