Wow dude!! Freakin sah-weeeet! That's what my bike looks like when I close my eyes and dream.

 

Yeah took me a year and 1/2 but it really did come out pretty nice. It is the best Honda Shaddy that I have seen out there but it was fun and the beautiful thing is that I did the work myself. I had a buddy drop the paint but I ripped her down and even did the body work. THis ride has a ton done from frame work, lowered, custom pipe work etc.

IT was a labor of fun and love that I am proud of.

SHe is for sale now, wanna buy a bike?

 

Yes, I do. But I had to loose a few bikes to fit the XF in the garage. But out of curiosity, what would you want for that bike?

 

I hope to get about 8k or so.

 

Welcome Nate-man, That is one serious looking scooter! I have a Yamaha Vmax. I did a lot of work on it, but it doesn't look fantastically cool like that thing you're sittin' on. Pretty quick though! You will love the forum and you bought a great car regardless of what those magazine jerks say.

 

Hey Nate_man, welcome to the forum. That's a great lookin bike, I'm an old Honda man myself (but nothing "custom" like yours). I bet you're going to miss it being in Florida and all. At least you'll have a great looking Roadster to cruise around in for sure.
Just going by what you did to your bike, I'm guessing you're a "minimalist" when it comes to customizing, so debadging will probably be in your future.
Forum member Andew makes some great looking decals to cover up your Chrysler emblems, and of course there are lots of wheels to choose from.
Some people paint their grills to make them blend in better, but I'm sure you'll get many more ideas of your own after checking out the galleries.
The styling of these cars lends itself nicely to a multitude of custom possibilities. Good Luck

 

You read me right. I like the clean and custom look. ANd yes I would love to debadge but they have to be right. I really would like to see some of the really sweet Xfires out there but it is a challenge weeding through the galleries (unfortunately I have limieted time) but it will be fun and I cant wait to pick her up this week.

Thanks for the welcome and forums are a great way to share info!

Drive safe!

Nate

 

Well as one of the Newbies here, I was out this weekend cruising and man does this car ride well! I am truly surprised at the way these cars handle and the smoothness of ride for tires with such little meat on them!

I took my girls for a spin and man did we have a blast. The comments that everyone is saying about an undiscovered exotic is soo true.

Initially I was struggling between going with an automatic and a stick and man am I glad that I got a 6 speed what fun to drive!

Well I thought that I would give yall a quick update on Newbie Nate and I am a crossfire die hard !!

THese cars are sweeet!

 

Nate-man, I'm glad to hear you and yours are enjoying your new ride. These things are little treasures. I'm glad the magazine guys hated 'em. If they had loved them we wouldn't have gotten such great deals on these fantastic cars.

 

I am really to be honest surprised that they got such a bad rap. Yes the cup holder is pretty junky but I didnt buy this car for cupholders! Yes the dash is super cheezy looking but the automatically deployed wing makes up for that and man at the end of the day its all about how well the car drives and handles and man she really is pretty easy on the eyes as well!


I took a while to finally make the move but I am glad that I did!

 

Yeh, The mag guys got carried away. As far as the plastic fantastic interior, I installed a 35 piece burled wood set. The set is synthetic but you can't tell the difference these days with these new ones. It looks better than the real burlwood in my Jag. It cost me 280.00 dollars. Looks fantastic! It's manufactured by Benevento and you can find them all over the internet. Send me a Private message if you're going this route and I'll fill ya in. It's impossible to get these things on straight if you go by the instructions, unless of course you're a master at trajectory.

 

I am interested something but want something more on the sport end, the wood wont be for me but I would love to see the pics of your ride. Are they in your gallery?

Like my little ride I was just on MBUSA and looked at the SLK's which after the basic options your over 50K man I would have had three of mine for that price! I can live with the fantastic plastic interior for that price!

 

It's pretty amazing isn't it? Yeh! I wouldn't have done the wood back when I was a little younger. I would have gone carbon fiber, cause back then I went for the full race look. Now that I'm an old guy I think carbon fiber is ugly and plastic wood is cool. What has happened to me?

 

Next thing you know I'm gonna want a 'Bagger' H.D.

 

LOL!

Yeah to be honest I have been looking around and saw a CF dash kit for $2300 and was not really impressed. For now she will be staying stock but I would like to see your pics and maybe just maybe I may be getting old to and join you. LOL!

 

Yep, maybe we can both do our "baggers" in wood or maybe just do the entertainment system between the ape hangers. I have a couple of pieces left to put on and I have been waiting for a warm day when I'm free to finish the job. It should be done soon and I'll post some photos.