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Old 05-18-2011, 08:42 PM   #1
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Default some slightly less gay gladii'

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Old 05-18-2011, 09:03 PM   #2
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Damn, that would be a fun job.
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Old 05-18-2011, 11:43 PM   #3
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Fun job, but damn, this just looks dangerous, I dont see how its any way able to steer.


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Old 05-18-2011, 11:53 PM   #4
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It's not about functionality sometimes. Just looks.
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Old 05-19-2011, 12:21 AM   #5
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Fun job, but damn, this just looks dangerous, I dont see how its any way able to steer.


check out the foam audi r8 bodies...
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Old 05-19-2011, 01:40 AM   #6
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It's not about functionality sometimes. Just looks.
Yeah.
They have to mock movie motorcycles up to make them more exciting for the people who don't know the excitement of riding a real one.
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Old 05-19-2011, 02:00 AM   #7
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It's not about functionality sometimes. Just looks.
that summs up the whole custom chopper thing
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Old 05-19-2011, 08:03 AM   #8
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that summs up the whole custom chopper thing
Beat me to it

Pretty cool that they used a Gladius
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check out the foam audi r8 bodies...

Bottom one looks like it is a fiberglass mold, top one looks like the buck the mold was made from
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