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cylinders , 64 mm 5.5G / S throttle body with a Feuling Reaper 465 cam , Techno Research ignition , S & S adjustable push rods and a Pop ' s Garage / Bagger Nation exhaust . All the bodywork and most of the parts and accessories are by Bagger Nation - such as the indicators and brake light , gas tank , fenders , foot controls , shift and brake lever , 6 " OEM style Monkey sport bars ; dimple-die custom dash kit ; prototype Monkey engine guard and award-winning Bagger Nation ' Wail Tail ' Tourpack with sequential flash . There are added touches from the likes of Rebuffini in Italy ( hand controls and front brake ), Le Pera (' Daytona ' seat ), Arlen Ness ' Jagged ' 15 " front floating brake rotor , and front and rear Monza upside down front suspension and remote reservoir rear shocks from ODC ( Italy ) that have been especially selected and tuned for the SRT kit . But under the Rolling Art paint job , the ' secret sauce ' is the SRT kit . For ' Golden Rule ', Paul used an SRT rake kit , SRT 7-degree rake triple tree , modified Café style SRT front fender , SRT ' BANDIT ' front and rear wheels in gold , SRT 777 ( front ) and 180 / 65 B16 ( bias ply , rear ) tires for Bagger Nation by Shinko .

The tires are a separate order , but the beating heart of Bagger Nation SRT kits are your choice of designer wheel , the wide raked triple tree kit , the 7-degree rake neck block , SRT wide ' Thicky ' front fender , front fender spacers , ABS spacer and wide SRT ' Yaxle ' in black or chrome . Yaffe explains that " the stock bagger has 6.5 " of positive trail , and it ' s important to maintain that . By adding 7 degrees of rake to the frame and then correcting the trail by adding 7 degrees at the triple tree , the combination will keep the trail at 6.5 " when you use a 28.5 " diameter front wheel . " Raking the frame and then correcting the trail with raked trees is the only way to keep that trail number and still have full suspension travel and proper clearance between the front fender and the lower triple tree . " When all the components of the SRT kit are used together , they create a unique look and feel - and you get improved handling and performance as a bonus . The start point of the kit is the premise that 14 degrees of total rake creates the perfect cosmetic balance for the increased tire size ( wheel base is 5.5 " longer ). " The 6.5 " of positive trail maintains the

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