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Custom Builder - AFT Customs Kemosabe Photo Gallery

Kemosabe started out as a 2002 Honda VT750B until Jim Guiffra and the girls of AFT Customs converted it into a hot little bobber which competed in the LA Calendar Show and the AMW World Championships before undergoing the ultimate test on the Salt.

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Jim takes Kemosabe for a spin on the Salt.
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Beauty and brains - the AFT Custom girls pose with Kemosabe, a bike they helped build, at the AMD World Championships in Sturgis.
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The AMD World Championships in Sturgis attracts the best custom bike builders in the world.
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Duane Ballard did the work on Kemosabe's custom leather seat.
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Cyndi, Sukhee and Shelby with Kemosabe on the Salt.
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Cyndi's not afraid to put on the mask and get her weld on.
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Cyndi at sunset on the Salt. She looks a lot different when she's not hiding behind a welder's mask.
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The adjustable rear suspension on Kemosabe.
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Melanie lets the sparks fly!
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Jim always has a trick or two up his sleeves. On Kemosabe, it was hiding the radiator beneath the seat.
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Shelby gets ready for her run down the 'great white dyno.'
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Kemosabe in its raw, developmental stage.
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The 1 3/8 Easton handlebars sit on a riser from Kraus Motor Co.
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Jim purchased a little Honda 80 so he could teach all the girls how to ride. Cyndi gets a lesson on the Salt.
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The AFT girls are hands-on and did almost 70% of the work on Kemosabe according to Jim.
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Cyndi works on reassembling the cylinder heads.
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Kemosabe's back end features a thick Avon Distanza tire covered by a Led Sled Customs rear fender.
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Cyndi and Melanie get a crash course in welding courtesy of John Swartz of Miller Welding.
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It started as a stock Honda VT750B engine before Bozzie Customs ported and polished the heads and Jim installed high-performance pistons and cams.
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Shelby (left) and Sukhee (right) got an opportunity to ride Kemosabe on the vaunted Salt Flats during last year's BUB Speed Trials.
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