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It doesnt look too bad but just a quick question, did you actually by this bike stock and customize it yourself or did you just look on ebay till you found a "cool" bike that was already done for you? I agree with rojer it does look like stickers but I dont doubt that its painted. IMHO custom paint work should blend in and look like a peice of art, like a mural. I can tell by the name of the thread that you are a very modest person. I think that you will find that most people on this forum have also worked hard for everything that they have and have been doing so since they were just a teen as well. I could sit here and name off all the things Ive saved up for and have bought but I really dont feel the need too. I did it for myself, not so I could brag about it on a forum like I was the first young guy to have a job!

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I've been trying to stay out of this thread, but I for some reason have to jump in today.  Don't discount your parents saying that they didn't help at all.  They are your parents, and they did raise you.  They also do give you a place to stay.  I don't know for a fact that they buy your clothes or your food, but I am assuming they do.  I am now 29 years old, but I am also a parent now.  As a parent I have started to realize how much my parents did for me, and how much I have in my life that I owe to them.  Not trying to sound like a fortune cookie, just saying.. don't discount them.