I like it in a Ratbike-Lowrider-Suburban Badass-sorta way. A full kit to do the job in-house, retaining passenger pegs and muffler mounts. Admittedly, it's not a true hardtail until the swingarm's gone, and fine-tuning by the owner is implicit here and perhaps lacking by this particular guy, but it's his bike, his bucks. Having owned several hardtails over the years, they're a different animal and really fun to ride (short-range, anyway). It aint for me anymore, but if it works and a weekend wrencher can get it done, s'cool.