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    eek Harley Softail Cross Bones

    Interesting. How long before Mr Suzuki notices the ripped off rear guard?

    http://www.motorcycledaily.com/21jan...2008xbones.htm

    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Ahem

    <img src="http://www.motorcycledaily.com/012108top.jpg">

    Assuming you refering to an M109 tail?
    "If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression

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    If you do mean the bob tail - it's been on a Wide Glide since the late 90s

    Dynas before that.

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    Hmm. That's a pleasant-lookin' motorcycle there.

    First Softail that's caught my eye, really. Might have to wander by AMPS once they arrive...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    If you do mean the bob tail - it's been on a Wide Glide since the late 90s

    Dynas before that.
    wasnt the first iteration on the Low Rider? or is that the Boat tail? or is that something different, the Camel Toe or Moose Knuckle maybe? Harley nomenclature is SO confusing!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    wasnt the first iteration on the Low Rider? or is that the Boat tail? or is that something different, the Camel Toe or Moose Knuckle maybe? Harley nomenclature is SO confusing!!

    ......yes.

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    Bars look painful.

    I wonder if you could jam some clip-ons onto those funny girder forks...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
    Bars look painful.
    In that pic, the bike just looks worngA. The dimensions AND ergos are just crap.

    IMHO.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    that right there is my style of bike, but theres something i just cant like about it! i dunno what it is, but it doesnt look right somehow. maybe if i see one in person, and maybe have a sit, i can work out what it is.
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    don't mind that bike, personally, i like the old looking spring type of seats, just rear guard does not suit, but nothing a gas axe couldn't fixed i would think

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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    In that pic, the bike just looks worngA. The dimensions AND ergos are just crap.

    IMHO.
    If it had low bars it would look sehr kewl. I like the odd dimensions, very classic bobber (if that's the genre).

    Low bars on it and you've got a warped American Enfield Or with tyres like that, a warped Sunbeam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    If you do mean the bob tail - it's been on a Wide Glide since the late 90s

    Dynas before that.
    And the bike that was first to use it...the mighty Z1 of course!

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    The bob tailed guard first came out around 1957.
    Don't know what the nips were doing back then.
    Probably still getting aid from America to rebuild their citys

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    Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
    If it had low bars it would look sehr kewl. I like the odd dimensions, very classic bobber (if that's the genre).
    the "classic bobber" in the range is the Nightster really, though it doesnt have the springer fork.

    I am an instant expert since buying this book. Its bitchin though doesnt include anything from Hank Young surprisingly.

    some way cool stuff though. I want one. Not necessarily to ride, just to have.
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    I reckon it looks great from all angles. Nice classic styling to it, like you're sorta semi-standing on that thing.

    Wouldn't be able to go too far in that thing but it'd definately be a laugh to ride.

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