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Old 07-29-2010, 09:27 AM
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After seeing Green Apple on Ultra Classic or Kryptonite Green on Street Glide, I eventually liked the colors on the 2011 Touring Bikes, but a friend of mine told me that Green produces bad luck on Harleys

Isn't that true ?. I sure hope that I'm not that gullible here. Have the desire to ask this question on an awesome site here.

IMO, Green do rock in my eyes.

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thought green was a good luck color. 4 leaf clovers are green are they not...?

I think green is an awesome color especially when accented correctly.
 
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He's not pulling your leg. I won't ride a green one. Never. It's just one of those things I was brought up with and it's in my head that it'll break down or get run over. It's been around a long time n
 
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heres a reallllllllly green one
 
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I keep going back to the greens as I think about a paint job in the future. Some of them look REALLY sharp!
 
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just like white and black are only for cop bike !
if you go that far back you will not buy any bolt on parts from you HD store cuz there just about all made in china !

i where a helmet (my choice my money)
color of my bike (my choice my money)
putting bolt on crap on my bike (my choice my money)
putting up with my old lady (my choice her money)
should i go on ??

yes i would rock out with the new CVO green *cool as hell*
 
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I had heard from an old school biker that green could blend you into the landscape and people at the blink of an eye couldn't tell between you or the grass on a hillside, field so on and so forth. Is it true? Who knows, but I still have a Gremlin Bell.
 
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I though the only thing "green" on a bike comes from all the money we put into them.

However I think the new color is pretty cool
 
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British bikes were painted green way back when and they were beating the Harley's on the race track. That is where the green is bad luck for Harley came from.
 
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Originally Posted by DeafUltra
After seeing Green Apple on Ultra Classic or Kryptonite Green on Street Glide, I eventually liked the colors on the 2011 Touring Bikes, but a friend of mine told me that Green produces bad luck on Harleys

Isn't that true ?. I sure hope that I'm not that gullible here. Have the desire to ask this question on an awesome site here.

IMO, Green do rock in my eyes.

Thorey
There were many years when green was the only color available. Back in the day Olive Green was it for color.

The MoCo seems to have survided those years well enough
 
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