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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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well iv'e been thinking again and i got to wondering,why dose myroad kinghave to be sostinkingugly with the baggs off ?
That got me to thinking, how much differanceis there between
a dyna swing arm and a road king swing arm and will they swap
now what about the shocks what about bolting the top of the shocksto where the passenger strap goes dose any one else have any thoughts on this?
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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My only thought is why would you take the bags off?
Maybe a touring model isn't the right bike for you,Heritage Softail or Fatboy maybe?
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 01:53 AM
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My only thought is what would you take the bags off?
Exactly!!

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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:08 AM
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baits hook....casts.......they put the bags on to hide the fact they are ugly and os you can carry a cover to hide it when you park up.....waits to reel the baggers in [sm=escape.gif]
 
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baits hook....casts.......they put the bags on to hide the fact they are ugly and os you can carry a cover to hide it when you park up.....waits to reel the baggers in [sm=escape.gif]
No beer for you when I open up my bag full of ice cold ones. [8D]
 
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Old May 16, 2008 | 05:37 AM
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I'm with you, I think it would be cool to pull off the bags and have it look great but it looks well like the bags need to be put back on.
 
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Old May 16, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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thats okay Bro, Bit to far to ride for a tin of or beer will stick withhte flask of rum glad ya took it in the sprit it was meant we all love our bikes beacuse of what they are hell other wise we would all drive cars and be capnt normal
 
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