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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Da Gumpmeister



Oh, "Homey", Ye o' yittle brain pow'r. (For those of you who don't grasp that.... translation = Mental Midget.)

So, let me 'aks' YOU, Homey:

Jus' WHAT in the H*LL are YOU doing, TODAY, to make things better for the "UNBORN punks", that'll be following you, TOMORROW ?????

Sorry, SON, yu dunn pickt the WRONG place, to post yur drivel. NOW, go back to your sandbox. Yu dunnn FLUNKT "Respect 101".

Cromagnon was jus' commenting, on his ride, and his appreciation of it. Evidentally, "appreciation" is NOT in your 'vocabulary'. Psst, that would be your 'word' file.

There's a SHITPOT full o' peeps, who greased the skids, so Pizz Antz like you, can jus' "push the button", and GO. My guess, and ONLY a guess, is that you have NEVER kick started N E thang, and really wouldn't have a "F"ing clue, HOW TO. BUT, jus' a GUESS, and JMFUO, like your's.


As always VERY WELL put.

Thanks Gump, you crack me up
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by SlimShady
Ya know Gump, I rarely post here, mostly because I just don't have much to add, being in Iraq and all for the last 3 years...........but something keeps me coming back to read these boards and I just figured out what it was. That hillbilly version of posting you do, it's great and it goes a long way to making an idiot really look like an idiot when you unleash it on him.

So thanks, and keep up the good work.......it gives me something to read for the next few weeks until I can get home at at least look at my toy.

Nope, I say thanks to you for your service & keep up the GREAT work.
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SlimShady
Ya know Gump, I rarely post here, mostly because I just don't have much to add, being in Iraq and all for the last 3 years...........but something keeps me coming back to read these boards and I just figured out what it was. That hillbilly version of posting you do, it's great and it goes a long way to making an idiot really look like an idiot when you unleash it on him.

So thanks, and keep up the good work.......it gives me something to read for the next few weeks until I can get home at at least look at my toy.
+1 for Gump, thanks for the defense.

Incidently my old 67 honda cb450 had a kick start. The electric starter never worked. I think that bike was broke down more often than it was running .... but I still had fun. Should have just got a shovelhead I guess if I could have afforded it back then.
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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I bought a new sportster in 74.......Rode it for 10 years........No regrets
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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You really should be thanking AMF. The guys who were buying the old Harley's weren't spending much time going to a dealer for a new bike. Obviously a few were, but, nowhere near enough. Harley was all but dead. For whatever one thinks of the AMF years, the simple fact is, if AMF had not stepped in, Harley would have been gone.
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 10:19 AM
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Had 1 flathead, 4 pans, 7 shovels ( 2 non-AMF) 4 evos and 2 TC. I loved them all and miss a few, even though they would challenge you to keep them running. Believe it or not some of my best scoots were those AMF shovels, man could you make them run and for me they were really the best Harley years. This is my last new one, so you young guys will have to take it from here.

On my forearm it reads..."Live to ride ride to live" and that's what I plan on doing as long as I can.
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Soft06

"I like redundant conversations"
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by schumacher

"I like redundant conversations"
Come on now. It's below freezing and we're getting stir crazy. This is a perfect time to up your post counts! At least we got the NFL playoffs today.
 
Old Jan 10, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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I've had more issues with metrics than my Harley.

The bikes were built to the standards , and metallurgy of the day.

Maybe some were built with the engineers, machinists and assemblers having a little more say than the bean counters, some the bean counters win ( and you lose but the company survives) point is all are just machines.
 



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