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............... a Valkyrie with 6 Cobra straight pipes will certainly set off car alarms (as my neighbors, and several mall shopping centers, could attest).
I found that Jap junk was hurt to get parts for after they broke. My Z1-1000 it took 6 months to get a gear part. That cut into my riding time.
I've got a friend that dumped his '03 anniversary model Heritage in a gravel parking lot. It was 9 months before he got one of the special tank badges. He was able to ride it but you know how we are about things like that.
I ride Harleys because they're more fun than anything else. If Triumph still made the Trophy I'd be riding them but since they're not.......I'd like to get a Moto Guzzi V11 Sport at some point for a play bike but my decker is a keeper..
The moment I rode one I was hooked. Nothing else feels like an HD, at least, nothing I've personally ridden. I even tried a Kawi in between my HDs, so that I could have something cheap to ride to tide me over. Didn't make a full season. Not a damn thing wrong with it either, plenty comfortable, powerful, functional, it got the job done. And yet...
I've got a friend that dumped his '03 anniversary model Heritage in a gravel parking lot. It was 9 months before he got one of the special tank badges. He was able to ride it but you know how we are about things like that.
E-Bay sell the stickers everyday. But a broken gear for a two year old bike 6 months for the part not the work just a part.
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Back in the my day I like the V-Max but as people bought them. They never made replacement parts for there Japans Bikes. So many of my freind had to have a couple bikes just to go riding. I use to keep five jap bikes to have a bike for the road every day. Now I have only two Harley for the same thing. Is this better or not.
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