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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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Land King . . . I like it!
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by yljkt
Easy rider had one of these as a feature bike, complete with story, about 33 years ago. Not exactly news.
lol man ... half the members on this site were not born yet 33 years ago. I remember seeing a lot of pictures from world war 2 with those Harley looking Japanese bikes. Never did the research on what they were until now though.
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Browning Shot Guns made in the US are very nice ... BUT the ones built in Belgium for some years are considered possibly the BEST EVER ...

something to think about and the future of the Air Cooled MC engines ... and where they may be built ... without US EPA dictating .... OK - a long reach on that ...
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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Nice. But I beg to differ. The greatest bike ever built in japan currently sits in my garage. Yamaha Vmax 1985-present
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cromagnon
lol man ... half the members on this site were not born yet 33 years ago. I remember seeing a lot of pictures from world war 2 with those Harley looking Japanese bikes. Never did the research on what they were until now though.
Wow. So 50% of this site, which is pretty much worldwide, has membership that is under 33 years old ? I had no idea. Good post, though, as I guess no one knows what it is.
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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Next thing you know, they'll be tryin to sell us on the idea that santy clause originally came from eastern europe...
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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cool. nice looking bike
 
Old Oct 29, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cromagnon
lol man ... half the members on this site were not born yet 33 years ago. I remember seeing a lot of pictures from world war 2 with those Harley looking Japanese bikes. Never did the research on what they were until now though.

Hmm, interesting. maybe we should do a poll.
 
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Well my son has nothing like that but he is in South Korea riding a what I call a Scooter
 
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