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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Default Gettin my engine back this weekend!!!
My softail engine blowed up last year. I took the engine out and and having it rebuilt. I got the word that it will be ready this week. Ive been without my "ole girl"since october. Im excited about getting it back rollin. Man, I hope this dont happen again!
 
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How'd it get "blowed up" the first time?
 
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Congrats on getting engine back. You go with stock or mods?
 
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You mean "blew up". Blowed up makes you sound, well..... not so bright.
 
Old Jan 19, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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Sucks. Know what you mean. Was without my bike since last April.
 
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My softail engine blowed up last year. I took the engine out and and having it rebuilt. I got the word that it will be ready this week. Ive been without my "ole girl"since october. Im excited about getting it back rollin. Man, I hope this dont happen again!
Blowed up? This has got to be either Darrell Waltrip or Cale Yarbrough.
 

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That's what happens to motors. They blow up. (present tense). Or in the past tense, blowed up. It's a motor thing.
 
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