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A little background on the story. A couple years ago an older gentleman that lived down the road from me passed away. I new him from my work where he used to come in and talk to me a lot. From talking I new he was into guns and motorcycles. He raced everything from motocross to flat track for years. After he passed, his children had an estate sale. By the time I got down there all the guns were gone. I went through the house and found all the motorcycle stuff I could find. It was a gold mine for me. Might not be a lot of value, but there's some pretty cool ****. One of the things I found was 5 of catalogs from the California Motorcycle Accessories Distributing & Import Company still wrapped in the original plastic wrap.
One of the recent topics that we have had on here got me to looking. Jockey shift! LaBro is now making one that I think someone said was going for $300+. This catalog has them listed for $35.37, and the kit included everything needed for the conversion. I
I will try to add some pictures of some of the items I purchased at the sale.
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