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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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Yeah you did really good, enjoy the bike, that is if you don't sell it for a major profit.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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Don't get me wrong I've thought about it and still might. NOT! I'm already buying stuff for it and it's not OFFICIALLY mine yet. Do the paper work at the bank tomorrow. Register it Wednesday and riding from then on. Good thing too... wife got rear ended in my truck today. Gonna need a way to get to work! Not sure how I'm gonna carry stuff for the job though??
 
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 01:28 AM
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Bike trailer?
 
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 11:59 PM
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A friend of mine tried those kind of spark plug wires on his hard tail. He said he noticed right away that the bike was running funny and he lost some of its "get up and go" power. He changed back to regular plug wires and presto, back to normal again.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 07:52 PM
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IT'S MINE!!!!!


Pics to follow. After I clean her up some.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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That's fantastic!!!

Forget the clean up for now, go riding, we can wait a couple of extra days for pics.

 
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 08:15 PM
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The only reason I'm not out riding is because some jerk is supposed to come by the house do do an estimate for some work were gonna have done. He's 20 min late now. He's got 10 min and then I'm gone!!!
 
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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Figures...I'm guessing you're out riding now, or on the way back...

Glad you got the bike. Looking forward to the pics when you get it all cleaned up.

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IT'S MINE!!!!!


Pics to follow. After I clean her up some.
Sweet!!! Can't wait to see the pics!!

Once again, congrats!!

Cheers!
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Congrats. Now the real spending starts. lol
 
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