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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 04:00 PM
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Ours was a 2013 FXDC, we put 6K miles on that bike in 3 months

 
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 04:05 PM
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1967 Electra Glide!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 04:12 PM
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1999 Lowrider
 
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1984-1/2 FXRT. It was one of the first to get the "new Evo" motor. Wish I still had it ...
 
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1962 XLCH Ironhead Sportster.

I paid $600 for it and brought it home in 7 cardboard boxes in the back of my Blazer. 18 months later it looked like this:



After a couple of instances of a broken frame, I tore the thing apart and did a full custom build based on a Paughco frame.

 
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At 15, a '47 Knucklehead, but life really began the next summer with a '61 XLH.
 
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'09 Dyna Street Bob...purchased new in Oct. '08.
 
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1985 ironhead sportster...bought it new.. it was a great bike.
 
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