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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 12:20 PM
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Huh. Afraid of heights? I wood go up in a heartbeat! Heights bother me a little bit. "Like I know I am going to fall off" a little bit.
 
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Huh. Afraid of heights? I wood go up in a heartbeat! Heights bother me a little bit. "Like I know I am going to fall off" a little bit.
Not a heights guy, did some roofing when I was younger and hated it. You should see me riding in the mountains.
 
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#1111 I'm No. #1!!!
 

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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 01:08 PM
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Rich, now look what you started..... ... for the record...my Heritage Springer has tassels on the handlebars.........
 
Old Sep 12, 2017 | 01:36 PM
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Rich, now look what you started..... ... for the record...my Heritage Springer has tassels on the handlebars.........

I bet it has dyno numbers better than a riding lawnmower, too! That was a classic.
 
Old Sep 12, 2017 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark@ Baker Drivetrain
Not a heights guy, did some roofing when I was younger and hated it. You should see me riding in the mountains.
I'm the same way in the mountains.

I had a bad experience with the National Guard while driving a 5-Ton Dump Truck with less than a month of experience. The truck had no emergency break and the front driver side duels were flat. It took us an hour to climb the mountain which became a goat path with switchback after switchback after switchback. By the time I got to the top of the mountain with the rest of the trucks, my feet were bouncing off the pedals. Ever since then it has F'd with me on mountain roads.
 

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I bet it has dyno numbers better than a riding lawnmower, too! That was a classic.
Better than this one?
 
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Originally Posted by iRider
I'm the same way in the mountains.

I had a bad experience with the National Guard while driving a 5-Ton Dump Truck with less than a month of experience. The truck had no emergency break and the front driver side duels were flat. It took us an hour to climb the mountain which became a goat path with switchback after switchback after switchback. By the time I got to the top of the mountain with the rest of the trucks, my feet were bouncing off the pedals. Ever since then it has F'd with me on mountain roads.
I've been in the trade almost 37 years and I've worked on 47 story building but this, would make my *** pucker
 
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I'd ride it.
 
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Originally Posted by BARACU
Better than this one?
Prolly bout the same.

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