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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:12 AM
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Default Sometimes I hate riding to work....

Such as days when something I ordered comes in and I can't haul it home on the motorcycle. It's ironic in a way to order saddlebags, but to need a car to get them back home to the workshop where I can install them.

Oh well, sometimes you just have to wait.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:17 AM
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It's torture I say. Very ironinc..
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:27 AM
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It's not the ride in that I hate, it's the work part. Yeah it sucks wanting to put things on your ride but that work thing does get in the way. It could be worse, without the work it might be harder to order up those things that you need/want.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 06:41 AM
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Yea, it took me almost two weeks before I got in a cage to go pick up my stock pipes after the V&H's went on.

Work stinks and totally gets in the way of my play time. Why can't we start going to work AFTER we are no longer good for anything else? ha ha.

Nice looking ship you got there Gunner!

Cheers!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:42 AM
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Why can't we start going to work AFTER we are no longer good for anything else?
Now that's what's ironic.
By the time we get old enough to retire, we're to old to enjoy it. [sm=smiley19.gif]
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Default RE: Sometimes I hate riding to work....

Well, I rode the cage in today so I'll probably tinker with things tonight and get them on. I'll be eager to see how they look since I got a set of Leather Pros bags for my Springer Classic. I almost thought about just riding in today with a wrench in my pocket so I could just install them in the parking lot just to bypass the cage ride in.

The bummer is I have to remove my toolbox for them to fit, but I wasn't necessarily that thrilled with how the toolbox fit on the bike anyway. I'll have to post pictures after I get the bags on since I have not seen a huge amount of pics around here with Leather Pros bags.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Default RE: Sometimes I hate riding to work....

For me the sad part would be arriving at work and getting off of the bike.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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For me the sad part would be arriving at work and getting off of the bike.

Sorry, double post.
 
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Default RE: Sometimes I hate riding to work....

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Yea, it took me almost two weeks before I got in a cage to go pick up my stock pipes after the V&H's went on.

Work stinks and totally gets in the way of my play time. Why can't we start going to work AFTER we are no longer good for anything else? ha ha.

Nice looking ship you got there Gunner!

Cheers!


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