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Who gives a rats rear end what anyone else thinks. I bought mine because its what I wanted, not what anyone else thinks.
Besides with the Lazy-Boy seat they put on my Custom even if it was a hard tail I'm not sure I would be able to tell the difference except in hard turns on bad pavement.
What goes around comes around and there's plenty of it for all.
It ain't just Softails,Sporty guys get their bikes call girls bikes or not real Harleys,Dyna riders get called posers by the old iron guys,bagger riders have to hear old man bike,geezerglide,garbage wagon,then there's the AMF POS bikes and on and on,Shovelhead riders and the old see no Evo hear no Evo ride no Evo.
Pitty the poor bastage on a Metric cruiser cause he gets it from all sides as a wanabe lol.
Oh yeah,I didn't forget you springer guys on your pogo sticks.
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