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Old May 14, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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No problems here ....
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Love my softail rides like a dream and don't care what others think they don't ride it i do
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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Default RE: Do you feel short-changed . . .

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.
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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ORIGINAL: pmedic433

My last bike was a Honda 1100 Shadow, and it rode rough. My FatBoy feels like I am riding on air.
+1...my last bike was also a Shadow Spirit 1100, and itdidn't ride nearly as good as the fatty!
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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Mine rides fine, & I've got a badass back.
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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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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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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I'm very happy with the softail ride. Jealousy is ugly!
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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Oh, now Y2K, THAT'S just GOOD! [sm=hail.gif]
 
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I've been short changed all my life....but I got over it.
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Riders who find Softails uncomfortable don't know what uncomfortable is!
 
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