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Old May 17, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Default Softail picture backwards?????????????

Help me understand what Im missing here.

I received this ad from the MOCO about Black Line Clothes and the Blackline Motorcycle and this is the picture of it. Ive never seen one in person but how is it that the Exhaust and A/C, Intake etc, rear brake are on the left side of the bike ?

It must be something in the reversal of the photo? Or is this how it is in real life?

Thanks for solving my confusion......
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:02 AM
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Must be the special California model for EPA regs... lol
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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yeah, they mirrored the whole picture...weird. must have been for the page format.



..or someone was just trying to be funny
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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Haha I think some non-motorcyclist person putting the magazine together flipped the photo so it'll fit. I doubt anyone that knows bikes would have done that.
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:12 AM
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save that, it may be a valuable collectable in the future.. say 3025..
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:38 AM
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No.....those are the European export models....they drive on the left over there.
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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It's the new model for lefties... even the clutch cable was reversed...
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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No.....those are the European export models....they drive on the left over there.
Actually we don't. There's only 2 countries (Great Britain and Ireland) from 50 in Europe that has that...
 
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Probably some clever graphic artist that gets away with it on other projects but it dont work for this one
 
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Old May 17, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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no.....those are the european export models....they drive on the left over there.
what he said
 
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