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Unfortunately there's a large black market for HD parts primarily due to HD dealers charging an arm and a leg for everything. We've probably all done it from time to time. Buying something from Ebay or Kijiji. Who knows where it came from but the price was right.
Personally I think thieves should be drug down the road tied to the offended bike. Stoning is also an option
I was in the Anchor Bar in Buffalo on July 4th weekend, ya know, home of the original Buffalo wings, July 4th, USA, and all that....
Came outside after lunch and someone stole my AMERICAN FLAG and the billet topper off my pole (it screws in really tight - so no, it did not fly off - had it on there for a couple years) while we were inside.
Four bikes parked together, and that is what they stole on the weekend of the 4th...it's sad, very sad...and for two weeks I had to ride around with an empty pole...got upset every time I looked at it...who steals an American flag off a bike?!?!?! talk about feeling violated...
The replacement pole and topper just came in the mail yesterday...$34 later.
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