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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Oil cooler it is!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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Its a oil cooler and a useless one at that. I had one on my Heritage
and it dropped the temp a whole 10 degrees. When I lowered the
front of my bike it dented the fender on both sides. i took it off and
threw it as far as I could!!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 05:36 PM
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Maybe it's a flux capacitor...
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by hdgzr
Maybe it's a flux capacitor...
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 06:39 PM
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I've seen it on ebay. Search Harley oil cooler on ebay and you'll be able to find that one. It should give you a little more info on it.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by hdgzr
Maybe it's a flux capacitor...
Would be way more fun if it was!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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They are giant capacitors for the stereo system
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Looks WAY more complicated than it needs to be.
 
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that is an oil cooler.. i have a buddy that ran a small machine shop in his garage about 10-15 years ago.. he said he had some company pay him to machine that model of cooler out of aluminum and then they would take them and package it up under what ever company name it was..he said he originally designed them..IDK, that is what he told me, he wasn't the BS'ing type, so maybe??
 

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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by jreichart
Probably a radiator, all the 2013 models are gonna have em.

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