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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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i heard somethin from my boss today that ive never heard before and just wanna see if he was pullin my leg. We are repainting his 57 panhead deep burgandy and while sanding off the old blue paint i found a layer of green candie over gold metalic.Neat as hell looking paint job. Anyways, he told me that his uncle in law painted it that color than repainted it the blue because it is supposed to be bad luck to paint a harley green. I know there are some more experienced people in the world of harleys(most of em) than me and wanted their oppinion or say so on this.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:03 AM
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i dont know...but i know a ton of people with DARK green bikes
 
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 04:57 AM
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The "bad luck" of green motorcycles dates back to WW1. They used motorcycles as curriers to transport information, to and from the front. The enemy would set traps for the army green motorcycle riders. Personally, I owned a beautiful green 1998 Road King, which I had nothing but "GOOD LUCK", in many ways.
 
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I have also heard this superstition.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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well atleast he wasn't just BS'n me and thanks for the info i love history its the only thing i did good in when i was in school.
 
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