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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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When I bought my bike the previous owner gave me the HD detachable windshield with it but I didn't put it on until yesterday.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; At first I was a little unsure about it\\\\\\; it felt lik the bike was mo
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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re wobbly with it on, but after using it some more and then today on a ride, I think I li
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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sorry, its too frustrating to finish typing
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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The suspense is killing me
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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I think he liked it the more he used it...
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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yeah lol, maybe this will go through

i think i prefer using it.&nbsp\\; i don't even realize how fast i'm going sometimes, the amount of wind hitting me is practically nothing.&nbsp\\; I also installed some fold up footpegs on my highway bars today, I'll be trying them out later on today.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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Which windshield?
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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yeah lol, maybe this will go through

i think i prefer using it.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; i don't even realize how fast i'm going sometimes, the amount of wind hitting me is practically nothing.
LOVE mine. I just leave it on all the time. Its sure taken a lot of the bugs I KNOW would have hit me square in the face.
 
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yeah lol, maybe this will go through

i think i prefer using it.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; i don't even realize how fast i'm going sometimes, the amount of wind hitting me is practically nothing.
LOVE mine. I just leave it on all the time. Its sure taken a lot of the bugs I KNOW would have hit me square in the face.
10-4 on the bugs..mine gets pretty well "buggered up". LOL.


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