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Old May 10, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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Mods get you all the time.
 
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Old May 10, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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just got my first sportster and i'm right there with you!
 
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Old May 10, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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They told me when i bought my 05 XL883C it was a crack bike.... now i know what they meant...lol...
 
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Old May 10, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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I stoped with mine after there was nothing left to Krom out and stage one was good with me. I would like a fat front tire,,,Dammmm 48's

When I see a victory going down the road. I dont even see it.

With out Harley's there would be no Harley look alikes and no riders with flip flops on.

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Old May 10, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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Here is my 2007 1200C the day I bought it and now with windshield, Sundowner seat, sissy bar, LazyRider Bag, PCIII, Progressive Fork Springs, oil temperature dip stick, Progressive 13.5" 440 standards shocks and Kuryakan ISO grips. The day I bought it the accessories sales guy laughed and said I just bought a project bike. Screaming Eagle 50 state mufflers are next.
 
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Old May 10, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by busajack
[Jeeeeze do ya have to mod Harleys after what you pay for them?
Was thinking of trying one.
Well you seem to be on a Harley forum.Do you really think we give a rats *** about your Victory you apparently are ashamed to own?I mean if you really liked it you would be on a Victory forum if one does exist.Then you could brag about it.Personally I see Victory motorcycles going the same way as the remake Indians.Why are Victories v-twins?You already know,because it worked for Harley Davidson.They couldn't do a ground up design of a motorcycle of thier own.It may as well be a Honda because they did the same thing.All Japs copied Harley,now Victory does the same.It can be a great bike for you but when the day is over it still is not a Harley.Oh and if you think it sounds they same your wrong.Loud is not the same as the Harley sound.Harleys have a cadence to the exhaust.Quiet or loud.Unfortunately you may not grasp that.
 
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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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I have own my 2003 883 sportster now for not yet three months,,already put over 1500 bucks in to it,,thats with the 1200 conversion/andrews N4 cams,,which I love ,,,I can see there will be alot more as the week ends too,not to say what will happin by the end of summer,,,,DIABLO666,,i know how you feel there about that other guy posting what you where talking about,,,I feel the same on that,,but I don't see the post,,it must have goting removed before I read'd this,,,,but I would like to say this about all other bikes other then HARLEY,,,,if i see you on the side of the road broke down,,I WILL DO ALL I CAN TO HELP YOU GET BACK TO RIDING,,,, IT JUST SO HAPPINS today I was going down 58 here in mecklenburg.Va,,and I saw a guy on a bike setting there on the bike , leanin back like he was asleep,,but he was in the sun in the middle of the day( 1/4 mile up the either way he would have been in the shade),, so i new he was broke down,so I turn'd around to see what was wrong,,,he was broke down,,an on a Kawaski,,,the front windshield he had just put on had feel off an the headlite assembly had feel down on front fender(he had forgot to tightin the bolts),,so I went to the next town up an got what he needed to get him going again,,,,he wanted to pay me,,but NO WAY WAS THAT GOING TO HAPPIN,,I just hope that if i was to break down some day SOMEONE will do the same for me,,,,,,dIABLO666----THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU SAID ,,,,, so please dont take it as that,,,,
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 12:44 AM
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I'm sure busajack was just playing around, he even said he was thinking of getting one, :0)
Thanks guys it's nice to know I'm not the only one in this way over mods lol
At jimmylee, I always stop to help fellow bikers at the side of the road, i hope that one day when it's me they will stop
 
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I think I got affected to! I always have three projects in my mind at the same time but cash flow doesn't follow lol...
 
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Old May 11, 2011 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dbleagle
We can see by your pic that you have no taste... so why are you commenting on a harley forum.... ahhhhh... never mind.... There are not enough victory owners to have one of their own... sorry. You can play, but be nice! lol

Charlie D.
yeah busajack....keep your big, stupid, fat tire victory and mod the **** out of it. this country needs folks like you to keep the economy on the rise.


Originally Posted by diablo666
Well you seem to be on a Harley forum.Do you really think we give a rats *** about your Victory you apparently are ashamed to own?I mean if you really liked it you would be on a Victory forum if one does exist.Then you could brag about it.Personally I see Victory motorcycles going the same way as the remake Indians.Why are Victories v-twins?You already know,because it worked for Harley Davidson.They couldn't do a ground up design of a motorcycle of thier own.It may as well be a Honda because they did the same thing.All Japs copied Harley,now Victory does the same.It can be a great bike for you but when the day is over it still is not a Harley.Oh and if you think it sounds they same your wrong.Loud is not the same as the Harley sound.Harleys have a cadence to the exhaust.Quiet or loud.Unfortunately you may not grasp that.
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