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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 11:56 AM
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Do you ride a lot in city traffic? It looks like a good city street fighter like my Nightster.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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yep, I ride 75% of the time in the city and have no issues with it. Really easy to handle and manuver even with forward controls!
 
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