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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 12:23 AM
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Does anyone have the 72? I have yet to see any around town, seems like they aren't selling as well as they'd hoped
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 12:52 AM
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Does anyone have the 72? I have yet to see any around town, seems like they aren't selling as well as they'd hoped
We get calls and orders everyday from 72 owners. Not sure what corporates perspective is, but we are seeing a lot of them.

Here's a pic of a Customers 72 that stopped by the shop.

 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 03:22 AM
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Very pretty specially with the hard candy paint jobs they have now (2013)
This was my second option but then I saw the Iron... the rest is history.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 02:22 PM
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Other than mine I have only seen one other in my area, which is a fairly remote locale.. but.. from all the forum chatter it seems to be a very popular model at least in interest. I think that it should be selling well with as many fans it has. I would love to see some actual sales numbers and hear what the MoCo's opinion on it are. I live about 3 blocks from a "biker bar" and 2/3 of all bikes there are BT so maybe I'm in a area that only rides BT and I don't know it??

(I haven't been to the bar, since I don't drink...so I haven't conversed with any of them to get their opinion, they do eyeball me when I scoot by though..)

BTW I love my 72!
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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I bought a 72 this past summer and haven't seen any others in my area. I went on a charity ride a few weeks back with about 200 bikes and my 72 was the only one that I saw. Kind of nice having a bike that isn't being ridden by everyone else.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 04:44 PM
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I live in the black hills area and have not seen any 72's, and only a few 48's i plan on buying one either way just curious if this was common around the country?



Mobillyala do you have a picture of yours?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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Have not seen one on the road here either. I know a local dealership had a couple in the showroom this Spring, I stopped in for some oil filters late this Fall and they were still there.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 07:52 PM
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I have seen a few of them locally...
 
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 08:36 PM
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Here are a couple I got before winter set in... once spring hits I'll post some more to my garage on here..




 
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 02:02 AM
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i got one. here's a recent pic of mine. most recent updates are: seat (mother roads customs), pipes (bassani), and pegs (roland sands designs-RSD chrome moto pegs, and joker machine shifter)

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