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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Default Bee Sting?? But no bee...

Has anyone had a problem with the chrome on the fork legs on there Street Glide..?
I was cleaning mine and noticed one of them the chrome looked really distorted, like it was fixing to come loose...
Going to take it in soon and have em tell me "It's Normal" just ride it (till the warranty runs out)...

Also I was comming home from work yesterday and rounded a corner, and twisted the throttle a bit and
got this stinging in my left calf, thought I was stung by a bee... turns out, I was electricuted by the rear ignition cable..
I stopped cause I thought a bee was headed for the gohnads.. but no bee.. and today my leg is sore as crap...
Called the Dealer and they said "that's norma..... na just kidding.... they had not heard of that happening...

Anyway that day it was a bit stormy, and I was tring to beat the rain.
Think maybe it was a static discharge or something?

UPDATE: as it turns out, I was hit by a "static discharge" lightning had hit close by and the result was a bite to the leg...
Talk about luck... Well I can just add it to the many list of chit that's happened in my 55 years, never thought
I would be hit by lightning and live to tell about it...[sm=drlove.gif]


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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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naahhh - you were struck by lightning
 
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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Default RE: Bee Sting?? But no bee...

I was at the dealer a few weeks ago and asked him why some of those chrome parts on the wall were so expensive. He said,"That's normal."

Can those guys say anything else?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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Default RE: Bee Sting?? But no bee...

Answer to part 1...What chrome, they're ugly coated aluminum. If they fix my trans I'll fix my chrome this winter!
Answer to part 2...Hows that old saying go? Ride the rain, leave the lightning? Ouch
 
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