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Old Jan 25, 2024 | 08:50 AM
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Can’t really tell in my picture but the wire sheathing is actually clear.
Speaker wire ?
Doesn't look factory to me either.
Things that make ya go Hummmmm


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Old Jan 25, 2024 | 08:51 AM
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JWB, did you have the dealer install any upgrades or accessories?
 
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Old Jan 25, 2024 | 09:00 AM
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Interesting to see what you find out. Hard to believe assembly left that like that. Where is the antenna for the FOB? That use to be under the seat.
 
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The only thing the dealer has done to this bike is the needed maintenance and replace a warped windshield.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2024 | 08:49 PM
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Well, did you figure it out yet?
 
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Old Jan 27, 2024 | 12:53 AM
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No sir. Had to make an unexpected trip out of town.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2024 | 12:41 PM
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Not helpful reply at all, but could this be the motorcycle equivilent of the coke bottle in the calilac door urban ledgend...
 
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Not helpful reply at all, but could this be the motorcycle equivilent of the coke bottle in the calilac door urban ledgend...
????? Huh? Never heard that one.
 
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????? Huh? Never heard that one.
Tax is confused, it was a whiskey bottle.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-rattletrap/
 
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