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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 10:13 AM
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hey don't fight it it's a Harley thing
 
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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Sure increases the pleasure![8D]
 
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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Love to do it. Even more fun when I'm riding with the pack, most everyone does it, what a sound!

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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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No tunnels in Wisconsin, but I open it up under overpasses for that sweet sound, but only if my earplugs are in. It's just a Harley thing.

Sounds almost as good as attaching those new playing cards to my little 20" bike with a clothespin - back in 1960!!!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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Setting off car alarms ranks right up there for me

Couple of nights back, the alarm on my truck goes off at the "watering hole". I go outside, and reset it laughing. The dude on the bike and myself are having the time of our lives...........him setting the alarm off, me resetting it for another shot.
We must have done it 15 times before we both went back in for a round of Jager[8D]
 
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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That's one of the pleasures of riding Washington's hiway 14 along the Columbia River Gorge.
There's a series of tunnels through the cliff sides right along the river....wonderfull sounds!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 12:29 AM
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I have a habit of grabbing the clutch and cracking the throttle when I go through underpasses and bridges.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 12:50 AM
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I probably shouldn't admit this, but what the heck. I live in the south western part of VA. Not many tunnels around my area. However, there is a kick a$$ tunnel over in WVa. Needless to say, sometimes I just have to take a road trip across the state line to hit the tunnel. I'll ride over, go through the tunnel, hit the next exit, and go back through the other side. Is that a little much?
 
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Yeah I like to do that also and under the over pass
 
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