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I'm with you. This is kinda childish. It's the new breed of riders I suppose. Back in the day nobody gave a rats butt what someone elses bike looked like, as long as they were riding. Nowadays, it's a beauty contest. How the times have changed.
Road Kings are the BEST - so many things to add/change/upgrade and every change makes a NEW bike... Farings, Tour Packs, or nothing at all - bare bones... Love it! It's a classic!
I'm with you. This is kinda childish. It's the new breed of riders I suppose. Back in the day nobody gave a rats butt what someone elses bike looked like, as long as they were riding. Nowadays, it's a beauty contest. How the times have changed.
'scuse me? someone wake up cranky today?
I've been riding since 1968. Everyone of my bikes have been customized to some extent, and I've loved them all. Did you think choppers and bobbers are a recent thing? I built and rode a hard tail chopper with a honda 750 and a long springer front end back in the early 70's and was proud as hell of the way that bike looked.
What "old school" do you come from where real bikers left their scoots stock?
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