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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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Ok. I’m a Harley man through and through and don’t make fun or cap on the MOCO too much. I figure they have their problems and I have mine. But this time I just can’t help it.

I went to wash the bike today and was fresh out of the Meguiars stuff that I normally use so I figured , what the heck, I’ll try using that 2 oz bottle of Genuine Harley Davidson Sunwash Concentrate that was a free gift for buying the bike a while back.

The directions on the bottle actually say “Use a HD 3 ½ gallon bucket and a HD Soft Drying Towel”.

The problem is that all I had is a regular bucket and a non-HD soft drying towel. So I went ahead and took a chance with what I had. There was no mention of using HD water for rinsing so I just used regular water.

Hope I didn’t void the warranty.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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That's too funny!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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It probably didn't turn out very well without the correct bucket and cloth, did it? Come on, you can tell us, we're all friends here.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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Voided the warranty when you didn't use HD Water...
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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Where's Granite Falls? I'm in Woodland I mean HarleyWood-land
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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You are in big trouble now! No H-D water = no warranty for sure!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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lolgood one. They do take it to extreams dont they.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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The Harley police are coming!!!! They pull up on Black police bikes all dressed in black suits with dark glasses. You will probably get a ticket.
 
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no HD Water...what the $&## were you thinking? You will burn in $&## for sure now!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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hahaha!!!!! clever!
 
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