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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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When I got the 08 Street Glide it was a stretch for me. The bike I had before that was a 76 shovel in a hardtail frame with a jockey shift. Well, in a little over 3 years and 61K miles later, I thought it was time for a real touring machine.

Never thought We'd own a real garbage barge, but now we've got an 11 Limited. I needed to individualize it so I had this shifter linkage made for it.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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Very cool
 
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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That's pretty sweet! I like personalization items.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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"garbage barge", really?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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To me a Limited is anything but a "barge",but hey to each his own. I was thinking more of "TOL",top of the line".
 
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Congrats on your 'BARGE'
I've got me a 'FUGLY'
 
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"Barge"...I must assume this a term of "endearment" for the "Bike", that now fits your riding style ? I too made the difficult transition to a LTD, figuring I would skip the softail Deluxe and even the Street Glide bike years ...LOL
 
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