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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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want to be seen... no?

stopped for coffee before work and pulled up next to a street glide done up in realtree camo... looked like a professional job.. guy said he sent the stuff in to realtree for 2k... wanted a different look..

i asked.. that the blue bike you got a couple of years ago? yep, says he.. apparently he thought there were too many cobalt blue bikes around...

that bike really blends in.. wanted to take a picture but didn't have time..

what say you about a professionally painted realtree camoflauge streetglide?

me.. i say to each their own..

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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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I say BARF! I don't like custom paint, murals,dragons,skulls,wizards,etc. Kills the resale & evokes an image. Harley has the best lookin' paint in the business;why screw with it?
 

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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 10:59 PM
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Camo on a bike. Not a good look IMHO.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 11:53 PM
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2 k on paint or 2k closer to another bike in the garage- I know my answer.



sure would be funny if it got repo'd... hard to sell


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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 11:59 PM
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Wait till you see his buddies blaze orange Ultra!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:04 AM
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If it gets parked in the woods he may never find it.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by metfancowboy
Wait till you see his buddies blaze orange Ultra!
That's a different hunting season altogether!

IMHO I don't care for anything but black paint, but I love what people do with their paint when they have the ***** to make the bike their own. Just hope he doesn't lose it if he parks by a forest!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by metfancowboy
Wait till you see his buddies blaze orange Ultra!

Blaze orange would be good, kind of like that bright yellow color. How about one in chartreuse!!?
 
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Originally Posted by dickey
I say BARF! I don't like custom paint, murals,dragons,skulls,wizards,etc. Kills the resale & evokes an image. Harley has the best lookin' paint in the business;why screw with it?
If MoCo could release a good looking green I wouldn't have to re-paint it. No argument that they do the best paint though. Been to the factory in York a few times and they show you what they go through on paint as well as what the paint will hold up to. If I could get Harley to do my custom paint there is no question I would.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 05:35 AM
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Dicky is right on this one, besides, camo and orange belong in the woods.
 
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