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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 12:34 PM
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Those Cali 3 piece saddle bag liners. I dry fitted them and they looked like they would be gaps and hard to install and would get glue all over. Didn't install them. The don't take into account the **** for the rail grommets or the mold ring on the bottom. I would like to see them install them and make them look good.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 12:43 PM
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I added a girl to the back of my bike. Was a good addition. Then upgraded her to girlfriend. She brought all her crap from her rental house and stuffed a lot of it in my garage. She started moving all my stuff in the house, I mean like shoving stuff across the new maple hardwood engineered floor that I had put in 3 years earlier and still looked like new and is now all scratched because I put stuff in one place and never moved it. She keeps "rearranging" things. Can't find stuff sometimes. Added the fiance option and now most of my stylish stuff is gone and replaced by Pier 1 crap. Lucky she works there and most of it got discounted. At least she don't say to much in my ear when riding. LOL
 
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 03:41 PM
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Saddlebag lid organizers. Biggest waste of money next to a stage anything kit that you pay 400 dollars per hp increase. It's the biggest scam trick they ever played on their customers. Love is blind but not poor.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 05:10 PM
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1) Screaming Eagle Tank top Cappuccino maker - spills scalding hot espresso and foamed milk in my lap with brisk acceleration or on bumps, plus I have fewer places to ride now without Starbucks as a destination.

2) Giant HD belt buckle - stylish but digs into my moderately large belly requiring frequent applications of Vaseline and hard on tank paint

3) Flag staff - keeps hitting overhead clearance signs in parking garages and confederate flags only last a few minutes at highway speeds before shredding
 

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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 05:18 PM
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Dig through bad idea box, oh yea it is hanging on the wall . The dealer advised me not to buy it. I wanted it Center display stand. Still hanging on the wall as a reminder.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 2807
But, I did REDEEM MYSELF...


i don't know if that one purchase can make the score even...
 
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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 08:49 PM
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Old Apr 20, 2017 | 04:49 AM
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Biketronics / Hogtunes Powered Antenna. Worked for a year, then kaput. Luckily it wasn't much $$$

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Well I've had to come back on here again, now the worst was the audio upgrade I just did, cost me $850 and 100 for the install. Pulled it all out this week and sold it for $500, lost $15 to paypal then $18 for shipping. Less than half of my investment sux.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2017 | 06:32 AM
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