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I got my Road King almost exactly 2 years ago. Here is how she looked then. Taken on my first day of ownership.
Here is what it looks like today! An Awesome bike. Perfect reliability over the last 2 years and 10,000 miles. It's hard to tell from the picture, but I replaced the stock wheels with a set of takeoff Limited wheels that were brand new (got em dirt cheap on Ebay). They really set the bike off.
I've had my King for three trouble free years. I did have the compensator replaced with the SE unit, but thats the only problem with the bike. It didn't fail I just got tired of the start-up clunk.
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