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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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Well hello.

New to the forums and to Harleys. Just inherited a 1998 FXDL and I love it. It's not my first bike, but it's my first Harley.

Hope to find volumes of good info here to get me started. Thanks.
 
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