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Old May 29, 2014 | 09:17 PM
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Hey everyone. My name is Wes, from CT! I purchased a 2011 Yamaha Stryker (my first cruiser) back in 2011. Came from street bikes. I loved the bike, but always wanted an HD by the time I was 30. (And got tired of getting my ***** busted!)

Bought a 2008 CrossBones in March......totaled it 5 days later! Oops!

Just picked up a leftover 2013 Fat Boy Lo. Did a full stage 1, security, and forward controls. Going to be pricing out and ordering all the parts for apes this weekend. (Still iffy if I want 16s or 14s. I am 6"3'...16's felt good on my other buddies softtail, but I think I might lean towards 14s for long term handling.


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Old May 29, 2014 | 09:35 PM
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Old May 29, 2014 | 09:37 PM
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Hey Wes!
I saw your bones at Yankee a few days after your oops.
They couldn't fix the damage? Did they just total out the bike?
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Old May 29, 2014 | 09:56 PM
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Hey Wes!
I saw your bones at Yankee a few days after your oops.
They couldn't fix the damage? Did they just total out the bike?
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My oops wasn't that bad! $7k in damage to the front end. Up close it didn't look that bad at all...lower forks were a little bent, rim and fender tweaked..... (1500 forks, 1200 springer, 600 fender, 600 rim, so that is $3900 right there)
But once they started ripping into it, the frame was tweaked, so it got totaled out



 
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Old May 29, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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Luckily (well at the time) it had the boards and the bags, so it held the tins off the ground, so NO metal damage.....but since it got totaled, who cares!
 
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