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Old 11-04-2012, 07:08 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Old 11-04-2012, 07:10 AM   #82 (permalink)
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Yup, that's what I love about it,

Although it does make stopping a bit more tricky but then who ever wants to stop?

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That guy is obviously capable of riding way beyond the limits of that bike, judging by how far he was wanting to lean verses how far that bike was able to go. Time for a Triumph, and some actual gear. If you turn your volume all the way up at the very end of the video, when they pan in close at the motor to show the damage, they show the oil dripping from the case and he says, oh, that was already like that.

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I thought the bike looked stoopid and the rider was an idiot who also looked stoopid.

Nothing cool about any of that in my book, sorry mate.

Just very dumb.
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Although it does make stopping a bit more tricky but then who ever wants to stop?
Is this a leg length thing? (oh I just read the short thing). Cause since runts are less weighty, it should make stopping easier.

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So is it that Harleys trailer better than they lean....
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