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    From Gyp@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 20 09:44:23 2020
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!
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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Gyp on Sun Dec 20 07:05:36 2020
    On 12/20/2020 3:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!

    As it happens , I'm wearing mine right now ! I'll have a shot of
    Kahlua for this cuppa coffee ...
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    Snag
    Illegitimi non
    carborundum

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  • From Gyp@21:1/5 to Snag on Sun Dec 20 13:35:48 2020
    On 20/12/2020 13:05, Snag wrote:
    On 12/20/2020 3:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!

      As it happens , I'm wearing mine right now ! I'll have a shot of
    Kahlua for this cuppa coffee ...

    Splendid, enjoy!

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    Gyp

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  • From Rick Begeman@21:1/5 to Gyp on Sun Dec 20 09:10:31 2020
    On 12/20/20 1:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!

    I'll drink to the end of harleylessness.
    Kaluha or Bourbon in my coffee? BOTH!

    I hope it's dry enough to enjoy being King of the Road.
    Did you get a new one, or a barn find, or someone else nightmare?

    Nothing better than a new toy to pick up ones spirits, it's even better
    when the toy is a Harley.

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    Ironhead Rick

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  • From Gyp@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Sun Dec 20 17:40:08 2020
    On 20/12/2020 17:10, Rick Begeman wrote:

    I'll drink to the end of harleylessness.
    Kaluha or Bourbon in my coffee?  BOTH!

    You're welcome.

    I hope it's dry enough to enjoy being King of the Road.
    Did you get a new one, or a barn find, or someone else nightmare?

    After spending a fortune on the Sportster I had before, then selling it
    for the same price as if I'd left if stock, I'm glad that this time I'm
    the one benefiting from someone else's spend.

    It's just over a year old (2019 model so no RDRS to go wrong) with only
    1,400 miles on it, but in that time the first owner managed to fit a
    full Vance and Hines system, Heavy Breather, adaptive LED lighting,
    rider and pillion seats and backrest from the 2017 CVO and virtually all
    of the Kahuna Black accessory collection.

    Scarily, this is the most I've ever spent on a motorcycle and because of
    the COVID rules here in the UK, I've not actually seen the bike other
    than in pictures.

    However a very close friend of mine passed away at the tender age of 56
    about a month ago, a mere 2 weeks after buying the bike he'd wanted for
    years. He rode it twice and did less than 100 miles on it. I've wanted a
    big twin for as long as I can remember and realised that I shouldn't
    leave it too long.

    Nothing better than a new toy to pick up ones spirits, it's even better
    when the toy is a Harley.

    So true!

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Sun Dec 20 11:29:18 2020
    On 12/20/2020 11:10 AM, Rick Begeman wrote:
    On 12/20/20 1:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!

    I'll drink to the end of harleylessness.
    Kaluha or Bourbon in my coffee?  BOTH!

    I hope it's dry enough to enjoy being King of the Road.
    Did you get a new one, or a barn find, or someone else nightmare?

    Nothing better than a new toy to pick up ones spirits, it's even better
    when the toy is a Harley.

    Well , most of the time . My newest toy is a 50 Amp plasma cutter ... I
    do have a couple of Harley projects planned that will be much easier
    with the new toy ... the biggest dislike I have for the trike is pegs ,
    no foot boards . I plan to correct that this winter .
    I do believe it's my turn to buy . Y'all try this homemade
    "Snagalliano" . I'll be making a batch of Old Crowhlua this afternoon ...
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    Snag
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  • From Frank Xzarhadjizamtheopolous@21:1/5 to Gyp on Fri Jun 4 08:59:26 2021
    On 12/20/2020 3:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.


    Would that make you "Harleylessness-less" now? <grin> Congrats on the
    new ride!

    Card's on the bar, order up!


    When your card runs out I'll buy a round.

    Andy aka Frank the Real Biker aka Big Stinkie

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  • From Gyp@21:1/5 to Frank Xzarhadjizamtheopolous on Tue Jun 8 08:52:46 2021
    On 04/06/2021 14:59, Frank Xzarhadjizamtheopolous wrote:
    On 12/20/2020 3:44 AM, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.


    Would that make you "Harleylessness-less" now? <grin> Congrats on the
    new ride!

    Thank you.

    Despite having put my money down for a beautiful 2019 Road King Special
    last December, because of covid restrictions and furlough of dealership
    staff, I was unable to collect until April.

    And the 300 mile journey home was enough for me to discover that the
    Road King Special wasn't the bike for me. I bought it to do longer
    distances and discovered that it was less well suited to doing those
    distances than the bikes I already own.

    I went through in my mind all the things that I'd need to address to
    make it work for me - suspension, seat, bars, screen etc - and realised
    that I was going to spend an awful lot more money and might still end up
    with a bike that didn't work for me.

    Despite the great excitement and anticipation, having found what I
    thought was the perfect bike, within a week it was gone.

    Because of the joys of the Internet, I am aware of how the new owner is
    getting on with it. And he is changing the suspension, seat, bars,
    screen and more. So it's wasn't just me.

    Ah well


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  • From Gyp@21:1/5 to becky fenton on Tue Jun 8 16:05:01 2021
    On 08/06/2021 15:51, becky fenton wrote:

    That is such a bummer. Hopefully you were able to recoup your $$.


    Thanks Becky, yes most of it.

    It was such a shame that, because of the pandemic, I had to buy from a
    distant dealer without a test ride. If I'd have managed a test ride I'd
    have known pretty much straight away.

    Ah well, lesson learnt!

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  • From becky fenton@21:1/5 to Gyp on Tue Jun 8 07:51:34 2021
    On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 3:52:50 AM UTC-4, Gyp wrote:

    And the 300 mile journey home was enough for me to discover that the
    Road King Special wasn't the bike for me.

    Despite the great excitement and anticipation, having found what I
    thought was the perfect bike, within a week it was gone.


    That is such a bummer. Hopefully you were able to recoup your $$.

    Becky

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  • From SouthernRhino@21:1/5 to Gyp on Mon Aug 23 19:46:05 2021
    On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 4:44:26 AM UTC-5, Gyp wrote:
    After a 15 or so period of Harleylessness, I appear to have bought a
    Road King.

    Card's on the bar, order up!
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    Gyp

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    I still have my V 3.0 Spring 2001 shirt. Pretty nice shape too.

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  • From Phil Boutros@21:1/5 to SouthernRhino on Sat Aug 28 23:03:39 2021
    SouthernRhino <planoue@gmail.com> wrote:

    I still have my V 3.0 Spring 2001 shirt. Pretty nice shape too.

    I have a fairly tattered V2.0 that's in the shop with a pile of
    other shirts that'll eventually be on the wall, or in a quilt, or
    whatever, and a fairly pristine V3.0


    Phil
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    philb@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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  • From SouthernRhino@21:1/5 to Phil Boutros on Mon Aug 30 08:10:54 2021
    On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 7:03:41 PM UTC-4, Phil Boutros wrote:
    SouthernRhino <pla...@gmail.com> wrote:

    I still have my V 3.0 Spring 2001 shirt. Pretty nice shape too.
    I have a fairly tattered V2.0 that's in the shop with a pile of
    other shirts that'll eventually be on the wall, or in a quilt, or
    whatever, and a fairly pristine V3.0


    Phil
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    ph...@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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  • From SouthernRhino@21:1/5 to SouthernRhino on Mon Aug 30 08:15:57 2021
    On Monday, August 30, 2021 at 11:10:55 AM UTC-4, SouthernRhino wrote:
    On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 7:03:41 PM UTC-4, Phil Boutros wrote:
    SouthernRhino <pla...@gmail.com> wrote:

    I still have my V 3.0 Spring 2001 shirt. Pretty nice shape too.
    I have a fairly tattered V2.0 that's in the shop with a pile of
    other shirts that'll eventually be on the wall, or in a quilt, or
    whatever, and a fairly pristine V3.0


    Phil
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    ph...@philb.ca http://philb.ca
    Heh heh, man it's been so long for me I barely remember any names from back in the late 90s early 2000s. I just stumbled onto this by accident.
    I think Panhead lived in NJ then as well as Len.
    We're in SC now just south of Myrtle Beach

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