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Old 12-08-2012, 04:51 PM   #18391
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Being from Montana I have "Smokey" the Bear spelling stuck in my head.
Or perhaps Smokey and the Bandit?
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:00 PM   #18392
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Fail. Seat and handlebar position requires rearsets. Guess he ran out of Ebay money after the Thailand shocks and "cafe" seat.
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:12 PM   #18393
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Fail. Seat and handlebar position requires rearsets. Guess he ran out of Ebay money after the Thailand shocks and "cafe" seat.
Or he's mid build, or has decided the bike feels good he doesn't want them.
You speak with a lot of authority for somebody who I'm assuming has never ridden that bike.

You the cafe police?
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:16 PM   #18394
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Or he's mid build, or has decided the bike feels good he doesn't want them.
You speak with a lot of authority for somebody who I'm assuming has never ridden that bike.

You the cafe police?
What he said.
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:53 PM   #18395
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Or he's mid build, or has decided the bike feels good he doesn't want them.
You speak with a lot of authority for somebody who I'm assuming has never ridden that bike.

You the cafe police?
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:59 PM   #18396
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Old 12-08-2012, 06:29 PM   #18397
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Kept mids on my cafe build. It was a lot more comfortable that way.

Sent from the voices in my head and transcribed by their drinking buddy.
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Old 12-08-2012, 06:36 PM   #18398
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Would it be OK to put a bell on a "cafe"

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Old 12-08-2012, 07:38 PM   #18399
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[QUOTE=Daamud;20207856]Would it be OK to put a bell on a "cafe"
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Not an Officially Licensed Harley Davidson Ride Bell unless it is a Harley.
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Old 12-08-2012, 08:34 PM   #18400
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Being from Montana I have "Smokey" the Bear spelling stuck in my head.
Smokey Bear (no "the") is from New Mexico.

Just sayin'
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Old 12-08-2012, 08:51 PM   #18401
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Smokey Bear (no "the") is from New Mexico.

Just sayin'
I know where he was from but due to the many fires each year in Montana we got the full Smokey dose at an early age. Maybe that's why we got the smoky dose at such an early age as well.

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Old 12-08-2012, 08:51 PM   #18402
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Not an Officially Licensed Harley Davidson Ride Bell unless it is a Harley.
Even if the bell is made in China?
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Old 12-08-2012, 09:15 PM   #18403
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Even if the bell is made in China?
They hypocrisy helps ward off the gremlins.
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Old 12-09-2012, 03:41 AM   #18404
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Or perhaps Smokey and the Bandit?
Or Thanks Smokey-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMq8XS4LhE
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Old 12-09-2012, 04:25 AM   #18405
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