I love those "Snortons"...they had a great sound and had so much torque.
Rascal
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Hey Rascal. What about a Norton.
Jim :-)
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>That's okay Dustin, that is just some ignorant myths about the Harley as
>well. Victory uses many of the same suppliers as Harley, (I have been to
>their plant). I dunno what you mean about "maintenance costs", but you do
>have take care of something if it gets driven or ridden a lot. And as far
>as "heavy"..oh well, if you are not enough of a man to ride a real
>motorcycle, we understand Tom Byrne. Go ride that cute little Triumph.
>
>Rascal -----Original Message----- From:
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>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Dustin
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> > Well, I worked for several dealers, even had my own shop, but never
>used > yamabond on any harley, didn't have to, the cases matched, but what
> > difference does that make? I will take a Hog over a Brit pig anytime.
> > Yawn, this is so easy...Triumphs...what a yuck. >
>
>I guess perhaps just be difficult I'll throw a little gas on the fire. My
>brother had a Kawasaki, I think it was a 750 Custom, for quite a few years
>until he and his buddy (on a Suzuki) totaled their bikes (one hit gravel
>then they both lost it, bad enough they had to go to the ER and I think his
>friend was hospitalized over night). He then replaced the Kawasaki with a
>Harley. After a few years with the Hog he got tired of the maintance costs
>and being a veteran (82nd Airborne Intel in Panama) and the founder of a
>veterans motorcycle club in Oregon, he wanted to stay with an American
>bike. He did some research and discovered that his Harley, while assembled
>in the US had a majority of it's components from such places as Germany,
>Japan, and Mexico so he bought a Victory, also assembled in the US but of
>closer to 90% American components. I've seen his and his girlfriends
>Victories....very nice.
>
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