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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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I think a big problem is the greed of dealers.

You go to various dealers and you see anything from $0-995 being added for setup or whatever on top of the MSRP.

Sure there's a good number of decent dealers out there, but there's a lot that are worse than car dealerships. I'm sure the fees and crap I keep seeing don't help sell bikes.
 
Old Nov 5, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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Screamin' Springer, no need to stand in awe... There's also no need to be insulting. What's so hard about just being civil?
 
Old Nov 5, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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Harley is going to finish the year in the black and expects to triple their profit next year over 09.
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Screamin Springer
Reverend, who died and made you the moral policeman, Oh I see now, you are a Reverend of Spiritual Humanism... I stand in awe
I love the fact that the Rev took my bait. I made it as obvious as I could to make it look like I was just posting for the "shock value" and it worked. Yeah, the Spiritual Humanism.... ha ha ha ha an on line ordained Reverend... what a slap in the face to the real men and woman who devote their lives to Christ.
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by will2002
I think I've heard this all before, I think???
Yup every few months we go thru this one.....
 
Old Nov 8, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by The Reverend D
Screamin' Springer, no need to stand in awe... There's also no need to be insulting. What's so hard about just being civil?
It must escape you that your comments are condescending.
 
Old Nov 8, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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I think it must have escaped you that yours are as well. All I'm trying to do is keep the conversation constructive and I'm being accused of slapping "real" ministers in the face. Wow. I just think your your urge to insult is revealing. Sorry you feel that way. I don't believe I've been anything but nice.
You gentlemen have a good day. Be safe and ride careful.
 
Old Nov 8, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Hey, guys,

It's always a lot of fun and stuff when two guys with a post count of less than 200 between them argue over internet civility.......or whatever.

How about this? Stop responding to each other! Or take it to PMs! Otherwise, it just looks like a pair of stubborn guys, each one trying to get the last word. Seriously, take it to PMs, if you two feel that strongly.

This used to be an interesting thread.....
 
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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by The Reverend D
I think it must have escaped you that yours are as well.
Yeah, probably so, I apologize.
 

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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 01:06 AM
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Harley will live ,stock will go up ,,it's gonna snow here ,and around January I'm gonna roll up my garage door,,fire up the fatboy ,,crack a cold beer, sit behind ,and smell the exhaust and listen to that song that reminds me of every road we went the year before.The woman I met and married because of the bike ,the friends I've met because of the bike ,the people of harley,are much different than any other nationality on earth we are family, and I'll drink with all of you ,stop if you need help, call you a cab if you want ,or just shut up and listen ,,cause that's what family does
 



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