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Old 11-06-2019, 02:12 PM
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Check Out This Rare 1975 Harley Prototype MX250
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A rare chance to get your hands on a Harley-Davidson prototype.
 
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That looks weird, since it appears to have the exact SAME "forks" in the back as it has up front, only shorter.
 
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Yeah, those forks are seriously weird. I wonder what the performance was like?
 
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Yeah makes me wonder what the fork they were thinking.
 
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Looks like the apprentice got the job of building it. 'Listen, it will be obvious where the fork legs go, just get on with it'.
 
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"There were no more shocks in the back room, and we were on a deadline."
 
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Yeah makes me wonder what the fork they were thinking.
Ha ha ha. I actually LOLed at that one
 
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