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As I was wiping down my bike I was looking at all the stuff I had bought for her (You know the college fund for Brents kids) I was looking at the engine mount I bought for her and thought, Why on gods earth did I buy that? No one can see it unless your on the ground wiping down spots no one can see anyway?? Which leads to a question. What is the dumbest thing you bought for your bikes???

Trailer...but then I sold it...actually it DID make sence at the time...family camping trip needed the truck WANTED the bike...but

ummmm...I bought the engine mount, too...and union jack license plate bolts, and union jack valve stem caps, and ummmm...union jack solo seat bolt, which also can't be seen cuz i've got a pillion seat on too...chrome license plate holder, doesn't really stand out a lot...sigh...you had to go and start this dumb chrome items thing, didn't you?

Windshield wiper. Never worked...

UJ license plate bolts. one of them rattled out after about 10 months and now i have a different plate frame and don't use the bolts at all.

chrome chain guard, maybe? My bags are on almost all the time.

L.E.D lights still in the box(3 months)

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X2 Light changing magnet(s)

Think that's bad, I've gotten crap for buying the chrome came cover because, "you can only see about an inch of it."

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My HD Sporster

Chrome Battery cover from Brent, Bad thing is I MAKE THEM!!!
By the way BRENT, where is it??? He can keep it now, I want my new one with the Triumph on it once he has them chromed.

It was all very important needed stuff at the time of purchase. Especially the LED lights I never turn on.

ashtray.............. but it IS self cleaning

I was wondering how many bought stuff in the off season? It's easy to sit at the computer when theres a couple feet of snow or below freezing temps and hit the add to cart button I think its a way to keep in touch with the motorcycle world when you cant ride. Spring comes and its like; what the frig., did I need that?

Tool roll, tools - to carry on the bike?

What for?

I bought some stainless steel bar end caps on ebay. The are shinier by a sight than the dull stock ones but I doubt any casual observer of the bike would notice.

Who cares, as long as you like 'em. I got em, and think they
look good.

Charlie

Tools, so you can tighten up something, if it wiggles loose.

Charlie

JC Whitney driving lights for about $30 bucks.

Once I got them, couldn't figure out where they would fit and the wiring looked like a hassle so they sat on my office desk for a year.

Finally said It can't be that hard so in the process of trying to install I dropped one and busted the light!! So, said forget it and tossed em.

Oh yeah, the electric outlet. I don't have anything to plug into it but I bought it anyway.

The reasoning behind this Iraq thing. THAT'S what!

Well...I personally didn't BUY IT, but I know LOTS o' people WHO DID!

(sorry...but you guys know me by now)


NOW, the REAL answer I'm SURE you're all waiting breathlessly for.....this figgin' COMPUTER!!!

No, wait a minute! Without this thing I'm but a lonely isolated shell of a man.

Aaaahhh....to be isolated from this modern topsy-turvy, plague-a-minute, dog-eat-dog world?!



BYE!!!! Catch ya on the rebound, people!


Dwight
(no...you guys AREN'T gettin' off THAT easy now!!!)

The chrome turn signal relocator bracket from Ma's and a pair of lights from (?) that look like the indicators on the standard Bonnie.

I decided I like the stock indicators because they are so visible from the side and though I wanted to get them off the bar they are more visible to the cars in front of me if left up high. Plus, the Bonnie lights look weird on the Speedy.