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Offline mrrch

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 09:05:58 AM »
 Do you have that on your bike?  It is really a great product like the description says?  I can not seem to find any review on the item anywhere.

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2012, 09:08:47 AM »
Sorry, no magic boxes for this guy.
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2012, 09:51:11 AM »
If it sounds too good to be true it usually is!
If it's worth doing at all it's worth over-doing.
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2012, 10:04:23 AM »


 I'm sure HM could do something like this!


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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2012, 10:05:07 AM »


I'll take two!!
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2012, 11:14:57 AM »
I <3 MAGIC !
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 11:23:10 AM »
i don't think so
sounds like the spark improvers from the late 70's
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 11:28:14 AM »
i prefer magic dust
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2012, 02:29:28 PM »
They should have called it the:

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2012, 08:53:32 PM »
I'll take two if they are magic.
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2012, 12:01:20 AM »
I don't believe in this fancy electronic stuff....I tape magnets to my fuel line instead. ;D

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2012, 12:20:25 AM »
what a lot of #$%*!

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2012, 12:51:35 AM »
what a lot of #$%*!

Come on Dave, don't hold back mate, tell us what you really think..... ;D ;D

They left out the last piece of the puzzle..... ::)

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2012, 01:00:50 AM »
Come on Dave, don't hold back mate, tell us what you really think.

its a #$%*ing load of #$%*.

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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2012, 04:46:28 AM »
Come on Dave, don't hold back mate, tell us what you really think.

its a #$%*ing load of #$%*.

There seems to be a pattern emerging here....... ;D ;D ;)
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2012, 04:47:11 AM »
you don't seem very sure of yourself
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2012, 05:18:35 AM »
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators.
We haven't met yet.
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2012, 07:10:57 AM »
I don't believe in this fancy electronic stuff....I tape magnets to my fuel line instead. ;D

Now that's some old-school '70's bull#$%* right there!
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Re: We all need one of these
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2012, 07:53:38 AM »
Have you tried a can of compression for better take-off?
If it's worth doing at all it's worth over-doing.
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