78 Full dresser with Bates Clipper fairing

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78 Full dresser with Bates Clipper fairing

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Nice picture from back in the day.
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Probably one of the ugliest fairings ever put on a motorcycle.
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desertrefugee wrote:Probably one of the ugliest fairings ever put on a motorcycle.
You beat me to it.
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She's definitely Long in the tooth!
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It’s really amazing to look at that. It’s hard to imagine that making it to production. There must be some that really like the look. I’m trying...... but......
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Gowing wrote:It’s really amazing to look at that. It’s hard to imagine that making it to production. There must be some that really like the look. I’m trying...... but......
owners of this snowmobile perhaps. :mrgreen:
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