1980 gl1100 swingarm defect

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calif wingnut
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1980 gl1100 swingarm defect

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A painful time for all involved.
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Re: 1980 gl1100 swingarm defect

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I found those scans very hard to read so I enlarged them a bit and darkened them up. Interesting read.
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