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			<title>CHOKED OUT!!! Help...</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>long story short: a friend of a friend was doing some tuning on my 06 Busa LE. Well he went out for a night and didnt come home, car accident. Now...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>long story short: a friend of a friend was doing some tuning on my 06 Busa LE. Well he went out for a night and didnt come home, car accident. Now the bike will only run if I have the choke on all the way. As soon as I take the choke off it dies. <br />
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Anyone able to point me in the right direction?<br />
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Mods:<br />
No PAIR<br />
Big air box mod (floor cut out)<br />
K&amp;N Filter<br />
Micron 4-2-1 (can cleared out, straight through)<br />
PCIII<br />
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I am not sure what he was doing or where he was going with it...Im stuck! <br />
Please...anyone???!!<br />
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:banghead:Thanks, JD.:please:</div>

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			<dc:creator>jdbrown12</dc:creator>
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			<title>back in black - winter mods</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>well, the only good thing about winter is the resulting time for some modifications. as itīs freakinī cold here for some weeks, i already started my...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>well, the only good thing about winter is the resulting time for some modifications. as itīs freakinī cold here for some weeks, i already started my mods some time ago and hopefully finish most of the work this weekend. hope you enjoy my little documentation. letīs start with some comfort-stuff:<br />
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i bought a set of buell (r.i.p.) footpegs and modified them to fit the busa. making them fit was not that difficult and just took about half an hour. here are some pix:<br />
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the beginning. quite ugly and far away from being cool, the originial footpegs:<br />
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<img src="http://freenet-homepage.de/hofisch/0900.JPG" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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the buell-stuff looks much better and promised to offer more comfort:<br />
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may the games beginn:<br />
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the buell pegs are too wide to match, some grinding makes it fit:<br />
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<img src="http://freenet-homepage.de/hofisch/0903.JPG" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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a few minutes later the new peggies were installed and ready to be tested:<br />
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<img src="http://freenet-homepage.de/hofisch/0904.JPG" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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200 miles later i found out two things: comfort is much better than with the genuine stuff. driving is much more fun, feels completely different, though the pegs are just about one inch repositioned. hell, yeah! success!<br />
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the other thing is: my shoes collide with the exhaust. that means: my shoes get bbq-ed and the exhaust is scratched by my feet. thatīs unexceptable. so i had to go back to my garage and found a solution that makes me, the exhaust and my shoes happy. pix to come this weekend.<br />
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as i hope to finish the other modifications these days, too, iīll post some more pix pretty soon. i created a one-off passenger seat cover, did some paintjobs, installed a wider back-tyre, adjustable links, new windscreen, new brakes and some other stuff. canīt wait to reassemble the bike tomorrow.</div>

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			<dc:creator>godzilla</dc:creator>
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			<title>Hayabusa Kanji Christmas Ornaments HERE</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello everyone,  
            We wanted to do something a little different this year for Christmas so we had a custom Kanji Christmas Ornament made....</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hello everyone, <br />
            We wanted to do something a little different this year for Christmas so we had a custom Kanji Christmas Ornament made. With the artwork that we finalized on you actually get two ornaments out of one. <br />
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These are made of 1/8" colored acrylic that has been laser cut so the finish is very smooth... We have 4 colors which are <br />
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Black<br />
Red<br />
Blue<br />
Mirror / Chrome <br />
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I am going to put a few pics up of the the different colors. As with most christmas ornaments thes are cut very precise and will break (It isnt ABS plastic) but will last many years if hung on the tree and properly cared for...  <br />
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The price for a set (the inner and outer cuts) is 6.00 + 2.00 shipping, that equates out to 4.00 for a custom ornament...  We also engraved the text "Merry Christmas 2009" on the front of the larger ornament. <br />
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The size of the larger ornament is 3" 1/4 x 2" 3/8<br />
The size of the smaller ornament is 2.5" x 2"<br />
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You can click the buttons below to order yours today. You will be redirected to Paypal where you can send us your request and address.<br />
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			<dc:creator>captain</dc:creator>
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			<title>Hmmmmmmmm</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>My wife just called me and asked me to guess who she just got a phone call from,  
 
I dont know 
 
Your old Girlfreind 
 
( Havent heard from her in...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>My wife just called me and asked me to guess who she just got a phone call from, <br />
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I dont know<br />
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Your old Girlfreind<br />
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( Havent heard from her in 10 years )<br />
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She said she is having car problems and thought you might be able to help her out. ( 10 Years )<br />
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Now the last time I saw her she was stripper at a local strip club and I have to tell you she is hot ( 10 Years )<br />
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My wife got her number for me and told me if I wanted to call her it was not a problem, But, Nothing better happen. ( Did I mention she was hot ) <br />
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Im a weak man, I need support here Org members. Send words of wisdom my way.<br />
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Here is a picture of her. ( If this picture does not go through can someone fix it for me, I cant figure out how to make it jpeg ) <br />
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			<dc:creator>DEMMYM</dc:creator>
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			<title>Back home from hospital</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>IM back home for my back surgery. Belive it or not, just a little sore and stiff but feel a lot better now. The did get the cycst out with no...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>IM back home for my back surgery. Belive it or not, just a little sore and stiff but feel a lot better now. The did get the cycst out with no problems, no cut nerves or anything. the cycst eneded up being 7.5cmm long an 2 cm round. It took little over 4 hours in the operation room. My doctor now know why i was in so much pain. The cycst worked its was between the dicks, around 3 nerve banks and get this ate my tail bone and worked its way through it and broke it in 1/2... OUCH!!! no wonder it hurt so bad. He was talking last night that i meght be up a running full speed within a few weeks. I dont even have stitches or staples again, he really likes this high tech superglue.</div>

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			<title>Mr. Brown just Brought!!!</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:08:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>GO PRO HERO HD!!!:thumbsup::cheerleader:</description>
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			<title>Rumor Control</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So today I heard this "unconfirmed"--and I repeat "unconfirmed" rumor.  Since most folks here know more than I do--I thought I'd check it here first....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>So today I heard this &quot;unconfirmed&quot;--and I repeat &quot;unconfirmed&quot; rumor.  Since most folks here know more than I do--I thought I'd check it here first.  Here's the story:<br />
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Suzuki is pulling all sales of its products out of the US market.  That includes autos, cycles, atv's.  It seems that the auto arm of the company is in such bad shape (so many dealers closing) that the Corporation can't afford any more blood letting of money and therefore will pull completly out of the US market.<br />
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NOW---Please tell me what I heard is WRONG!:please:</div>

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			<dc:creator>hottrodd7</dc:creator>
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			<title>Happy Birthday Sweet Tea Man</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hope this isn't a repost :rofl: 
 
Happy Birthday punk :laugh:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hope this isn't a repost :rofl:<br />
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<font size="7">Happy Birthday</font> punk :laugh:</div>

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			<dc:creator>dadofthree</dc:creator>
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			<title>Am I stroking out or</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Does my 09 kanji change colors..lol I swear its gold sometimes and purple/pink others.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Does my 09 kanji change colors..lol I swear its gold sometimes and purple/pink others.</div>

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			<dc:creator>roached</dc:creator>
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			<title>Carrozzeria Wheels - Group Buy???</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With 2 miscarriages, dad getting treated for an aneurism, and no vacation this year, I think I deserve a nice treat... As Christmas is almost here,...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>With 2 miscarriages, dad getting treated for an aneurism, and no vacation this year, I think I deserve a nice treat... As Christmas is almost here, anyone else interested in new wheels??? Group Buy perhaps??? I'm looking to get me the V TRACK FORGED ALUMINUM WHEELS - STREET/TRACK.<br />
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Anyone in?<br />
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Site Sponsors please PM me your best deal for a set of SHARP BLUE for my k9 please. and if a group buy how many peeps minimum and at what price?<br />
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Tx!<br />
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neo</div>

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			<dc:creator>neoBusa</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[My "Reason for the Season" Blog (religious)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[if you don't like what's here, press Alt+F4, and i'll be notified immediately. 
posted this in my blog a bit ago, wondered what the other christians...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>if you don't like what's here, press Alt+F4, and i'll be notified immediately.<br />
posted this in my blog a bit ago, wondered what the other christians thought of the contents.<br />
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       This is for all of you &quot;non christians&quot; out there. Specifically, the ones who want to remove all references of God from our Government. Things like &quot;In God We Trust&quot;, and &quot;One nation under God&quot;, any religious symbols on federal land, the list goes on.<br />
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	Do you know WHY you are celebrating CHRISTmas? It's the day we CHRISTIANS celebrate the birth of Jesus. Jesus, for those of you who don't know, is the only son of God, God in human skin, who died for my sins, and yours. CHRISTmas is not an economic stimulus, a reason to shop, or a reason to be lazy and stay home from work, it's a birthday. Not yours, but His. If you don't believe in God or Jesus, then you have no reason to celebrate, do you? So, this being said, I'll expect to see you at work both CHRISTmas eve and CHRISTmas day.<br />
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	What? I don't celebrate Kwanzaa, so I don't take time off from work. Same thing with Hanukkah, I don't take 8 days off for that either. Why should a &quot;non christian&quot; like yourself celebrate a Christian holiday? How about another example of your hypocrisy?<br />
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	Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, following His torture and subsequent death by crucifixion. He was whipped, beaten, tortured, and finally hung on a wooden cross by His wrists and ankles until he died. The only man who never committed a sin was mocked, spat on, and treated like a criminal, so that we may be viewed as righteous. He took your sin, and my sin, upon himself, and died a sinners death, so that we may be allowed into the kingdom of the father. But you don't believe any of this, so for Easter break, your kids should keep going to school. You shouldn't take any time off either, so you can show how &quot;non christian&quot; you are. <br />
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	In closing, You're all invited to feast at the Father's table. You are His children, whether or not you want to admit it. Your salvation is waiting for you, already paid for, like tickets at will call. All you have to do to claim it is to turn your back on sin, and believe in Christ.<br />
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Merry Christmas</div>

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			<dc:creator>ogre</dc:creator>
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			<title>Generic levers</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thinking about these levers for my '08. 
 
 
Brake Clutch Levers Suzuki HAYABUSA/GSXR1300 GSF1200:eBay Motors (item 230401910328 end time Nov-22-09...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Thinking about these levers for my '08.<br />
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<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Brake-Clutch-Levers-Suzuki-HAYABUSA-GSXR1300-GSF1200_W0QQitemZ230401910328QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotorcycles_Parts_Accessories?hash=item35a5062638" target="_blank">Brake Clutch Levers Suzuki HAYABUSA/GSXR1300 GSF1200:eBay Motors (item 230401910328 end time Nov-22-09 20:31:38 PST)</a></div>

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			<dc:creator>Kainedogg</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[AWESOME!!! Read below pic before making judgment on 'The Finger' gesture and you'll u]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[THIS NEEDS TO KEEP GOING.  
Leading the fight is U S Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael Burghardt, known as 'Iron Mike' or just 'Gunny'. He is on his third...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>THIS NEEDS TO KEEP GOING. <br />
Leading the fight is U S Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael Burghardt, known as 'Iron Mike' or just 'Gunny'. He is on his third tour in Iraq . He had become a legend in the bomb disposal world after winning the Bronze Star for disabling 64 IEDs and destroying 1,548 pieces of ordnance during his second tour. <br />
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Then, on September 19, he got blown up. He had arrived at a chaotic scene after a bomb had killed four US Marines.. He chose not to wear the bulky bomb protection suit. 'You can't react to any sniper fire and you get tunnel-vision,' he explains. So, protected by just a helmet and standard-issue flak jacket, he began what bomb disposal officers term 'the longest walk', stepping gingerly into a 5 foot deep and 8 foot wide crater. <br />
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The earth shifted slightly and he saw a Senao base station with a wire leading from it. He cut the wire and used his 7 inch knife to probe the ground. 'I found a piece of red detonating cord between my legs,' he says.. 'That's when I knew I was screwed.' Realizing he had been sucked into a trap, Sgt Burghardt, 35, yelled at everyone to stay back. At that moment, an insurgent, probably watching through binoculars, pressed a button on his mobile phone to detonate the secondary device below the sergeant's feet 'A chill went up the back of my neck and then the bomb exploded,' he recalls. 'As I was in the air I remember thinking, 'I don't believe they got me....' I was just ticked off they were able to do it. Then I was lying on the road, not able to feel anything from the waist down.' <br />
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His fellow Marines cut off his trousers to see how badly he was hurt. None could believe his legs were still there 'My dad's a Vietnam vet who's paralyzed from the waist down,' says Sgt Burghardt.. 'I was lying there thinking I didn't want to be in a wheelchair next to my dad and for him to see me like that. They started to cut away my pants and I felt a real sharp pain and blood trickling down. Then I wiggled my toes and I thought, 'Good, I'm in business.' As a stretcher was brought over, adrenaline and anger kicked in. 'I decided to walk to the helicopter. I wasn't going to let my team-mates see me being carried away on a stretcher.' He stood and gave the insurgents who had blown him up a one-fingered salute. 'I flipped them one.. It was like, 'OK, I lost that round but I'll be back next week.' <br />
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Copies of a photograph depicting his defiance, taken by Jeff Bundy for the Omaha World-Herald, adorn the walls of homes across America and that of Col John Gronski, the brigade commander in Ramadi, who has hailed the image as an exemplar of the warrior spirit. <br />
Sgt Burghardt's injuries - burns and wounds to his legs and buttocks - kept him off duty for nearly a month and could have earned him a ticket home. But, like his father - who was awarded a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts for being wounded in action in Vietnam - he stayed in Ramadi to engage in the battle against insurgents who are forever coming up with more ingenious ways of killing Americans. <br />
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Are you proud enough to send this on ? <br />
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YOU BET I AM!!! <br />
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say." 
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>&quot;What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.&quot;<br />
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Ralph Waldo Emerson</div>

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			<dc:creator>twotonevert</dc:creator>
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			<title>Has anyone seen this? Harley to partner with Hyosung?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Interesting.  
 
EICMA: ATK Partners With Hyosung, Plans to Enter Street Market - Dealernews...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Interesting. <br />
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<a href="http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/LATEST+NEWS/EICMA-ATK-Partners-With-Hyosung-Plans-to-Enter-Str/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/641660?contextCategoryId=48447" target="_blank">EICMA: ATK Partners With Hyosung, Plans to Enter Street Market - Dealernews</a></div>

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