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CVO Technical => Cleaning/Detailing => Topic started by: 2009FLTRSE3 on January 11, 2009, 10:10:52 PM
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My bike is in the garage and covered with a fabric cover and dust gets through the fabric and settles on the paint, has anyone figured out how to avoid this without a plastic cover that promotes rust in the winter.
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Ride it before the dust settles!
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No way really to keep your bike dust free in a garage. You'd have to have a special room with Hepa filters or a CBA setup for that. My advice is to buy a decent compressor and blow off the dust that finds it's way through your CVO Indoor cover.
B B
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I keep an oscillating fan blowing on the bikes all the time. Never have a dust problem. :2vrolijk_21:
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Ride it before the dust settles!
If dust should settle...get that thing out and blow the dust off. I find most of it leaves somewhere around 80-90mph.
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Are you using the CVO cover. I've never taken mine out of the bag, and if it doesn't stop the dust, I guess I won't bother. If you can find a way to keep the dust off, let me know so I can do the same on the car in my garage also. I get pretty frustrated after spending all the time detailing my bike, and then by the next day, it's covered with dust. I know part of my problem is that I almost always go in and out of my house through the garage. Maybe if I'd learn to use my front door, I would have so much dust in the garage. Or, you would always leave your bike with me and you'll never notice the dust.
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BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!! :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Keep the bike from getting dusty!!! That's some funny chit right there! ::) ??? :o :D :D :D ;)
Hoist! 8)
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If dust should settle...get that thing out and blow the dust off. I find most of it leaves somewhere around 80-90mph.
Yup, it's true. It's actually possible to outrun dust! :orange:
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BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!! :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Keep the bike from getting dusty!!! That's some funny chit right there! ::) ??? :o :D :D :D ;)
Hoist! 8)
Howie, if you play tic tac toe enough in the dust soon it'll be all wiped off. You want to be X or O? And whomever cheats Binx will cut them!
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Has anyone used one of the inflatable covers with success?
THe "Bubble."
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Miker has one for his Oldster in FLA but it's lousy for showing off the bike and difficult to get the bike in and out of. It's way easier wipe the bike off once a month (need it or not) or just ride it in the rain to rinse the dust off.
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Miker has one for his Oldster in FLA but it's lousy for showing off the bike and difficult to get the bike in and out of. It's way easier wipe the bike off once a month (need it or not) or just ride it in the rain to rinse the dust off.
Oh that was painful. Like a dust worrier is going to ride in the rain :huepfenlol2: .
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I find riding the bike and not letting it sit in the garage very long keeps the dust off...if you live in the cold climes, my advice would be to move south. 8) ::) :nixweiss:
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The dust that gets throught the filter on the bubble is even more fine than regular dust, like talc, I quit on it. Addtional filtration would require a bigger fan as the the one provided is just a little biscuit fan and hardly adequate to inflate bubble from the get go..
The silver bike is much better at hiding the dust but being the wettest bike I have ever owned it usually gets rainwater rinsed every freaking time I ride it...
I just use compressed air on the Oldster before his weekly run. The other bikes are now in the trailer and seem to stay dust free in there...
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I find riding the bike and not letting it sit in the garage very long keeps the dust off...if you live in the cold climes, my advice would be to move south. 8) ::) :nixweiss:
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The dust that gets throught the filter on the bubble is even more fine than regular dust, like talc, I quit on it. Addtional filtration would require a bigger fan as the the one provided is just a little biscuit fan and hardly adequate to inflate bubble from the get go..
The silver bike is much better at hiding the dust but being the wettest bike I have ever owned it usually gets rainwater rinsed every freaking time I ride it...
I just use compressed air on the Oldster before his weekly run. The other bikes are now in the trailer and seem to stay dust free in there...
I am so confused. So is moving south a fine idea? Or is the dust fine? Or even too fine? Is too fine like double good? Or like a high maintenance w... um, never mind. And, why, now, am I suddenly hearing in my head one of the voices performing live and in concert "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my dust, too se..." Wait, dust.... where's Lyra?
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Fine(adj)- The last word you never want to hear from a woman at the end of an argument. When it's said, it means the opposite (along with hot tongue and cold shoulder on the menu for a few days).
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I am so confused. So is moving south a fine idea? Or is the dust fine? Or even too fine? Is too fine like double good? Or like a high maintenance w... um, never mind. And, why, now, am I suddenly hearing in my head one of the voices performing live and in concert "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my dust, too se..." Wait, dust.... where's Lyra?
Don, listen to the voices, for they know what they are talking about. ;) ???
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Awright you big, bad biker dudes! Use one of these!!! ;D ;)
Hoist! 8)
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With a can of this chit! ::) :P ;D ;D ;D :huepfenjump3: :huepfenjump3: :huepfenjump3:
My bike is dusty! Sheesh!!! :-\ :-X :)
Hoist! 8)
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A good blower might be less harmful to the paint than that duster Howie. Here's infrared imagery of what a really good blower can do. Who'd have thought you could watch such a thing in infrared Click here (http://www.break.com/index/fart_caught_on_infrared_camera.html) ?
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A good blower might be less harmful to the paint than that duster Howie. Here's infrared imagery of what a really good blower can do. Who'd have thought you could watch such a thing in infrared Click here (http://www.break.com/index/fart_caught_on_infrared_camera.html) ?
I use that method to keep the dust off of my seat Don!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hoist! 8)
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I use that method to keep the dust off of my seat Don!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hoist! 8)
Randy is still concerned about this kind of "dust" problem on that new saddle before it gets home to Alabama ??? .
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Not worried too much about dust..Its all the snow.
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I have mine in the bubble till the salt melt's. It'll be dust free when I can get it out. Ed
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Next they will have automatic cameras everywhere for ticketing Don's little problem. :D :D :D
Click here (http://www.break.com/index/fart_caught_on_infrared_camera.html) ?
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I've found this is the most effective way to keep dust off your bike
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I've found this is the most effective way to keep dust off your bike
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1348/1098961116_e894808f46.jpg?v=1188532338)
My bike's are gettin pretty dusty! Would ya mind sendin them over here for a bit Jim? ;D ;) :2vrolijk_21:
Hoist! 8)
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My bike's are gettin pretty dusty! Would ya mind sendin them over here for a bit Jim? ;D ;) :2vrolijk_21:
Hoist! 8)
I'll have to send the back up crew.......
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I'm guessing it's a good thing that last pic didn't come through.
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Hey there 2009FLTRSE3. Just noticed there was no follow up post after your first one here asking how to keep your bike from getting dusty. Please don't get too shook up over what transpired in this thread after your question. Just started to say we weren't laughing at you we were laughing with you; but I'd have been full of chit if I did. There was a little laughing at you going on. But that's ok. We do it to each other all the time. So grab a beer and play along.
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I just knew that Jim had the answer and there you have it!
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Hey there 2009FLTRSE3. Just noticed there was no follow up post after your first one here asking how to keep your bike from getting dusty. Please don't get too shook up over what transpired in this thread after your question. Just started to say we weren't laughing at you we were laughing with you; but I'd have been full of chit if I did. There was a little laughing at you going on. But that's ok. We do it to each other all the time. So grab a beer and play along.
HeHe!!! Well that REALLY splained everything Don!!! ::) :P :D :D :D
Now how can I keep all this damn dust off my bike? :o ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hoist! 8)
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HeHe!!! Well that REALLY splained everything Don!!! ::) :P :D :D :D
Now how can I keep all this damn dust off my bike? :o ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hoist! 8)
Move out of 1935 :nixweiss: ?
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Move out of 1935 :nixweiss: ?
Did you really turn 107 this week? :nixweiss: happy B-day. (belated) :birthdays: :2vrolijk_09: har!~ spyder
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Did you really turn 107 this week? :nixweiss: happy B-day. (belated) :birthdays: :2vrolijk_09: har!~ spyder
That's what it said on the speedometer :nixweiss: .
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I use Evian water and chamois skin of a virgin sheep, to remove any offending dust...was this a serious question? or is someone here just playin wit us? :orange:
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I use Evian water and chamois skin of a virgin sheep, to remove any offending dust...was this a serious question? or is someone here just playin wit us? :orange:
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Depends, is that a serious answer? or are ya just playin with us? ??? :D :D :D
It seemed to start off serious Bob, but it was hard to take it, and keep it that way!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D :huepfenjump3: :huepfenjump3: :huepfenjump3:
Hoist! 8)
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I do use de-ionized water when I hafta wash the bike...The kid that washes it does too, worth the dough, no spots...wash, rinse, leaf blower, presto...Good for another few months...Silver bikes rule for not showing dirt!
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When the bike gets dusty, do like I do....nothing better than pure, clean rain water!
Park the bike outside, wait for rain, wipe dry.
That happens here about 4x per year, thus, my bike is always "dusty"!!!
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When the bike gets dusty, do like I do....nothing better than pure, clean rain water!
Park the bike outside, wait for rain, wipe dry.
That happens here about 4x per year, thus, my bike is always "dusty"!!!
Hehe!!! In NYC, ya can then watch the paint peel off after it goes thru our atmosphere!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Seriously, with the pollution, that leaves bad spots here. ;)
Hoist! 8)
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Try using the 360 degree Swiffer duster. You can get them just about anywhere. I've found it to work great on my springer. I just change out the duster before it get very dirty. I live fairly close to a busy highway and get dust from that after a couple of days. It seems like the Swiffer duster acts like it is negatively charged and draws the dust onto itself without having to really contact the paint much.
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Your bike shouldn't be getting dusty in the garage. It should be getting dusty sitting in your local HD shop awaiting the head update/recall, or heated grips or et al!
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just keep riding it like you stole it the dust won't be able to keep up ;) ;D :bananarock:
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I agree, let the stealership clean it while it is in waiting for the recall to be fixed. :P If not then I use a california car duster when it needs to be dusted off. :bananarock:
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Im with jim I have one of these come around once a month :bananarock:
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I agree, let the stealership clean it while it is in waiting for the recall to be fixed. :P If not then I use a california car duster when it needs to be dusted off. :bananarock:
Let me see if I got this right.......your dealer actually CLEANS you bike when you have it in for service???? What a novel concept!
Out here, our dealers usually leave fingerprints, and smudges all over your paint when you get it back, and the typical response is: "Well, it was like that when you brought it in"!
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I do use de-ionized water when I hafta wash the bike...The kid that washes it does too, worth the dough, no spots...wash, rinse, leaf blower, presto...Good for another few months...Silver bikes rule for not showing dirt!
Man I hope that's your kid washing the bike.
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Hi, Just thought I would try and fit the canvas CVO cover that the stealership supplied me with. Despite having undertaken lots of fairly serious technical mods to my SE without trouble, I just cant get this damm thing to fit. Can anyone clue me in on this thing or shall I just bin it !! Nick
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Hi, Just thought I would try and fit the canvas CVO cover that the stealership supplied me with. Despite having undertaken lots of fairly serious technical mods to my SE without trouble, I just cant get this damm thing to fit. Can anyone clue me in on this thing or shall I just bin it !! Nick
The Dealer gave you the wrong cover I bet! They gave me a "91625-04 softtail cover" for my Dyna.
Then they gave me a "91691-05 OZ/v-Rod-CVO"?
Look inside the cover and read the tag, good luck.
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Not sure how long you are leaving the bikes parked to get this much dust buildup, but it must be coming up from the bottom. I use a cover made from cotton, my wife sewed it together, use a Exigent for pattern. Made it a little longer so it touches the floor all the way around and I have little or no dust, even if I leave the bike for a couple weeks while on vacation. We keep 2 fans, one a ceiling type and one a Home Depot floor fan, both running on high 24/7 due to humidity so lots of air movement, but no dust on bike.
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If you really hate dust on your bike, then invest in the Harley Bubble. It doesn't take long to set up and it will keep the bike virtually dust free. I use it all winter long here in the Midwest and when I take her out in March she's just as clean as she was when I put her away in December. Keeps the moisture out too...
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While my bike is parked in the garage I keep a queen size sheet draped over the bike. The cotton sheet breaths well and seem to keep my bike somewhat dust free. My previous bike was a Heritage and a queen bottom sheet fit just fine. I now have a CVO Ultra and I have sewn the bottom fitted sheet and about 24 inches of the top sheet together (length wise). The cover that comes with the CVO is too bulky and difficult to put on or take off quickly.
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Ride MOnday through Saturday---wash on Sunday. Every week for three years. Seems to solve the problem
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Ride MOnday through Saturday---wash on Sunday. Every week for three years. Seems to solve the problem
The fans work, but I also follow a similar regimen. :2vrolijk_21:
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ride more and you can replace dust with bugs. much more satisfying
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Ride, cover in bugs, leave in rain...Take to detailer 2x a year and pay them..
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Ride, cover in bugs, leave in rain...Take to detailer 2x a year and pay them..
So Mike what do you do while the bikes @ the detailers. :drink: :nixweiss:
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Well, I am lucky...the detailer has a trailer and works at my cigar shop once a month doing the other lazy and anal retentive bastards bikes ...so I manage to pipe down a coupla ales and smoke a cigar then go out and point at things he missed.... which is rare, he is good...does boats and airplanes too...
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This is what I use to keep the dust off my SERG. Check out: www.thebikebarn.net
Now you see it…
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Now you don't.
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The standard nylon cover that either you get from Harley or one of the aftermarkets does a pretty good job of keeping the dust off. I typically let mine cool for a few hours then put the cover on it and it makes a huge difference, especially living in the dust bowl of Oklahoma!
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Let me see if I got this right.......your dealer actually CLEANS you bike when you have it in for service???? What a novel concept!
Out here, our dealers usually leave fingerprints, and smudges all over your paint when you get it back, and the typical response is: "Well, it was like that when you brought it in"!
Mine does... but a neighboring dealer does as you described...
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Need to ask the dealership--all those bikes in the showroom never get dusty..... I have used dust covers from Exigent for several years and dust does not get thru the cover.
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The secret to keeping your bike clean in your garage is to keep your garage clean.
I never even use a cover...
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The secret to keeping your bike clean in your garage is to keep your garage clean.
I never even use a cover...
(http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i441/Bructer1/a8dd3510.jpg)
That's an OR (Operating Room) that ain't no garage :D :D... looking good. :2vrolijk_21:
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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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I'm not going to read 5 pages of thread on this dumb subject....
My answer is RIDE IT !!! Knothead
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That's an OR (Operating Room) that ain't no garage :D :D... looking good. :2vrolijk_21:
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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Where's the beer fridge and the flat-screen?... never mind... saw the flat screen on top of the cabinets!
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BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!! :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Keep the bike from getting dusty!!! That's some funny chit right there! ::) ??? :o :D :D :D ;)
Hoist! 8)
I must be drunk but I agree ...can't stop laughin...
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I'm not going to read 5 pages of thread on this dumb subject....
My answer is RIDE IT !!! Knothead
LOL.. they get dusty when you ride them.... gives me an excuse to clean the bike after we get home!
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Good advice. Even I can outrun dust with my stock 110.
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Own a silver bike, dont hafta wash em much...
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Own a silver bike, dont hafta wash em much...
'cuz its the fastest?...
Mine is dusty 'cuz its been at the dealer for 10 weeks!
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i use a swiffer duster.
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i use a swiffer duster.
:2vrolijk_21: :2vrolijk_21: Always 'dust' (if you can't rinse) before rubbing to clean off bugs & stuff. Saves the clear from scratches. ;) spyder
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Take it to Tilley's and leave it all Winter! :huepfenlol2: :huepfenlol2: :huepfenlol2: Seriously, when Ol' Maudie is resting upon her jack, in my garage at home, I have my Detail Man come clean her every 2 weeks, and wax once a month with 3M Hand Glaze. There endeth the lesson. 8) Later--HUBBARD
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Take it to Tilley's and leave it all Winter! :huepfenlol2: :huepfenlol2: :huepfenlol2: Seriously, when Ol' Maudie is resting upon her jack, in my garage at home, I have my Detail Man come clean her every 2 weeks, and wax once a month with 3M Hand Glaze. There endeth the lesson. 8) Later--HUBBARD
Remember when you could bend over and do it yourself? :P spyder
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... dont leave it in the garage?... :nixweiss:
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Good grief
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Park it in the living room! ;D
Mike
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Park it in the living room! ;D
Mike
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:2vrolijk_21: :pepper: :pepper: :pepper:
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