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Old 01-20-15 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
A chrome tubular rail. This was about half a mile down a gated-off fire road, usually closed to traffic, with no sign of a crash or any other pieces nearby. I would guess it's a crash bar for a cruiser type motorcycle, and it fell off a cop bike. I carried it about two miles to the next available garbage can.
Originally Posted by joeyduck
I wonder if it was part of a ladder from an rv or camper?
Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
Too stout. Those are usually very thin gauge, this was a serious piece of hardware, it's pretty similar to crash bars I had on my R1200GS. Also, since the road is gated off and closed to vehicle traffic, it's not a place where an RV would be. But a cop motorcycle could have gotten there easily, they ride those down the ARBT when they need to and it connects to that at the other end.
After looking at some photos I'm pretty sure it's the crash bar that goes under the seat, in front of the pannier.

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