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07-26-09, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by miamijim

I agree. If they were for an older bike where shield logos would be out of place I'd go with globe repros before I went with NOS shields.

I'll give an update when my new hoods arrive.

For a lot of bikes from the late 70's into the early 80's, the shield logo hoods would have wound up on the bike anyway when the hoods were replaced. For those bikes - and I have several - I don't sweat it.

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