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FEBRUARY 2022 (# 271 )
COMMENT - Not Insane - Just Unrealistically Optimistic ............ 4 Based on the feedback to his January Comment piece , Robin Bradley revisits his view about Harley ' s LiveWire unit sales volume forecasts and remains unrepentant .
PRODUCT EXTRAS ............................................................................
OptiMate ........................................................ 40
Making sense of the cable and connector chaos that is making battery charging and maintenance , and accessory use , way more difficult than it needs to be .
PROGUIDE : The new , the best and the must-haves ...................... 34-58
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HardDrive ........................................................ 52 Full steam ahead as the Boise , Idaho distributor continues to add aggressively to its product offer .
Blow Performance Exhausts ................................ 46 More on the Australian exhaust brand - this time some horsepower and torque gain numbers .
APM ............................................................ 44 Giving those SU carbs the love they deserve .
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