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tanle1812
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Harley Hottest Sound on the Road T-Shirt

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i want to check this tshirt please help me does it real or fake ?
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I found this print with this tag, which are considerably different than yours, tone, color, placement of the "L" but that's a very small sample size.

What's the pit to pit in INCHES?
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They have those two types of tags and the shirt measurement is 22.5 32
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Re: Harley Hottest Sound on the Road T-Shirt

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about tag , print and line
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Please post a photo of only the front print, with item laying flat and lets compare to others.

This is a complicated print with many details to get right, I just don't see it being a target of counterfeiters, and it if it was, the chances of getting the print accurate, all the stars in the right place, seems very far fetched.
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Re: Harley Hottest Sound on the Road T-Shirt

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front print
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Ok so here's one I found on another tag - that's 3XL, and the measurements reflect it. I have never known a counterfeiter to do 3XL - so I think it's safe to assume this is legit.
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When I focus in on the dot patters, count down, assess their size AND color, these match. There is a slight difference in size, but that can easily be explained by an organic occurrence during the ink process.

Try it for yourself, focus on an area with the dots, count them, compare them and you'll see it's perfect. This is not something a counterfeiter would get right or take the time to meticulously count and replicate, they would goof up somewhere.

I do agree the tag looks sus, but you did find others with the size situated in the same place. The material it's printed on does still look a bit off, but going by the print, it's fine.

I know you have concerns with the print, but I think this is a fresh, unwashed prestine ink.
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Re: Harley Hottest Sound on the Road T-Shirt

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Thank you please support me check legit or fake :? Here are two versions that are similar and different in terms of novelty you can compare
My version is the new condition version and the comparison version is old condition

The difference in pointing the font is that the one on the left is outside the single stitch and in the double stitch circle, can you help me analyze it?

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After analyzing the print, I personally don't feel like you have to go much further than that, otherwise you're going down a rabbit hole trying to make sense of stitching. Remember, Harley tees were printed all over the world, by numerous printers, using different inks and different blanks.
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Why does my tag from 1996 have the same year as the printed card but only sewn inside double outside single
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Sir, I have addressed this via DM on IG. Harley had t-shirts printed all over, on various blanks, they didn't manufacture their own tees, they had tags installed in the neckline.

I can easily find rock t-shirts from the 80s printed on different blanks, that doesn't mean the shirt is fake, right? What makes the shirt fake is a print that is fake, or a tag that is fake, that's what you should focus on.

Investigate other exact examples of your tag if you want to continue this, but I have said everything I can in this instance.
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