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Bikers’ Delight : A new Harley catalogue has all the stuff the well-dressed rider would want. But Hell’s Angels accessories, they’re not.

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Biking is no longer easy riding for the itinerant and financially challenged. Not with retro choppers for $25,000 and full-dress leathers--including fringed and fingerless gloves--priced at $1,500.

Adding to this Tiffany shift is the newest catalogue of Harley-Davidson Motorclothes and Collectibles.

It includes everything to feed the obsession and nothing that can’t be cut from leather and embossed with HD’s bar and shield, eagle logo and flying wheel.

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Motorcruise jackets ($450), Heritage chaps ($280) and Tour Glide boots ($230) are available in any color--as long as it’s black. Also, lace bodysuits for the ladies and sweat shirts for the kids.

Most items roam far from the Hell’s Angel image. There’s a jukebox for $7,995, discs not included. And there are Christmas snow domes, beer steins for those tired of eating cans, a gas-tank cookie jar for interstate munchies and a shaving kit for bikers weary of beards.

A spokesman explained that HD wristwatches and briefcases are aimed much more at chic, urban bikers than Moose Malloy.

“Biking is a popular culture these days,” says Dan Ciancio. “And popular culture can get expensive.”

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