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Old 10-26-2010, 09:23 AM
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2000 UC at 55.......can't imagine anything else under me>>>>> WE'LL as far as scoots""""!!!
 
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Couldn't handle the deprection, so I bagged my superglide, and since a Superglide is a stripped down FLH bagger, I basically "put the FLH back in it a bit".

If I was going to buy another Harley, it would be a Road King, no doubt.

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Old 10-26-2010, 09:44 AM
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Maybe greybeards have 'em, but my wife and I are 30 and our next bike is gonna be a tourer, either an EG or RG....we just might be grey before we can afford one!
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 09:47 AM
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I've had a graybeard since I was in my 30's so I guess I was legal. My riding buddy used to harass me bout my EG. He now has a bagged out RK and loves it. His Bourget sits in the garage. Some of us just get smarter sooner then others that's all.
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 10:03 AM
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45 and loving it. Wondering why I waited so long.
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 10:31 AM
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I'm 62 but had my first Electraglide back in the early 70's. Lots of my buddies gave me grief about riding that "old man's bike" but they also wanted me to carry all the stuff that didn't fit on their bikes when we traveled.
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 09:56 PM
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im 38 and love the ride, wife does too and if shes happy i can spend more money!!!!!
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 11:09 PM
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I'm only 17 years old and I have one!
 
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1st FLHT Standard back in 2005 and I was around 35-36
After blowing out the bottom end I then picked up a 2008 FHTCU back when I was 38
 
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Old 10-27-2010, 05:40 AM
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What's the difference? I know a few that have Gray beards and use hair coloring dye so they don't look funny riding a non-touring bikes.

I'm 64 now but was 36 years old when I started riding full dressers. Yes, I have a Gray beard.
 

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