What Was Once Old Is New Again - Hi There All!
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12-09-2006 | 09:16 PM
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What Was Once Old Is New Again - Hi There All!
As a matter of introduction:
I got no bike. Sittin' there one day approaching 60 and having been lucky enough to retire a couple of years back in good health I got it in my head that I might need a motorcycle. I haven't owned a motorcycle in years, the last having been an old 1000cc Cowasaki some time back. I haven't owned a Harley Davidson since the mid 70's and the straight-leg Pan I had then came into my hands only because I didn't understand the full implications of co-signing earlier in life.
Don't get me wrong, I have vibrated my butt from Key West to the Great Lakes in my time; a hard-tailed 750 Honda was the only vehicle my wife and I owned for the first three years we were married. That was then, this is now.
As I was sayin' I was sitting there approaching 60 so I pulled in to a local Harley dealership and took a look around. The first thing that struck me was how expensive the things have come to be. "Wow!" I thought, "that's a lot of money". It is a lot of money. But then so is that diesel truck and the car I got my wife as a 30th Anniversery present, that would be the same wife who survived the first three years on the Hard-Tail (Amen frame). Everything cost more these days.
Then I saw a black Soft-tail Deuce.
So, I've managed to save up a stack of pennys that should cover about a third the price of a very nice used one, by March or so that should be up to about half the price; I'll finance the rest.
It is amazing how many of them there are for sale. I've found over a hundred in the last month that really interested me, many only a year or two old and with just a thousand or so miles on them. I hate to say it, but as an old time buyer this is hog heaven - pun intended.
So, howdy everyone. I'll be joining the ranks soon. Anyone got any advice on the soft-tails? The Deuce is the only bike on earth I am interested in; my younger sister (54, divorced, and who is on her third full sized Harley) says she like the twin cam 1450, her's have all been carburated. I'd be interested in hearing what others have to say.
Kong
I got no bike. Sittin' there one day approaching 60 and having been lucky enough to retire a couple of years back in good health I got it in my head that I might need a motorcycle. I haven't owned a motorcycle in years, the last having been an old 1000cc Cowasaki some time back. I haven't owned a Harley Davidson since the mid 70's and the straight-leg Pan I had then came into my hands only because I didn't understand the full implications of co-signing earlier in life.
Don't get me wrong, I have vibrated my butt from Key West to the Great Lakes in my time; a hard-tailed 750 Honda was the only vehicle my wife and I owned for the first three years we were married. That was then, this is now.
As I was sayin' I was sitting there approaching 60 so I pulled in to a local Harley dealership and took a look around. The first thing that struck me was how expensive the things have come to be. "Wow!" I thought, "that's a lot of money". It is a lot of money. But then so is that diesel truck and the car I got my wife as a 30th Anniversery present, that would be the same wife who survived the first three years on the Hard-Tail (Amen frame). Everything cost more these days.
Then I saw a black Soft-tail Deuce.
So, I've managed to save up a stack of pennys that should cover about a third the price of a very nice used one, by March or so that should be up to about half the price; I'll finance the rest.
It is amazing how many of them there are for sale. I've found over a hundred in the last month that really interested me, many only a year or two old and with just a thousand or so miles on them. I hate to say it, but as an old time buyer this is hog heaven - pun intended.
So, howdy everyone. I'll be joining the ranks soon. Anyone got any advice on the soft-tails? The Deuce is the only bike on earth I am interested in; my younger sister (54, divorced, and who is on her third full sized Harley) says she like the twin cam 1450, her's have all been carburated. I'd be interested in hearing what others have to say.
Kong
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12-09-2006 | 11:50 PM
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