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So I bought this 2020 Heritage Classic 114 - traded in my beloved '17 Fatboy S - and the dealer said it would deliver it. I bought it over the phone and got a great deal.
The problem was the delivery was delayed a little bit and I couldn't stand the wait. All I could do was sit around and watch YouTube videos of the +18 softails, thumb through catalogs and salivate. So to make a long story longer, I finally just said the hell with it and drove the five hours down to Palm Bay and picked it up myself.
Kudos to Space Coast Harley, they are a great bunch to deal with. I've said some down and dirty things about dealers in the past, but these guys down there are always willing to deal and go that extra mile to get you a great deal, and no I do not work for them nor do I know anybody who does.
I've bought my last two bikes from them, and probably my next two.
I know the feeling. My dealer didn't have one in stock, so they had to go to Ft. Worth to pick mine up and bring it down to Houston. I couldn't find enough videos on YouTube to watch until it got here.
The dealer threw in some S&S slip-ons to sweeten the pot. Two employees there told me in no uncertain terms the aftermarket mufflers WOULD NOT affect the warranty.
So today I was talking to a service guy at Adamec HD in Jacksonville about an unrelated matter. We got on the subject of the S&S mufflers and he told me IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS the bike HAD TO HAVE the Pro Street tuner and a tune in order to keep the warranty intact.
Well, what the hell. No way I'm going to let this ongoing warranty chaos and BS affect the pleasure and thrill I'm getting from this new bike. I'll just pull out the wallet again, buy the tuner and the download and go for a long ride.
I can tell this M8 is a beast even though I'm still in break-in mode.
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I couldn't wait
