View Poll Results: Did you test ride your bike before you bought it?
Yes
23
19.66%
No
72
61.54%
Rented/Tested same model but not my actual bike
22
18.80%
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Grand HDF Member
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,870
Likes: 499
From: Alberta
Rented the same bike for a couple of days on St Martin; lots of twisty roads; it was great. Got home and began the search for a good used one (they were discontinued the year before...) and 6 months later found one nearly 1000 miles away in the middle of winter. When my buddy and I arrived by pickup truck at the sellers place, we walked into his shop and after one look around at how obviously **** he was about cleanliness and order I said "I'll take it". He still had a flannel bike cover on it...imagine my surprise when he removed the cover and it was the same color as the one I had rented! Have had many miles and many smiles since.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,780
Likes: 9,042
From: Monroe, NC
Test rode a Street Bob and a Fat Bob back to back.
After getting off the Street Bob and on the Fat Bob I knew in about a minute that it was the bike for me, it was more comfortable and seemed to handle more to my liking than the Street Bob.
Tried to buy that one, a black pearl, on the spot but the dealer (HD of Charlotte) would not give me a decent deal and I walked away.
Took a few months later and a different dealer (Tilley's in Statesville) to get a deal I could live with but by that time all the 08 black pearls were gone.
Tilley's gave me a decent deal on the blue pearl and the rest is history.
After getting off the Street Bob and on the Fat Bob I knew in about a minute that it was the bike for me, it was more comfortable and seemed to handle more to my liking than the Street Bob.
Tried to buy that one, a black pearl, on the spot but the dealer (HD of Charlotte) would not give me a decent deal and I walked away.
Took a few months later and a different dealer (Tilley's in Statesville) to get a deal I could live with but by that time all the 08 black pearls were gone.
Tilley's gave me a decent deal on the blue pearl and the rest is history.
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