Sat on it on the showroom floor, bought it and rode it home.

 

I brought mine from a private individual. I saw photos on Craigslist and it looked OK, enough to get my interest. I go over and the gentlemen opens the garage door. I see it for the first time, turn to him and say I'm not even going to dicker with you, I'll take it.

One of the best purchases I've ever made.

 

I bought a 2010 Road King brand new off the showroom floor. No test ride
On the way home I thought this bike is not as comfy as the VRod I traded in...
No offense to the RK guys! - but the seat was terrible...I fixed that right away
- but the bike and I just never got along.

It had the cat converter in the head pipes - thing never ran cool. It's long gone.

Bought a used 09 Electra Glide - best bike I've owned...but test rode this one!

 

I have bought three different Harley's over the years and never test rode one. I guess I never thought to ask if I could.

 

No test ride on any new bike I have purchased

 

Nope. Fist HD I ever rode was taking mine off the lot. Only regret was not going for the WG that was 2k more.

 

 

never bought new

have test rode most of the used bikes I purchased, some sellers asked me to leave deposit, no problem

 

Nope. I had been looking for a SG with the options I wanted for over a month. So on my way home from work on a Friday I stopped at the local HD dealer and they had a shipment come in earlier that day. The salesman told me he had what I was looking for. Needless to say while they were prepping it the paper work was being done and I rode it home that night. Still grinning 5 years later.

 

Nope. I didn't even have my license yet. I had spent months looking and pricing bikes never really knowing if I was going to be able to get one but I dreamed the dream. I knew I would need a touring bike because of my back because pretty much everything I saw told me that was the best riding bike. I knew I loved the old style so the Road King Classic was the one. The only thing was, they stopped making them here in 2013 so I figured I would have to get something else if I wanted new or get one that would have quite a few miles on it. I finally decided to take the riding safety course. I figured it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and get my license so if/when I decided to get a bike I would be ready.

A few days before the course, I came across my bike online. I went and checked it out, used with 160 miles on it and way way discounted. I didn't figure I could go wrong and signed the papers. They delivered it to my house where it sat until I was legal. Been loving it ever since.