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Old Jul 26, 2022 | 09:10 PM
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I have a 2017 Road King Special that I really love. Yesterday I paid it off. 100% mine. I feel great about that. No plans to ever get rid of it or buy another new one right now. But we all know how that goes. Ha
 
Old Jul 26, 2022 | 09:46 PM
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Congrats. I know the feeling. Paid mine off early a few months ago. Def feels good to have a bike that's yours and not yours AND the banks'.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Devilgear
I have a 2017 Road King Special that I really love. Yesterday I paid it off. 100% mine. I feel great about that. No plans to ever get rid of it or buy another new one right now. But we all know how that goes. Ha
CONGRATs DG, NICE job!!

WAIT! What? No PIXs? Sorry mate............I gotta give you this emoticon below. You have a FANTASTIC bike, PAID IT OFF and do not post PIXs?
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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 04:20 AM
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Hey - congrats - enjoy it
 
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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 05:35 AM
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Congratulations. Wait until you pay your mortgage off. That feels even better.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Ron750
Congratulations. Wait until you pay your mortgage off. That feels even better.
We're about 5 years from paying off two bikes and a mortgage! That will be a huge relief. Now we just have to hope the economy bounces back by then so we can recoup the $100k we lost in the past year to retire.

Devilgear, congrats to you! Yep there will always be something that catches your eye down the road. Personally I look towards "perfection" In other words, I spend a lot of time determining what I want in the first place and hope to not have something else catch my eye. I have my two bikes. The older one is now a toy. Local trips, tooling around. It was what I wanted right out of the gate at the time. The most recent purchase was a long road of research and test rides. Bigger bike, more for longer trips. Not the dream bike, so I will be adding on and swapping out parts along the way. Always a work in progress. Some call that a money pit. As long as it doesn't give me problems, I'll keep it. Like a marriage, I will have invested so much... LOL
 

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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 05:39 PM
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Well done - it is a great feel to won your bike and then it gets even better when you have no mortgage !!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 05:55 PM
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👍well done!
 
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Congrats... By coincidence, I just paid mine off this morning so I know exactly how you feel

 
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That is some great news there! Congratulations!
 
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