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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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Rains on the day you get your bike, or on the way way home. Happened to me.
 
Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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its supposed to be snowing when i go to pick my bike up this weekend, is that even better?
 
Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Had to wait through 9 straight days of rain back in Feb of '05 to pickup my RK Classic.
Got halfway home and it started raining again.

Flash forward to Feb of '06. No rain for weeks. The day I picked up my bike....yep it started raining halfway home.
Actually it was more like sprinkling but you get the idea.

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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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so much for sunny Ca ,,, huh anubiss?
 
Old Feb 7, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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It snowed the night before I got mine, not enough to stop me from riding it home though. Just a thought though.......the bike laid down in front of my house that day when I caught a patch of snow. Thankfully not much damage and the bike is already fixed. Just food for thought......Be Safe!
 
Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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It rained on me each of the three times I rode a new Harley off the lot. It's my tradition I guess, and part of why I don't see rain as a reason not to ride. Unless the ride will be shorter that the time it takes to dry off the bike.
 
Old Feb 7, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Snow was predicted the day I picked mine up. Dealer was 40 miles from my house. Took the trailer. There was 2 inches on snow on the ground when I unloaded at my garage. See trailers are good some times.
 
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When I picked up my bike it wasn't raining...rode from Elmira NY to Addison NY ..about 29 miles give or take and yep it started to rain.and was at night....mind you this is a used bike that had been sitting and needed new tires..the ones on it had good tread but were weatherchecked and hard and so the bike handled wierd.......and that rain stung!!!! ANd the bike I had before this one was delivered from PA to Elmira...and ...yep!!! It was pouring down rain!!! Cold too!!!
 
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When I picked me bike up the other day,in the mornin' it was howlin' outthere,it cleared up and the sun broke through arriving at the dealer.

Even the roads was dry when descending home!
 



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