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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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Seeing as I'm 38, and been waiting since I was 16, I'm REALLY hoping this is the year!

Oh, and I'll be getting a fatboy lo......I'm all of 5'2".......(:
 
Old Feb 4, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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Your next step should be to buy chaps, gloves, helmets, goggles, etc., hey, we got everything but the bike, how bout it? Who wears the pants anyway.
 
Old Feb 4, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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I'd laugh too, if it wasn't so true. Actually, I was at the dealer this week, he's tracking some down and getting paperwork together......(:

I still have at least 3 months before any riding up here anyways!
 
Old Feb 4, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Jackets 50% off at Trails End HD, Yellowknife NT Canada. Bit of a trip up here, but good deals on jacket! rofl!
50% off Canadian prices usually means US MSRP prices.
 
Old Feb 4, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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Actually, I was at two dealers in Detroit last summer, and every single item of clothing was more expensive than where I was living in Ontario at the time. Now I don't know if thats just cause I went to two dealers with ridiculous markup, but MSRP on my Fat Boy Lo is 17,699 here in Canada and 16,299 in the US, so not that big of a deal. HD is actually very decent to us with pricing, my buddy bought an ultra a few years back when our dollar was making a run, and from the time he ordered it at Christmas to delivery in the spring, dealer called three times to say pricing had been adjusted downward due to the dollar. Compare that to ski-doo which is made here in Canada, and is 2-3000 more here and price is never adjusted.
 
Old Feb 4, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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50% off Canadian prices usually means US MSRP prices.
Ya but by the time they get that far north its old stock and has to be marked down to make room for the new stuff which will again be old by the time it arrives so there's always a sale.
 
Old Feb 5, 2011 | 12:17 AM
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CRAP, I been doing it all wrong. never owned anything that said harley except a bunch of motorcycles.
 
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CRAP, I been doing it all wrong. never owned anything that said harley except a bunch of motorcycles.
 
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I took the wife shopping and tried your technique. I bought a bullet....she bought a jewelry box...I think I'm in trouble.
 
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CRAP, I been doing it all wrong. never owned anything that said harley except a bunch of motorcycles.
Yep. Same here. I guess the OP's been waiting 4 years now. Had he bought back when he joined the site the bike would be about paid for by now.
 



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