Old folks Harleys and Young folks Harleys...
#413
10-13-2011, 07:59 PM
Extreme HDF Member
Finally got my 2012 Black Denim Road Glide today. Doesn't look like a geezer bikes. It looks like a Mafioso should own it. Very sinister looking. No pics yet.
#414
10-13-2011, 08:46 PM
Elite HDF Member
Finally someone said it!! There is no mandatory correlation between age and model. I'm 56, 6'2" and 210 love my 1200 Custom. It is a very fun ride--fast, nimble and loves the twisties. Everytime I think of trading, I can't come up with anything I don't like about my Sporty. I ride the hell out of it. One thing I can tell you is that I will never be old enough to want a baggger. Don't like the look. I don't even want a windshield on the Sporty, let alone something with a fairing. Inside I'm still 25 and plan to stay that way.
#415
10-13-2011, 11:52 PM
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I'm 45 and have an 05 electraglide and bought a 2011 roadking this spring.Thinking a wideglide or softtail classic would be fun after I get the rk paid off...but not gettin rid of my baggers !
#416
10-14-2011, 01:17 AM
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35 here, and ride a Nightster. Classic lines, and very nimble. Doesn't mean I don't want to stuff a dresser beside it, and will be getting another real soon.
I would not get a Road Glide, myself. Just too Nessy for my taste. Also the Glide Glide Glide. Sorry to any owners of the Tri, but Bi means two, two wheels, not three.
I would not get a Road Glide, myself. Just too Nessy for my taste. Also the Glide Glide Glide. Sorry to any owners of the Tri, but Bi means two, two wheels, not three.
#417
10-14-2011, 07:42 AM
no clue if it matches up to anything, for me - it went like this.
Early 20's to late 20's - single, crazy and not a lot of cash. It was a $600 basket case sporty bought at a pig roast. It took a year for me to re-build it. Straight pipes, S&S carb, kick start only, chopped , raked with 4" over on the front.
early 30's to late 30's - married, still crazy and a little more cash. sold the sporty, built a FXR, raked, lowered, cam, carb, pipes , ingition. Wanted a fast bike with some more comfort for longer rides.
late 30's to present mid 40's - less crazy, better off finacially, wanted longer rides and more comfort for me an the Mrs. Bought an 89 E Glide from the Jersey City police and rebuilt it , kept the FXR for a while, then sold it. After a few years with the old 89, got rid of it this past winter on a new 2011 Street glide.
in my 20's to mid 30's - I was not into the big glides at all. Just liked sporties, FXR's and dyna's. Now in my mid 40's - I like to look at the dyna's and softails and sporties, but I'd never give up the SG for one of them.
Early 20's to late 20's - single, crazy and not a lot of cash. It was a $600 basket case sporty bought at a pig roast. It took a year for me to re-build it. Straight pipes, S&S carb, kick start only, chopped , raked with 4" over on the front.
early 30's to late 30's - married, still crazy and a little more cash. sold the sporty, built a FXR, raked, lowered, cam, carb, pipes , ingition. Wanted a fast bike with some more comfort for longer rides.
late 30's to present mid 40's - less crazy, better off finacially, wanted longer rides and more comfort for me an the Mrs. Bought an 89 E Glide from the Jersey City police and rebuilt it , kept the FXR for a while, then sold it. After a few years with the old 89, got rid of it this past winter on a new 2011 Street glide.
in my 20's to mid 30's - I was not into the big glides at all. Just liked sporties, FXR's and dyna's. Now in my mid 40's - I like to look at the dyna's and softails and sporties, but I'd never give up the SG for one of them.
#418
10-14-2011, 08:52 AM
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I'm 66 and ride a Suzuki Hayabusa. Oh and an FXST and my well-modded Fat Boy. I still ride the Busa but I cannot for the life of me remember why I bought it...
Last edited by bjewell; 10-14-2011 at 08:56 AM.
#419
10-14-2011, 08:56 AM
Guess I'm a bit out of the 'expected' age range, but at 61 I still like my Softail Custom and have no desire to trade it for anything else.
If I had some extra money I wouldn't mind adding a CVO Ultra to the garage for longer two up rides.
But it would still play a distant second fiddle to my Custom for solo and every day riding.
My younger brother, in his late fifties, still thinks his XLC1200 Sportster is the last word in bikes.
But no one in the family has ever considered him anything like sane when it comes to anything with wheels on it.
If I had some extra money I wouldn't mind adding a CVO Ultra to the garage for longer two up rides.
But it would still play a distant second fiddle to my Custom for solo and every day riding.
My younger brother, in his late fifties, still thinks his XLC1200 Sportster is the last word in bikes.
But no one in the family has ever considered him anything like sane when it comes to anything with wheels on it.
