When is enough, enough....
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When is enough, enough....
Dear Dr. Phil..
I bought my first Harley last year.
Been in business my whole life, and struggled for most of it.
Finally, I'm in pretty good shape and decided I needed a personal toy.
Trouble is that I have this sickness with no cure in sight.
I bought an 06' Night Train, and converted it into my own personalized dream machine, and I didn't spare a dime.
I wanted something different, and my dealer obliged with all smiles.
He must have seen this before..
He baited me with the first $500.00 free, and 15% off the rest of the way.
I'm probably at around 30K with tax, and now I'm ready to spend another 3k on a set of billet wheels and matching pully & rotors.
There is no way in hell that I'm going to see half of my money back, and I know it.
How do you draw the line, and is there even a line to draw with one of these things?
I'm somehow feeling a little weird spending a ton of cash on a set of wheels for this thing.
So, tell me that it's OK to dump another 3K down the big old HD toilet.
I bought my first Harley last year.
Been in business my whole life, and struggled for most of it.
Finally, I'm in pretty good shape and decided I needed a personal toy.
Trouble is that I have this sickness with no cure in sight.
I bought an 06' Night Train, and converted it into my own personalized dream machine, and I didn't spare a dime.
I wanted something different, and my dealer obliged with all smiles.
He must have seen this before..
He baited me with the first $500.00 free, and 15% off the rest of the way.
I'm probably at around 30K with tax, and now I'm ready to spend another 3k on a set of billet wheels and matching pully & rotors.
There is no way in hell that I'm going to see half of my money back, and I know it.
How do you draw the line, and is there even a line to draw with one of these things?
I'm somehow feeling a little weird spending a ton of cash on a set of wheels for this thing.
So, tell me that it's OK to dump another 3K down the big old HD toilet.
Road Captain
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RE: When is enough, enough....
Eh, get it all out of your system now. Usually around Harley # 3 or 4 the "why bother?" mentality sets in (usually because all your 'extras' have only hurt your resale before), and you tend to lose intrest in any non-functional mods. Think of it like biker-puberty.
"Mom I woke up with chrome in strange places!"
"Mom I woke up with chrome in strange places!"
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RE: When is enough, enough....
Buy the wheels, it will put off the "need" a little longer, cause you know when you stop and say youre done. The next thing will be to decide you really want something else and start all over again. 
Road Warrior
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RE: When is enough, enough....
Every time I think of adding things to it (ie Spikes, skulls, chromies, etc) I realize it serves little to no purpose. If I added those things before I added the quiet baffles I still haven't ordered, the larger pegs and heel rests I still haven't ordered and the larger Head lamp, crash bars and fog lights I ordered - I would consider myself a dumbazz.
Function before style, and if you can work both in - great! that being said - there sure are A LOT of functional stylish things I can justify..
Function before style, and if you can work both in - great! that being said - there sure are A LOT of functional stylish things I can justify..
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RE: When is enough, enough....
Personally, I think you've taken the Night Train as far as it can go.
Consider what you've done so far to be training in using the HD parts catalog, researching online sellers, etc. Now you're ready to trade the Night Train in at your ever-so-cooperative dealer, take the traditional gigantic loss, and start all over again on, say, a Street Glide in that color that always catches your eye.
It's a never-ending story....
Consider what you've done so far to be training in using the HD parts catalog, researching online sellers, etc. Now you're ready to trade the Night Train in at your ever-so-cooperative dealer, take the traditional gigantic loss, and start all over again on, say, a Street Glide in that color that always catches your eye.
It's a never-ending story....
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