Be honest...Anyone else do what I did and regret it?
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 344
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From: Dayton Ohio
I have been thinking about selling my FXD for a couple years due to a back injury many years ago making me uncomfortable on long rides but just can begin to sell it,this year if it ever warms up will try to ride a touring for much longer then a test ride to see if it is much better and if it does I will upgrade and hope to be set for many years.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 687
Likes: 5
From: Maryland
Crap, I keep dumping dollahs into my 02' Heritage...
Fatboy wheels, RK locking bags, Ricor Intiminator fork valves to perfect the lousy suspension, Darkside rear and front tires, Andrews 21 Torque cams, and a hundred other mods...
Now I have a performance cruiser that often passes crotch rockets (we also ride with a club of them), and is ALWAYS in the power band. Add the 2" over front end, 1/2" taller rear tire, and no longer do I find myself hitting the crash bars everytime I sneeze in a curve. 31 degrees left and 33 degrees right lean, and I am on my SIXTH set of headbolts welded under the floorboards that I've worn down. Sorry, but MOST of you **** your pants if you hit the boards. No offense, (really, just truth), and those of us who live at that angle, get to know our bikes in a way that the mediocre and timious will never know.
And that stuff comes into play, the next time Betty Brakelight or Barny Backup decides to choose YOUR lane as their newly preferred position, despite the fact that YOU are inhabiting that particular spot on the roadway.
Head and eyes, guys, head and eyes.
Fatboy wheels, RK locking bags, Ricor Intiminator fork valves to perfect the lousy suspension, Darkside rear and front tires, Andrews 21 Torque cams, and a hundred other mods...
Now I have a performance cruiser that often passes crotch rockets (we also ride with a club of them), and is ALWAYS in the power band. Add the 2" over front end, 1/2" taller rear tire, and no longer do I find myself hitting the crash bars everytime I sneeze in a curve. 31 degrees left and 33 degrees right lean, and I am on my SIXTH set of headbolts welded under the floorboards that I've worn down. Sorry, but MOST of you **** your pants if you hit the boards. No offense, (really, just truth), and those of us who live at that angle, get to know our bikes in a way that the mediocre and timious will never know.
And that stuff comes into play, the next time Betty Brakelight or Barny Backup decides to choose YOUR lane as their newly preferred position, despite the fact that YOU are inhabiting that particular spot on the roadway.
Head and eyes, guys, head and eyes.
OP...yep...I have a few I wished I had never sold...but haven't been without a bike since 1972...and never will be. Simple fix...find yourself another one this spring... See you out there...
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 9,978
Likes: 5,218
From: Michigan
I managed to "allow" my '76 Super Glide FXE to be stolen and I sold my BSA 750cc Rocket III when the charging system took a dump!
I'd like to have them back.
In the summer of '97 when H-D's were kind of hard to get, I was at the dealership talking to one of the owner's sons and I made a comment about how much I liked the looks of the Heritage Softail Springers.
A few months later, on a Friday afternoon he called my wife and said that he had an order cancellation and tat he would hold the bike for me until Monday.
At that time, I had a '95 FLSTC and also a '96 RK.
My wife (who had just started riding a Honda trainer bike) said "if you don't go get that bike, I will"!
When I called the salesman back to get the VIN #, etc., he informed me that the bike was an Anniversary Edition!
Sixteen + years later, and 9500 miles on the odometer, the bike still looks like new.
I have other bikes, but that bike will not go anywhere until I'm gone!
I'd like to have them back.
In the summer of '97 when H-D's were kind of hard to get, I was at the dealership talking to one of the owner's sons and I made a comment about how much I liked the looks of the Heritage Softail Springers.
A few months later, on a Friday afternoon he called my wife and said that he had an order cancellation and tat he would hold the bike for me until Monday.
At that time, I had a '95 FLSTC and also a '96 RK.
My wife (who had just started riding a Honda trainer bike) said "if you don't go get that bike, I will"!
When I called the salesman back to get the VIN #, etc., he informed me that the bike was an Anniversary Edition!
Sixteen + years later, and 9500 miles on the odometer, the bike still looks like new.
I have other bikes, but that bike will not go anywhere until I'm gone!
Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 614
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From: Virginia
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From: Lapeer , Mich
Attachment 367202 I told my old lady id sell one but i just cant bring myself to do it lol.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 344
Likes: 36
From: Dayton Ohio
The thought of selling mine comes in the winter when its just sitting in the garage collecting dust and I have more time to think about my messed up back but when the weather starts to warm up (can count the days on one hand so far) the thought of selling goes away,if a touring is more comfortable I hope the thoughts of selling will cease and I will just be hoping for spring during the winter and not wanting to sell.