The mistake of test riding a 2023 Lowrider S. My other experience with large displacement bikes (considered large at the time) was a Street Bob with a 103 engine that I owned for a few years.

I know this is the Softtail section of the forum and no surprise to those here but that 117 engine!!! From a stop it pulled like a beast and I never really got on it 100% since I would never do that on a test ride of a bike I didn’t own. What I did get was pulling power I’d never felt before.

So now I wait to save up a decent amount for a down payment. Christmas Lord willing 🙏🏽

 

Funny. I made the same mistake in 2016 when I test rode the Slim S. Been a proud owner of a Slim S ever since that first test ride.

 

Made the same mistake on a 2017 Street Glide. Stopped doing test rides on new bike. Cost me every time.

 

Love the 117 Low Rider. Love the 117 Breakout even more.

 

Rule of thumb: if you can't afford it, don't test ride it! 🙂

 

The M8 Softails are ****in amazing bikes.
I LOVE my Fat Boy and now days I just cant be bothered to care much about the twin cam or evo bikes, with the exception of the EVO Sportsters.
Harley struck some GOLD with these new bikes and the aggressive power in these bikes is just so much fun.
I never though I'd be that reckless rider who does dumbshit on the freeway..."That's sport bike ****" yet here I am doing 120+ here and there, weaving through traffic at times.
But the bike is also great for throwing a touring seat on, handing my boyfriend a helmet and taking a day trip. Or going by myself places for a while.
These are awesome bikes. I love it.
You're gonna love that LRS when you get it. Fingers Crossed for ya.

 

I made the same mistake with an '09 Fatboy.
I still have it because it still puts a smile on my dial.

 

Like my ole man used to say, "If you have to ask how much it is, you can't afford it"