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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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Default If you could ride any new softail for a year which would you choose?

Okay so this past Sunday our local dealer had a event called ride for the fallen. the grand prize was to ride a new heritage for a year. long story short my mom won the grand prize and offered to pay for her license and let her choose any bike other than a touring to ride for a year (they figured the heritage would be to big for her). But she doesn't want to ride so they let the prize transfer over to me and now i have a choice of a softail, dyna, or sporty to choose from. So the question is which bike would you choose to ride for a year?

As of now I'm leaning towards the slim. Not a fan of the skinny tire but I like how it sits stock. Remember I will not be doing any mods to it so it'll be stock the entire year. So that's another thing I will have to factor in.
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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CVO Convertible.
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:37 PM
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Go for the Slim!!!
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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Ditto, I want a crack at the Slim
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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CVO Convertible.
haha, i already inquired about the CVO's and they're off limits.
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Wow! Great win pal, would be the slim or a fatboy lo for me?
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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I, too, was going to say the CVO.. go for the Slim or the Blackline..ya know, something different from what you've got..
 
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Old May 25, 2012 | 04:56 PM
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blackline
 
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I'd have to try a rocker looks like a good bar hopper to me..
Except I just found out they dont make em no more
So have to go with the slim regrettably...
 

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Old May 25, 2012 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by tq745
haha, i already inquired about the CVO's and they're off limits.
LOL ok I thought that was too easy. Put me down for a blackline then just to be different but I do like that slim a lot.
 
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