How long do you keep your ride?
Road Warrior
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From: Houston, Texas
RE: How long do you keep your ride?
ORIGINAL: bowhnter7
How long have you guys had your ride, do you trade up, if so when? What's the average length of time someone has the perticular bike they have now before they buy new?
How long have you guys had your ride, do you trade up, if so when? What's the average length of time someone has the perticular bike they have now before they buy new?
Hmmm...
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RE: How long do you keep your ride?
I bought my first HD on May 22nd 2001 it was a Softail Standard. I owned it for alittle over 3 years and loved all 18,886 miles of it. Then Ion May 22nd 2004 I bought my Road King.Kinda crazy it was exactlly three years later.I love this Bike so much I don't have any plans on ever getting rid of it. I wish I could of kept my Softail but I couldn't continue to make both HD payments every month. So the Softail went bye-bye.
Road Captain
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From: Greensburg Pa
RE: How long do you keep your ride?
i think you need more than one.... im gonna build and rinker with this one for a long time... but once its paid off, im gonna get a road glide... i want one i can trade in every 2 and one to keep.... this way when im down for motorbuild or whatever ill have a second scoot.... one just isnt enough
so yeaahh mine is a keeper but ill also be getting rid of others throughout time...
so yeaahh mine is a keeper but ill also be getting rid of others throughout time...
Road Captain
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From: Illinois
RE: How long do you keep your ride?
I'll keep mine til I can't ride no more, it nickels and dimes me to death or they quit selling gas and I have to resort to an aircooled vtwin electric motor you know the all new HD ELECTRIC GLIDE.
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RE: How long do you keep your ride?
I want to hang on to the SG for a while. I had a year and a half's worth of drama getting it to run right, so I would like to catch up. Just ride for a while, no word wars with the stealers, or calling corporate and complaining... The bike has what I want, so it is not like I feel like I am missing anything... As far as baggers go, I am done! I have what I like!
I am worried that the next new one I get will be as bad of an experience as this one was. Don't get me wrong, I love the bike, but the runaround drama to get a brand new bike to run right was STUPID. Really ruined me for going to dealers and looking at stuff, cuz all the dealers around here, Rockville, HD of Washington, Patriot, and even Winchester were the same "they all run like that" type of approach. So, if I buy a new HD? Will not be from the aforementioned stealers..... Moving to NC next summer so will probably be a NC dealer's chance.... Took my SG to one independent, he agreed the bike ran like crap, fixed it, and down the road I went. So much for HD's warranty, so the next one may not be new. Prolly a year old bike that feels sorted out, or a custom bagger from the ground up, S&S motor, carbed, and with a Baker DD6 tranny... But who knows. Now that my bike runs right, and I have a great relationship with an independent shop? My bitterness may fade.
As far as trading bikes making me a Rub? I don't give an f' about labels, except for Levi's, Jack Daniels, and a few others... so call me whatever you need to.... If I gun the motor, all I hear is Rineharts...
I am worried that the next new one I get will be as bad of an experience as this one was. Don't get me wrong, I love the bike, but the runaround drama to get a brand new bike to run right was STUPID. Really ruined me for going to dealers and looking at stuff, cuz all the dealers around here, Rockville, HD of Washington, Patriot, and even Winchester were the same "they all run like that" type of approach. So, if I buy a new HD? Will not be from the aforementioned stealers..... Moving to NC next summer so will probably be a NC dealer's chance.... Took my SG to one independent, he agreed the bike ran like crap, fixed it, and down the road I went. So much for HD's warranty, so the next one may not be new. Prolly a year old bike that feels sorted out, or a custom bagger from the ground up, S&S motor, carbed, and with a Baker DD6 tranny... But who knows. Now that my bike runs right, and I have a great relationship with an independent shop? My bitterness may fade.
As far as trading bikes making me a Rub? I don't give an f' about labels, except for Levi's, Jack Daniels, and a few others... so call me whatever you need to.... If I gun the motor, all I hear is Rineharts...
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RE: How long do you keep your ride?
hey notlost u need to put the flt out front once it does look like a keeper
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From: Auburn, Indiana
RE: How long do you keep your ride?
I'vehad 3, first was a 350 honda i had for 2 years when I was 17, second one( I still got ) had it 27 years,a 76 kz 900,( If its paid for why sell it? )and my 3rd is my 06 RG I bought last oct. Next year I want to buy the wife a new harley, ( if I can find one she can put her feet on the ground setting on it ) she's only 5'2