Heart Break!
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Tourer
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From: Marana, Arizona
Heart Break!
I remember as I let my Dyna go for my FLHT I teared up. Seeing the service guy push my old girl off for the trade struck a cord on the ol' tear jerker strings. Every once in a while I remember the ol' girl and cant help but get a little misty eyed. Anyone else have a heartbreaker story to post? Doesn't matter how old the story.
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
Strangely no. I just sold my 02 RKC and watched it ride away into the dark last night. I love that bike, it was my first bike in 25 years and my first Harley. It rode great and had a lot of eye appeal. So I thought I would have a hard time watching it leave, but
I guess I'm just too excited about getting a new one. Also, the guy that bought it was young and I could tell he was really excited to take it home. I enjoyed watching that as well. Best of luck to him, it was a great bike for me.
Beary
I guess I'm just too excited about getting a new one. Also, the guy that bought it was young and I could tell he was really excited to take it home. I enjoyed watching that as well. Best of luck to him, it was a great bike for me.
Beary
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Minnesota
Not a sad story at all for me. I sold my rice burner last spring. I drove it all the way to Colorado for the guy. I got my dream bike and have never looked back. Now if I would ever have to part with this one....we wont go there!
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Hoffman Estates, IL
Traded my '96 Road King last year on an '08 Street Glide.
As much as I loved that bike (I absolutely love my SG, but no bike on the planet has the innate character of a Road King) I got over it pretty quickly.
The heartbreak was seeing it at the dealer a couple months later -- The new owner really "made it his own" in a way that I really didn't want to see... It went from being a very "classy" (for lack of a better term), elegantly appointed beast that every bit lived up to its name, to "some old Road King" in only a handful of weeks.
Oh well... That's what happens when they're not 'ours' anymore...
As much as I loved that bike (I absolutely love my SG, but no bike on the planet has the innate character of a Road King) I got over it pretty quickly.
The heartbreak was seeing it at the dealer a couple months later -- The new owner really "made it his own" in a way that I really didn't want to see... It went from being a very "classy" (for lack of a better term), elegantly appointed beast that every bit lived up to its name, to "some old Road King" in only a handful of weeks.
Oh well... That's what happens when they're not 'ours' anymore...
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Bergen, Norway
I know that feeling! Sold my Lowrider last summer and still miss it! Fortunately it is only 34 days till I get my brand new street glide. I guess I also had this sad feeling when I sold my Heritage in 2001 for the 2000 Lowrider.
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Road Master
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: tomball tx
had a 07 night train and had it tricked. traded for 08 eg classic which i traded for my 09 rg. when i brought the new rg home the first thing the wife said was "gee i thought you would have kept the classic and gotten you a new soft tail". huh??? are you kidding me? wow! where did that come from? if shw would have told me that earlier, i would have bought another bar bike!!! but i do love that road glide. just be glad when i get back in the saddle. recovering from spinal surgery on my neck. ya'll ride safe.
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From: Out West
I remember letting one go, my first ex-wife. Finally had enough of her, took her for a drive in the desert. Didn't kill her, just buried her alive but only deep enough for the coyotes to dig up her feet, just a couple of feet.
Walking back to the bike I realized I had violated the first rule of doing someone in, yep, I had forgot to rifle through her pockets for valuables, she had the keys to the bike in her jeans, I didn't think about it since I'd been drinking and told her to put them in her pocket so I wouldn't lose them.
Well, you can imagine how stupid I felt having to dig her back up and wrestle the keys from her just to put her back down in the hole.
If that hole had been much deeper I would have lost that bike for good and felt like you now. Whewy! That was a close one.
Walking back to the bike I realized I had violated the first rule of doing someone in, yep, I had forgot to rifle through her pockets for valuables, she had the keys to the bike in her jeans, I didn't think about it since I'd been drinking and told her to put them in her pocket so I wouldn't lose them.
Well, you can imagine how stupid I felt having to dig her back up and wrestle the keys from her just to put her back down in the hole.
If that hole had been much deeper I would have lost that bike for good and felt like you now. Whewy! That was a close one.
