View Poll Results: Dropped my Bagger the First Week
Guilty
46
15.65%
Guilty with an explanation
17
5.78%
Hell No....
212
72.11%
What Do You Consider Dropping?
6
2.04%
I Ain't Telling Nobody Nothin!
13
4.42%
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Poll: Dropping your Bagger in the FIRST WEEK.
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From: Tidewater
In a word, I love it. It is by far and away easier to care for that gloss clearcoat and has many different shades depending on the lighting. It is beginning to 'develop', like a leather jacket, small imperfections in the patina that make it unique. Windex or Harley Gloss and a rag is all that is needed for most cleanings. You can wipe gasoline off the tank with a cloth, try THAT on glossy paint!
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From: Tidewater
NFW!
I hate to admit it, been riding for 38 years, never owned a brand new bike until this past Monday, I purchased the bike 150 miles away in NC because Rocky Mount HD gave me the best deal I could find, anyways... I trailered the bike home, undid the 4 rachet straps used to tie the bike down, lowered the tailgate and looked up at the bike and noticed the bike was standing too straight up, then all of a sudden it started falling to the right and I'm running as fast as I can to stop the fall but was about 1.5 sec. late, the fairing caught the side rail of my trailer and damage an area about 3/4 of an inch.... It was the worse feeling I've had in a long time, almost sick to my stomach... I will get it back to brand new looking and try to forget about it.
Happy now Mike?
I hate to admit it, been riding for 38 years, never owned a brand new bike until this past Monday, I purchased the bike 150 miles away in NC because Rocky Mount HD gave me the best deal I could find, anyways... I trailered the bike home, undid the 4 rachet straps used to tie the bike down, lowered the tailgate and looked up at the bike and noticed the bike was standing too straight up, then all of a sudden it started falling to the right and I'm running as fast as I can to stop the fall but was about 1.5 sec. late, the fairing caught the side rail of my trailer and damage an area about 3/4 of an inch.... It was the worse feeling I've had in a long time, almost sick to my stomach... I will get it back to brand new looking and try to forget about it.
Happy now Mike?
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Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Longview, Washington
In a word, I love it. It is by far and away easier to care for that gloss clearcoat and has many different shades depending on the lighting. It is beginning to 'develop', like a leather jacket, small imperfections in the patina that make it unique. Windex or Harley Gloss and a rag is all that is needed for most cleanings. You can wipe gasoline off the tank with a cloth, try THAT on glossy paint!
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OK, I said I would do this so here goes. After a lot of different bikes over the years and one Road King, I finally got a NEW Road Glide last February. Took it home and the VERY FIRST NIGHT dropped it in the garage not once BUT TWICE! I had to ask my daughter to leave (I have to pay $.25 for every curse word and that cuts down on language) but I told her I couldn't afford to pay her for what I was about to say. Wife came out, laughing, after she saw I was ok and said "well I'm glad you got that chit over with'. Some minor damage, mostly to my ego, so it was all good.
SO....how many of you have dropped, wrecked or otherwise damaged your new or new to you bagger within a very short time?
THis should be fun
SO....how many of you have dropped, wrecked or otherwise damaged your new or new to you bagger within a very short time?
THis should be fun
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From: saint john new brunswick canada
dropped at stop sign
i am afraid i dropped my new ultra classic twice the first day i rode it. Once at a stop sign on the way back to the dealer to drop the gf off at her car ..(grabbed the front brake too hard) and the second a half hour later backing out of dealers parking lot on an incline. dropped it 5 more times since, mostly while stopping or in dirt.
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From: someplace
Have owned 6 Harleys, put on many thousands of miles over the years and have never dropped one. This is true! The ONLY bike I have ever dropped was my new Honda 450 as a teen when I didn't place the kick-stand all the way down...crashed a Honda Goldwing and my racing bike though.
Last edited by FunGramps; Jun 25, 2017 at 03:59 PM.
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
Only time I dropped a bike was when I was riding my near-new '82 Virago 920.
Riding home in the middle of the night on a country road that was mostly dirt, and a sudden thunderstorm turned the road to gumbo.
It happened at low speed, and there was no damage to the bike.
Riding home in the middle of the night on a country road that was mostly dirt, and a sudden thunderstorm turned the road to gumbo.
It happened at low speed, and there was no damage to the bike.
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Goldsboro, NC
My first bagger, 2010 Street Glide, bought brand new, never had anything but the kick stand and tires on the ground until well after 40,000 miles. Then my foot slipped on gravel while pushing it backward, and I gently let it lay over on crash bar and bottom edge of bag. I stood there holding it for about 5 min till someone came over to help. I was afraid if I tried to lift it by myself I'd slip and it'd fall worse....LOL 2015 Road glide, 15 months old and 14,000 miles, so far so good.