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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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This thread is 5 years old and people are still talking like he hasn't bought his bike yet . Me, 38 and no grey. I take that back, i have one single stray white hair in my beard that sticks out. I don't have the glide yet but hope to within the month. Nothing i want more...
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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This is a cool thread, even though it is a few years old. 39 here riding a Electra Glide Classic, for the last 3 years.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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road glide and 55....had e/g classic@ 52....and yes, i'm grey!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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Bought my 1st Ultra when I was 45.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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i bought a 72flh at 21 and have been riding a 01 flhtci sinci i was 30
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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I was 36 when I bought my first Electra Glide (1991), I was 55 when I bought my 2nd ( 2009).
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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So !!! If ya ride a sporty .....ya get laid by alot of young chicks????! Is that the deal or what??????!!!! Damn I'm trading down!!!
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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30 something when I grabbed my Glide...
 
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I traded fro my '05 Ultra Classic with the hopes my wife would ride along, but no such luck. Oh, and I am rolling into 62 this year and do have the gray beard which just three years back was black. KIDS, what can I say.....
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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54 years old. My wife tells me I have a lot of grey in beard, I say it's chrome.
 
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