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Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 739
Likes: 2
From: St. Louis
Same story here....hadn't ridden since '83. Had a family, raised the kids and (finally) got back into motorcycles back in '07. Bought my first Harley in April '07 and my secomd in Jan. '09. That was 63,000 miles ago. 
Been lovin' every minute of it. I can totally understand your enthusiasm. It's a LOT different out ther now than it was almost 30 years ago. Ride safe, ride cautious....but mainly JUST RIDE ! (Oh yeah, CONGRATS!)
Been lovin' every minute of it. I can totally understand your enthusiasm. It's a LOT different out ther now than it was almost 30 years ago. Ride safe, ride cautious....but mainly JUST RIDE ! (Oh yeah, CONGRATS!)
Club Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 263
Likes: 1
From: Canton, GA
Congrats............my recommendation is to ride the bike as much as you can.....stay away from insane roades in the short term......but get out there are ride...............great choice on the bike....you'll love it.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,832
Likes: 127
From: Coastal Carolina
Congratulations!! Your story of rider--hiatus for career and family--rider again--is a familiar one to many of us!
When you get the bike, start slow. Practice and reinforce the lessons you learned in the class. Start in parking lots and neighborhood roads and slowly build up.
While you wait for the delivery of your bike, order Ride Like a Pro which has GREAT tips on low speed handling of heavy bikes. Then practice those skills when you get the bike too. If you're going to drop the new bike it will be at low speed. It's an 800 pound bike. If you are moving slowly, have the bars turned and hit the front brake, you WILL got down--slowly and embarassingly, unless you have really strong legs and arms. But if you practice the RLAP techniques, that won't be an issue.
Welcome back to the brotherhood!
When you get the bike, start slow. Practice and reinforce the lessons you learned in the class. Start in parking lots and neighborhood roads and slowly build up.
While you wait for the delivery of your bike, order Ride Like a Pro which has GREAT tips on low speed handling of heavy bikes. Then practice those skills when you get the bike too. If you're going to drop the new bike it will be at low speed. It's an 800 pound bike. If you are moving slowly, have the bars turned and hit the front brake, you WILL got down--slowly and embarassingly, unless you have really strong legs and arms. But if you practice the RLAP techniques, that won't be an issue.
Welcome back to the brotherhood!
Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
From: NW Ohio
Congrats! You may want to review what you learned a few times between now and August and that'll give you something to do while you're going crazy waiting for your bike.
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