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Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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Hey there.

As the thread title states, extremely new guy here. Utterly no riding experience at all, but since I've wanted a bike almost my entire life and since I got a few couple of years into my 30s I decided the time was right.

It took my quite a while to get my s--- together.

Anyway, Harley's have always been top of my list and after doing some obsessive research I have no doubt that it's going to happen.

I've been seriously eyeing up the Street Bob and working my *** off at my new and lovely menial job to get the funds together asap (though it will be a year at least, bah).

Enough babbling from me.

 
Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:07 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
The upside to having to wait until you get your bike is that you have time to look at lots of possibilities and get some ideas on what you want it to be like, eventually.
 
Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:18 PM
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Go for it! The wait is a bummer, but the reward will be sweet. Street Bob is an excellent choice, BTW.
 
Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:22 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2015 | 02:59 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2015 | 03:06 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2015 | 03:44 PM
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Thanks for the welcome guys.

The only other thing I've decided is that it will be in black denim.
 



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