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New HD Owner
Joe from northern Michigan here. Recently bought my first Harley, a 2014 Street Glide Special, and I'm loving it. Been riding on and off for 30+ years and hope to ride on for many more. Looking forward to following the various topics here to learn all I can about the HD Universe.
Be safe out there....too many knuckleheads on their phones or otherwise not paying attention out there!
Be safe out there....too many knuckleheads on their phones or otherwise not paying attention out there!
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Joe from northern Michigan here. Recently bought my first Harley, a 2014 Street Glide Special, and I'm loving it. Been riding on and off for 30+ years and hope to ride on for many more. Looking forward to following the various topics here to learn all I can about the HD Universe.
Be safe out there....too many knuckleheads on their phones or otherwise not paying attention out there!
Be safe out there....too many knuckleheads on their phones or otherwise not paying attention out there!
G'day KG103, GOOD to haveu with us my friend. GD choice of bikes. No PIX aye? Ok.
AGREED with the crazies. Met one yesterday. Female likely mid 30's car full of kids. The kids looked back at me when I was cut off as she cut into my lane totally clueless. You are sooooooo right!WELCOME to HDF, we have a LOT of GREAT stuff here so take ur time look around and have FUN!!!
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Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan!
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
