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Sep 8, 2007 | 09:22 AM

firestop52

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15 years waiting

Hello from WV. About 15 years ago I went to my local H-D dealer to buy a super glide. I was told that I had to put down $500 and go on a waiting list for about a year. That was ok with me but they would not take my money that day, they said the owner had to be there. After abput a week of calling they told me to come on down. As I was about to wright the check I asked the price again of the bike hoping to save the money in the year of waiting. They raised the price $1500 from the previous quote. After a short disscussion they told me sorry about your luck. So I told them to get f***ed. So I went to another dealer about 50 miles away. The price was the cheaper amount there, but thet said they could not sell me a bike because I didn't live in their franchise area and the other dealer would get a new bike to sell the next year rather than them. Seems backwards to me.
So I ended up buying a 1400 Intruder. Used Harleys were impossable to find at the time and prices were outragious.
Then I got married had 2 kids and bought a house. As you know those things are expensive. So it has taken me a while to get to where I could buy another bike, and I was kind of mad about the whole Harley experience for a while. I have been very happy with my Intruder, I have done a lot of work to it and put 30,000 miles on it, but I never felt right about it. I know a lot of people think nothing of owning forign vehicles, and there are a lot of products that you can't help but buy forign made, but I try to buy American when possable. And plus I wanted a Harley since I was a kid.

Finely I was able to find a 2006 Street Bob for a price I could afford and Ilove it! I rode about 250 miles in the last week, I guess the wait has made it that much better!