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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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I've been reading and learninig alot from all of you so I decided to register. I may be a bit premature as I have not bought my bike yet. I am an active duty Army Officer and loving life now that I'm in El Paso where you can ride year round. Just as I was about to finalize the purchase on a beautiful black pearl '09 FXDF, I found out that I had to have a multi level spinal fusion. Obviously I put the bike on hold. Recovery is going well enough that the Dr says I should be ready to ride by Nov or Dec. I guess the silver lining is that I will get to see the 2010s before I buy. Anyone who has any input on the Fatbob, riding after spinal surgery or military/veterans riding groups, feel free to educate me. Glad to be here and thanks for all that I've already learned from reading here.
 
Old Jul 24, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Thanks for Ur service.

Congrats on your bike and Welcome to the forum.

Lots of different areas to read & learn from in here. (What’s the best?), questions have been answered 100's of times in here.

So using the search feature will get U most answers to Ur questions, or Google it. If you can’t find the answer, start a thread in the CORRECT SECTION area.

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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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