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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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Just started selling off my car stuff to get back into riding after 25 years. No bike yet. looking for a HD big twin of some kind and trying to do my homework on the best overall model and year for me. My last HD was a '57 pan. I bought it as a radical chopper that I ended up completely redoing due to the top rail cracking. Denvers redid the frame, I put a 10 over glide on it and changed everything else along with it. I'm not looking to do that much work this time! Wife wants to ride not watch me work on it.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckw2
Just started selling off my car stuff to get back into riding after 25 years. No bike yet. looking for a HD big twin of some kind and trying to do my homework on the best overall model and year for me. My last HD was a '57 pan. I bought it as a radical chopper that I ended up completely redoing due to the top rail cracking. Denvers redid the frame, I put a 10 over glide on it and changed everything else along with it. I'm not looking to do that much work this time! Wife wants to ride not watch me work on it.
Try them out for yourself. Many dealers that rent will let you try out bikes for free if
they think you're serious about buying. I'm not suggesting you buy new, but the
dealer doesn't need to know which way you're thinking. IMHO.
 



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