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New From Ohio
Hello friends. Being new in this forum, I am still trying to find my way around but it shouldn't take long.
I haven't rode since 1980 when I had a bad accident on a bike which I broke 5 bones and had 50 stitches in my back. I always said it was a warning and refused to get on another one. That is until last November when my wife and I stopped into the local Harley dealer and looked around. It was a Saturday afternoon, sunny and cold. My eyes went directly to the 100th anniversary trike that had just come out. I sat on it and it fit like a glove. We went home and I talked it over with her and with almost a 40K price tag, she said if I wanted it to go ahead and buy it. That Saturday was my birthday and what better gift than a brand new Harley trike.
I went back the following Monday and the trike had been sold. I was devastated because I had fallen in love with it the minute I saw it. The dealer spent the next 4 days searching for another one of the same model. They found one in Columbus Ohio and went down to pick it up. I was happy as a lark.
Since it was November, cold and snowy, I couldn't pick it up and ride it back home 40 miles so I left it in heated storage at the dealer until the first week of April. Ever since, I have been riding and have put almost 3,000 miles on it. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
By the way, I found out later that the first trike I looked at was sold to a friend of mine whom I worked with before I retired. He says, you snooze, you lose. We just laugh about it.
The production number on mine is 385/1450.
Have a good day all !!!
I haven't rode since 1980 when I had a bad accident on a bike which I broke 5 bones and had 50 stitches in my back. I always said it was a warning and refused to get on another one. That is until last November when my wife and I stopped into the local Harley dealer and looked around. It was a Saturday afternoon, sunny and cold. My eyes went directly to the 100th anniversary trike that had just come out. I sat on it and it fit like a glove. We went home and I talked it over with her and with almost a 40K price tag, she said if I wanted it to go ahead and buy it. That Saturday was my birthday and what better gift than a brand new Harley trike.
I went back the following Monday and the trike had been sold. I was devastated because I had fallen in love with it the minute I saw it. The dealer spent the next 4 days searching for another one of the same model. They found one in Columbus Ohio and went down to pick it up. I was happy as a lark.
Since it was November, cold and snowy, I couldn't pick it up and ride it back home 40 miles so I left it in heated storage at the dealer until the first week of April. Ever since, I have been riding and have put almost 3,000 miles on it. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
By the way, I found out later that the first trike I looked at was sold to a friend of mine whom I worked with before I retired. He says, you snooze, you lose. We just laugh about it.
The production number on mine is 385/1450.
Have a good day all !!!
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