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Old Aug 2, 2014 | 06:06 AM
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new harley owner here, coming from years of sport bikes i couldn't be happier with the switch! Last bike was a 08 hayabusa, had about 20k miles on it and loved that bike, insane how much power it had-ran it up to about 190mph a few times, damn scary! Wife finally wanted something we could both relax on, couldn't be more happy with my decision on the 14 street glide special, was amazed how well this bike handles as big/heavy as it is. Never thought i would make the switch to harley, but man am i glad i did, seems like a very well built motorcycle, guess i should change my busa license plate lol

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only mods so far are a set of used jackpot slip ons, from a forum member here. Will do the typical full system, tuner, filter setup eventually but after buying a $20k plus motorcycle, don't think the wife would be happy with me spending a few grand in extras already. Gonna pick up a passenger backrest and necessary mounting hardware at my dealer today
 
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