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Hi , I'm new to this forum, and thought I'd introduce myself to everyone! I recently turned 38, "NO this girl ain't afraid to tell her age" and recently moved from Maryland to the Shenandoah Valley! No more Flatlands or chicken houses for me! The mountains are great! Any way, since I was a little girl checking out my brothers dirt bike mags, I've wanted to ride, I did the mini-bike thing some, but not much else untill, 1992, When much to the DISMAY of my husband, I bought a Suzuki Dr250, I really got the feel of riding on that bike, I had just got my Liscense, on the bike and with 650 miles went, on my first Dual sport ride , The Black Water 200, in Davis West Virginia,That first dual sport ride was great and I was hooked on motorcycles! I tried to ride as much as possible, but there wasn't alot of people in my area with Dual sport bikes, and that kind of riding is un-safe to do alone, "might find ya months or years, picked to the bone when ya ride alone! in the woods, so after much arguing again with the hubby, about the bike , "Actually I think He had heard too much joking, from his friends about his wife riding, with the guys! " And we also had a baby on the way, So I sold my bike in 1994, And like alot of you, the kids and working , and building a house soon consumed my thoughts and my riding days faded into the sunset! It wasn't untill I watched my Dad, draw his last breath from having cancer 2 years ago , of how Quickly, I realized, life can be over with, Talk about a wake up call! I started really re- thinking my life, And what I wanted out of it, And it wasn't long before the "MOTORCYCLE" issue came up! I can say I didn't get a whole lot of support, from my family or the hubby, but my talks and dreams continued to grow, and I started looking at which Harley I wanted, "The hubby really freaked when I said I wanted a Harley" Well after a year ,of checking out the different models, and doing some rides on my brothers Road King, and making lots of trips to the Harley shop I had made my mind up, and in Dec 0f 2001 I ordered a 2002 Heritage Softail Classic, with Delivery set in March of 2002, " I really wanted the 100 year ann. but after calling about 20 dealers and being told ,I couldn't get one, I settled on being thrilled with 2002! And as you may have guessed, the hubby wasn't TOOO PLEASEDjavascript:smilie('
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frown, "Gosh and I thought you guys liked it when the Ole lady wanted her own ride!" oh well, that was a long 3 months, and when my bike finally arrived, I had heard so much hell about it from" your gonna kill your self", to "your a mother, you need to wait untill the kids are older", also your Out of control, just you name it I heard it! That I turned my bike down, I was hating life and I guess you could say him too! Well 12 years of marriage sometimes changes your out look on life and each other and over the summer, I packed up the kids and my dreams and left, and moved to the Mountains in Virginia, To what I call Harley Heaven as the scenery here is great, along with the people, and there are a ton of bikers too! Well long story short, I was 3 days away, from buying a used 2000 Heritage 2.5 weeks ago, when I decided to trek on down to the local Harley shop, and asked the sales rep, if he had any Heritages, and much to my surprise he did!!! Turns out a guy had one on order, for dec, but Harley moved the delivery up to Nov, and the guy wanted fuel injection ,and couldn't get it, so the sales Rep, had this 100 year Anniversary, available, in vivd black, And guess what it had my name allllll over it, On the spot I commited and brought back my money and 30 days from tommorow, Nov8 my bike is being shipped! Needless to say I was , and am happy as a pig in ****! Now if I can only figure out how I'm going to break the news to my ex! " Do you think if I said I won it??"That would fly!??? He told me I'm totally out of control when I showed up to drop the kids off for the weekend ,on my way to Ocean City for Bike week and he saw the new TATTOO, I had on my legg! Nobody in the family is very supportive of my bike, and I can say my confidence level is low, but I think of this bike every day,as I've wanted it for so long! And can't wait to Ride! Well sorry for being so long winded , but thats my story! Happy riding to all, and you'll be hearing from me alot, as my support is next to nothing, and I'll be trying to find out all I can ! Love reading the stuff everyone else is writing! Diane
')frown, "Gosh and I thought you guys liked it when the Ole lady wanted her own ride!" oh well, that was a long 3 months, and when my bike finally arrived, I had heard so much hell about it from" your gonna kill your self", to "your a mother, you need to wait untill the kids are older", also your Out of control, just you name it I heard it! That I turned my bike down, I was hating life and I guess you could say him too! Well 12 years of marriage sometimes changes your out look on life and each other and over the summer, I packed up the kids and my dreams and left, and moved to the Mountains in Virginia, To what I call Harley Heaven as the scenery here is great, along with the people, and there are a ton of bikers too! Well long story short, I was 3 days away, from buying a used 2000 Heritage 2.5 weeks ago, when I decided to trek on down to the local Harley shop, and asked the sales rep, if he had any Heritages, and much to my surprise he did!!! Turns out a guy had one on order, for dec, but Harley moved the delivery up to Nov, and the guy wanted fuel injection ,and couldn't get it, so the sales Rep, had this 100 year Anniversary, available, in vivd black, And guess what it had my name allllll over it, On the spot I commited and brought back my money and 30 days from tommorow, Nov8 my bike is being shipped! Needless to say I was , and am happy as a pig in ****! Now if I can only figure out how I'm going to break the news to my ex! " Do you think if I said I won it??"That would fly!??? He told me I'm totally out of control when I showed up to drop the kids off for the weekend ,on my way to Ocean City for Bike week and he saw the new TATTOO, I had on my legg! Nobody in the family is very supportive of my bike, and I can say my confidence level is low, but I think of this bike every day,as I've wanted it for so long! And can't wait to Ride! Well sorry for being so long winded , but thats my story! Happy riding to all, and you'll be hearing from me alot, as my support is next to nothing, and I'll be trying to find out all I can ! Love reading the stuff everyone else is writing! Diane
