Finally got time to tell my story, and bore you all in the process.
Had been out of Cycles for a while, 20yrs, had a 1973 Yamaha 185 as a teen. An '83 Honda VT500 Ascot then working in my Mid 20's, it Reminded me of Evil's XL750 Jumping Bike. Then an '84 Honda CB750 Nighthawk for a couple years 'till work, marriage, etc combined to "do the practical thing" and sell. So last year I broke out and Bought a Honda (argh) VT1100 shadow on a Wing and prayer. Was great to be riding again, what a pick me up (stress relief) to ride home from work on a sweet day. But had the once in a lifetime chance to Visit Europe for a Month. So since I stretched to buy it, I sold it before fall so I could enjoy my trip and the Boss would have safety funds.
So now this year things been looking a lot better, I wanted to do it right. I did look at some others, Victory's seem like nice American cruisers. But came across this sweet '08 Superglide, though it was a stretch, nothing could match the value and I would have a scooter for the long run. My Shadow had drive shaft jacking on throttle, required lots of throttle on take off (maybe needed some clutch work) and was in no way a highway bike (needed a 6th gear).
So glad to get a practically new bike, 7300 miles with a belt instead of shaft, 6-speed. I got it all over last year, ride, motor, gearing, belt, quality, in a sweet FXD machine. my only bummage is the early summer has changed back to spring and riding weather has disappeared since I picked it up. Lookin' FWD though.
Ride Hard or Stay on the Porch.
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