I enjoyed reading jeff022889 post. When I was 15 (back in the mid 60's) I helped my brother rebuild a 53 hard tail chopper that he got. After working on it all winter and spring it was done. He told me that he would teach me to ride (he rode for the NYCPD) if I could start it up. Needless to say, I must of weighed about 130lbs and the first time I tried to kick start this monster, well I found myself on the floor of the garage not knowing what hit me with all his friends laughing. Shortly thereafter, he started to take me riding. The first bike I really road was his fast Honda CB 750. Since then, he had a number of HD's (still has the Honda) and his current one is a Electra glide classic. On the other hand, I started out with a small Kawasaki, moved up to a big bore Yamaha because I wanted to ride and didn't want to wait years to get a 883 or 1200.
Well, here I am, proud owner of a new Electra Glide Classic getting ready to ride to Sturgis. When we started to plan this trip last summer I was riding my Yamaha. I had every intention of riding out to Sturgis on my Yamaha. As far as I was concerned, the bike was rock solid, ran like a swiss watch and I had just put on a corbin seat and forward controllers. It fit me like a glove. My wife knowing that I always wanted a HD decided to just get me one.... so here I am, riding to Sturgis for the first time on a new HD..... Life couldn't get much better. Oh, of the 5 people going on the trip, 3 are on Classics and 2 will be on Yamaha Road Stars.
If anyone gives you a hard time, just look and hang with us, NY and NJ plates in Sturgis or Black Hawk where we are staying shouldn't be that hard to find.