Hello, my name is Tom and I am a new member... I just wanted to post some background info and say Hello.
I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. I am 29 years old and bought my first bike last year (a 1999 Dyna Low Rider).
I put about 3K miles on the Low Rider last year and had some work done last winter (i.e. had the rims powder coated black, new grips, and new turn signals). I stopped in at the dealer early this spring to pick up a Dyna lift adapter kit (a $20 part) and saw a 2003 Fat Boy that I had to have. I ended up trading the Dyna in (they gave me everything I put into it, minus the taxes I paid) and bought the Fatboy. It is a silver and black 100th year anniversary bike and had 550 miles on it. A Dr. had bought it and invested about $8K in chrome into it (you couldn't do much more cosmetically). I even got all the stock parts that were taken off - about 8 boxes in total. It was kinda funny that I liked the Fatboy so much since I had talked so much smack about the 100th year anniversary bikes (it seemed like everyone had one).
In April, I took the basic rider safety course and got my license. I since put about 8K miles on the Fatboy this year (not bad considering I spent most of October/November hunting and I didn't ride it much until I had my license). I expect to ride about 10K-12K a year from now on.
I am also into bow hunting, shooting (handguns mostly), and other misc. stuff. I am doing some minor work to my bike and plan on doing the regular maintenance going forward... Look out for questions. Thanks.
I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. I am 29 years old and bought my first bike last year (a 1999 Dyna Low Rider).
I put about 3K miles on the Low Rider last year and had some work done last winter (i.e. had the rims powder coated black, new grips, and new turn signals). I stopped in at the dealer early this spring to pick up a Dyna lift adapter kit (a $20 part) and saw a 2003 Fat Boy that I had to have. I ended up trading the Dyna in (they gave me everything I put into it, minus the taxes I paid) and bought the Fatboy. It is a silver and black 100th year anniversary bike and had 550 miles on it. A Dr. had bought it and invested about $8K in chrome into it (you couldn't do much more cosmetically). I even got all the stock parts that were taken off - about 8 boxes in total. It was kinda funny that I liked the Fatboy so much since I had talked so much smack about the 100th year anniversary bikes (it seemed like everyone had one).
In April, I took the basic rider safety course and got my license. I since put about 8K miles on the Fatboy this year (not bad considering I spent most of October/November hunting and I didn't ride it much until I had my license). I expect to ride about 10K-12K a year from now on.
I am also into bow hunting, shooting (handguns mostly), and other misc. stuff. I am doing some minor work to my bike and plan on doing the regular maintenance going forward... Look out for questions. Thanks.
