August 20 1986 on my first bike 82 Sturgis............ still dizzy from riding it around!!
There's a real pattern in the previous posts....lotta guys who had a first Hog experience and then bought one of their own many years later. Guess it can take a while before you have the dosh and / or inclination to get one, esp when there's so many other things you could spend tens of thousands on...!
I remember hearing 'that sound' as a teenager in the 80's. Being in a small town, didn't know anyone who had one, but would see em when on hols in Melb & Sydney, in film clips on TV, etc. I finally got to sit on one at a car show they used to have in Narrandera NSW. Now I can't even remember what model it was. While still in high school I was writing away to get the Harley catalogs delivered and spent hours poring thru them instead of doing homework. Meanwhile I was riding my friends farm bikes, KLX Kwakas and Y Zingers, and the biggest being an XR500 which was pretty cool in 1985!!
Years later , a friend of mine came into some $$, and bought a customised 98 Fat Boy on a whim. I remember the weight of it, the sound, and how solid it felt and started plotting my own purchase...but had too many other responsibilities at the time. In 03, I went to a rock concert in Sydney and saw a blue 1200 Sportster in a shop on the way home. It was beautiful, and I couldn't stop thinking about it.
What finally made me do it was a friend of ours passing away suddenly in her early 30's. I went into a "life's too short to have regrets" mode, convinced my darling wife and bought the Sporty. Put about 12,000 ks on it in under 3 years and only sold it to get a newer model.
And now while customising my Dyna, and enjoying the ride, I'm already thinking ahead.....hmmm, what next, Fat Boy or Road King???!!
ha ha
rubber side down , guys...
My first Harley purchase was in roughly 1993 a 1200 Sportster with all the factory accessories fitted.
My younger brother owned the bike at the time and hid it in my garage from his bitch girlfriend during a breakup and i didnt give it back but i did give him $13000
My next Sportster an XL883 came along on 28th of November 2007 a Birthday present from my lovely wife how good is that !
It had been on order for 4 months and arrived a month after my Birthday.
RISKY
Cheers Hooda....I start my Dirt bike every few days just to listen to it & smell the fumes!!! I think I'll be sleeping in the garage when I get ma'Harley...not to mention pissing the neighbours off! Your avatar cracks me up...I have a mate that looks like that after too many wines!
In 84, a mates softail, bought a sporty in 90, did 40grand in k's over15 months, to small for me, got a new Heritage in 93, 275k and 13 years later sold her and got a 94 Wide Glide. 21k and up poped the Fat Slut 3 weeks ago.
My first ride on a harley was in 89, a mate inherited a 82 sturgis but didnt have a licence and had to get it from Albany to Bremer Bay . About190km and ive been hooked ever since.
about 2 years ago when i rode my wide glide home from the dealership...
fark i was shitting myself since it wasnt insured,
the only other 2 bikes i'd ever ridden before were the bike on the L's course and my 150cc learner's bike,
and i was still on my riding P's so the dealer made me sign a form to say they take no responsibility for what happens since i technically didnt have a licence for a HD...
to make things worse the dealer was on the a busy ass road!!
But i mad it home safe and with a smile on my face, it was the best thing i've ever done
first wanted a harley from leaving school .hang with guys that owned harleys trumpies let me ride them a little made me want even more .looked the part with the long hair goatee started my apprenticeship as a painter not much money in the first few years so pissed it all up against the wall in a purple haze should of saved it instead .went to countless bike shows and purgas for many years saying oneday .finshed apprenticeship and moved to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains live in a shed protecting a wood yard from theifs .he had to bikes neither Harleys but were nice looking blinged up trumpies .They were good people there and we drunk hard for a long time once again spent all my money.moved back to brissy lost my licence 4 times for D.U.I. 1 on a pushbike 4 time for wacky tobacky so that was a fair few more years on cash down the gurgler.Moved to Sydney worked a sydney City Toyata for 12 months or so full time said right this is it went to the bank knocked me back cause i lived in a caravan park BASTARDS.So time went on and met a women had a child so there goes all my money again .By this time i was ploting 24-7 on how was going to get my harley it was eating me alive u carnt go all that time and still not get any closer.So 25 years have passed and i said enuff went to morgans and said gimme .It took a fair bit of a deposit and a few banks but somefinaly said yes and xmas last year i bought myself a dyna low rider added forward controls rush pipes and western bars and now i just live for the week-ends .This hasnt got my new bars on but thats me and my lifes dream
SHIT and i though i went through alot waiting 3 years ... well done mate ... least you kept at it and got it eventually
See all those years drinking and smoking and waking up with a headache and a bear in your mouth wernt wasted after all...well done, similar story but my bank manager loved Harleys, God bless her!!
