I have paid my deposit and the finance is approved and I am about 2 - 3 weeks away from being an official "Harley Owner"...  My wife blames you lot for telling me honest opinions about why a Harley is so good and securing my interest in becoming an owner.  Proud of you!! hehe

I settled on the Iron 883, glossy black (a yellow one stripped and re-painted at the dealers expense) with the Harley shield-style badges on the tank, V&H short shots with S/E air intake and "performance tuning" stuffs...

It is currently being painted and next week will get the mods added to it for me to ride away in a few weeks.    I'm pretty excited.

 

So insurance....    I'm thinking of getting the Harley Davidson insurance the dealer is offering (3 year new-for-old replacement to an agreed value if it is written-off or stolen).   Is there other insurance people you lot reckon is a good deal?  Are there things I should be looking at or looking out for with regards to insurance?

 

Also, how the fark am I gonna manage to carry a carton of beer from the pub to home on this thing??   My bottle-o is about 150m from home but its still too far to walk... 

 

 

 

Touche.... 

A Big Congratulations mate, wish it was me, i'm still trying to convince the miss's, but i'm getting there! I'm keen to see some pictures of the finish on this bike...oh and what is the cost for insurance from HD?

Regards Andrew

 well done

Congrats on the bike!!

I have always used Insuremyride, however when I got bumped off at Xmas, their turnaround time and customer service was really poor! Get a quote from a few different providers, than contact QBE and ask them to better it! Will only be 10 - 20 difference, but you will end up with an extremely sharp quote!

P.S - The bike should look brilliant in gloss black, post some pics when it arrives!

Very keen to see pics of a gloss black Iron when you get it. Yours will be about the same time that my Iron lands too, so i'm hoping that the I made the decision sticking with the matte, but very curious about seeing a gloss finish!
Good timing on the insurance question too, I was just looking last night. best I found was insuremyride.com.au for $600, may as well go for the HD version for the same $.

Our Sporty is insured with Insuremyride for 10k (07 model) for $240 a year with a $400 excess.

Congratulations. Great news. Re the missus, when people say to her things like "How could you let him do someting so dangerous" she is kind enough to say "He is at his happiest when he's on that bike". Ok..so she is starting to come out now with a bit of the old "I live alone" stuff, which grows into "You care more about that bike than you do me.." but still ok.

Here is  the beer-carrier I had on my Iron

 

 

try those pics again. This is also a problem for me, one I thought couldn't be solved. Thought i'd have to do 6 pack runs, and put em in the solo bag.

am I the only one who the pics aren't working for?

workin for me.

working now. don't know what changed. oh well.

Have a good look at the paint job when you pick it up.... under the guards, frame etc....

Hate to notice any yellow down the track....