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Another returning motorcyclist on his first Harley

  • Rains
    Rains
    13 years ago

    Hi All,

    Have been lurking here for a few months, thought I will join up once I get my Harley. I used to be mad keen on motorbikes in my younger days, have done a lot of riding, but am now re-joining the fraternity after a hiatus of almost 20 years (yes, the usual suspects - kids, mortgage, job changes etc). From the introductions, there seems to be a few of us like that around.
    Meanwhile, I had never lost the passion for motorbikes, used to say “A Harley one day, one day...”. Well, the years passed by until the epiphany struck after recovering from a major health scare a couple of years ago and I decided that its high time that “one day” becomes “right now” (the mortgage can wait!). My friends say it is the classic mid-life crisis - do I care as long as I have a Harley to ride?!!
    I have always liked the Fatboy (for some strange inexplicable reason, the words “fat”& “boy” seem to strike a chord with me)!;). Started doing my research via bikesales & Google and realised there was no way I could afford a decent Fatboy for the coin I could scrape together, then just happened to stray into this forum (what a storehouse of information!) and discovered the US imports - the rest is history.
    I imported a 06 Fatboy with lots of fruit from the US via Chopaweeza (thanks mate, for your fantastic customer service) - extremely happy with it so far (looks mint, rides well but fingers crossed of course as it is an unknown commodity), I will post more details on the US imports thread. So here I am, riding my very first Harley at the ripe old age of 48! Except that the bloody Melbourne weather will not allow me to do so. No, I definitely don’t plan to be a fairweather biker, but will get out once I get back my motorcycle “legs”.  Want to do longer rides.
    Thank you all for lots of info that I have gained from this site. Hope to meet many of you on the road.
  • allde
    allde
    13 years ago

      to the forums Rain, Like to see some Pics of your Pride & Joy. 

  • Tim S.G.
    Tim S.G.
    13 years ago

    Good on ya Rains , and welcome to the Forums .

  • ozymax
    ozymax
    13 years ago
    welcome back to a great way of life
  • chriso
    chriso
    13 years ago
    welcome mate
  • mickle
    mickle
    13 years ago

    Welcome Rains, carnt go wrong with the Fatboy i am a bit biased though.

  • fattatt
    fattatt
    13 years ago
    Welcome Rains Enjoy.
  • chrise1961
    chrise1961
    13 years ago
    Hello Rains and welcome back to the motorcycling world, enjoy!!
  • 06 Softail
    06 Softail
    13 years ago
    Welcome to the forum, there are many first Harley owners here including myself, hope the weather gets better for you soon, it's been pretty shit here in Adelaide this week too.
  • 78gold
    78gold
    13 years ago

    Hi and Welcome,

    I also just bought my first Harley, a 2006 Lowrider, and was very surprised by the handling. Doesnt seem heavy to me at all and has a surprising turn of speed when needed.

    In fact finding it so easy to ride thinking of selling my 2007 Bonnie which I was keeping as my everyday rider with the Harley being used mainly for 2 up stuff.

    I rode the Lowie down to Melbourne on the long weekend just past and got a bit damp on the way down and when I headed back to Sydney on the monday rode into the wettest june day in a million years so they reckon. I had my Drizabone long jacket and drizabone pants on over my gear and arrived home nice and dry. I did take my full face as well as open face and threw the full face on at about Gundagai. Luckily while in Melbourne my nephew had a mate who let me keep the bike locked up in his garage.

    You will soon get your bike legs back but I agree its better to start back slowly, you live in Melbourne there will be plenty of wet days in the future so you won't miss out. ; )

    I get ya with the Fat Boy name as I was pondering one for the same reasons, some might say the low rider is just as appropriate. lol

    Ride Safe and enjoy the new bike
    Nigel

  • sparkie001
    sparkie001
    13 years ago

    Welcome

  • Rains
    Rains
    13 years ago

    Thanks for the welcome allde, Tim S.G., ozymax, chriso, mickle, fattatt, chrise1961, 06 Softail, 78gold (good to hear about yor experience) & sparkie001.
  • Taffymarsden
    Taffymarsden
    13 years ago

     Rains I was 61 when I got my first HD - best thing ever. Suffered the same old mid-life jokes but stuck to the standard reply: "I told my wife it was either the HD or a big busted blonde. She said get the blonde, no one ever got killed falling off one of those." I got the FatBoy anyway!

    The 05 FatBoy I have is way more stable than the sporty I first had. A very easy ride. Good on you! Hope to see you on a ride sometime.

  • Granox
    Granox
    13 years ago
    Congratulations and welcome mate hope you have lots of safe riding ahead of you
  • Rains
    Rains
    13 years ago
    Thanks, Taffymarsden, kiwidave & Granox!
    Taffymarsden, that's a good one - I might keep that in mind.
  • Scruffy
    Scruffy
    13 years ago

    Welcome Rains - good intro.

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