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Four of us (three site members) made a run up to Bumpus in Jackson, TN today.  They had the Harley Demo Fleet there and I wanted to get on one of the '08 SE Ultras.  They had the red and silver bike in the fleet.  I'll post several pictures.  I did my best to make it look orange, but I kept seeing red.  There might have been a couple of angles where I saw the orange tint, but I felt like I was seeing more red than orange.  Some of our group saw more of the orange with sunglasses on, but less orange color with the glasses off. 

Here's a shot of Steve1911's SERK, my SERK, and JR's SEEG.  JR's friend Mike also made the ride with us.

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I'm going to post several pictures of the CUSE.  You can decide if you see red or orange.  The pin stripe between the red/orange and silver is an orange looking color.

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As you can see, we had plenty of sunlight in the parking lot. 

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Here's another angle.

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. . . and another.

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Another CUSE shot.

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Last one.

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Here's JR and Steve1911 checking out an '08 SERK.

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The new dash and indicator lights on the SERK look good.  The silver paint on this bike has little ghost flames in it.

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Here's an '08 CVO Dyna.

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. . . and an '08 CVO Springer.

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Overall, I'm disappointed in the '08 Ultra Classic.  I've never been hotter on a motorcycle.  At one traffic stop my left thigh got so hot it was as if I had my leg against an exhaust pipe.  I really wanted off the bike.

I was left with the impression that I was sitting further forward on the bike.  It seemed that I was much closer to the windshield and dash than on prior Ultras that I've owned and/or ridden.

I thought that the seats looked cheap and not as nice as previous CUSEs (and other CVO bikes).  I didn't notice paint problems, but I really didn't look closely.

I didn't get the sense that there was any different feel on the throttle by wire set up.  I guess the MOCO worked it out so that the throttle would feel like previous, typical throttles.  I did not have the opportunity to get on the brakes hard, but braking felt normal as we rode in the 30 to 50 mph range.

I'm having some second thoughts about giving up my '06 for one of these '08s.  I'd like to find out if filter, pipes, and SERT would work to help reduce the heat problem.  I never rode my SERK stock.  I added the filter, D&D Fatcats, SERT and had the dyno tuning before I left the dealership.  I've never felt heat off my 110 on the SERK like I did today on the CUSE with the 110.

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Preston,
I'm seeing orange.  Pretty bike, as are the others, but that heat challenge would have to be resolved.  It 's hot enough without the mill adding to it.  Are you committed to your purchase, or can you back out and hang on to that beautiful Haze?  With all these heat challenges with the 110, I'm loving my melon more each day.

Henry

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Preston,
I'm seeing orange.  Pretty bike, as are the others, but that heat challenge would have to be resolved.  It 's hot enough without the mill adding to it.  Are you committed to your purchase, or can you back out and hang on to that beautiful Haze?  With all these heat challenges with the 110, I'm loving my melon more each day.

Henry

I did a $1000.00 deposit, but the dealer told me that there would not be an issue if I wanted the money back.  I'm actually thinking about applying it to the extended service plan for the '07 SERK.  With issues that I'm hearing reported on the 110s, the extended plan my be a good investment.  I haven't made any final decision yet about the '06 versus the '08, but my '06 is a great running bike and I haven't had the heat issue with it.  I've already got the extended plan on it and it's good until 2013.

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I did a $1000.00 deposit, but the dealer told me that there would not be an issue if I wanted the money back.  I'm actually thinking about applying it to the extended service plan for the '07 SERK.  With issues that I'm hearing reported on the 110s, the extended plan my be a good investment.  I haven't made any final decision yet about the '06 versus the '08, but my '06 is a great running bike and I haven't had the heat issue with it.  I've already got the extended plan on it and it's good until 2013.

Bingo.  Sounds to me like you're pretty close to a decision.  Your Haze is awesome.  I know what I'd do.