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Gatornapper

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My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« on: May 30, 2011, 07:39:43 AM »
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Well, had my first Harley in '64, and my sweet sweet ride for many years has been a Stage II '97 FXDWG that I've pretty much built myself (do all my own work, including cams), all tricked-out, lowered, comfortable, stunning, etc.  My line for many years has been, "I'll get a bagger when I get old....."   :P



But when they came out with the '09 CVO Road Glide in Stardust Silver & Titanium, I thought, "That is the most beautiful Harley ever made....bar none...", and immediately told self, "don't even think about it."

Well, retired, sold my beautiful, like-new '06 Duramax LT for $11,000 less that what I paid for it ("Employee Discount" days) 5 1/2 years and 60k mis. ago - it was paid for.  Thought I'd get a new Road Glide Ultra (figured 66 is old enough to now get a bagger) for momma and me to take trips on.  But after tricking it out like I wanted it, it was way over $30k, and I just didn't want to spend that much.

So I started looking for used, and found some great prices on the bright orange and bright yellow '09 CVO RG's - but my colors on everything are silver, grey's and black.

I'd only seen 3 in the Silver/Titanium color, and discovered a Virginia dealer still had one I had seen many months ago.  Long story short is they took my offer and my cash from my Silverado and I have the sweetest scoot Harley ever made - '09 CVO Road Glide in Silver/Titanium.



Immediately put a WindSplitter windshield on it and Rinehart slip-ons, and now it sounds as sweet as it looks!

It's an honor to be able to be a part of this forum now, though I probably don't belong as most of you all are pretty rich!

PS:  As to the name Gatornapper, you'll have to look for a 1965 Indianapolis Star newspaper articles (who coined it) and the Kosciusko County court records for July of that year......
PSS:  My Stage II Evo is still faster than the FLTRSE3.........
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Patriot Guard Rider/Member For origin of "gatornapper", refer to July '65 Kosciusco County, Ind. court records, Walter Cronkite, Huntley/Brinkley evening news, & Indianapolis Star paper.

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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2011, 07:49:06 AM »
Excellent intro. and welcome to the site. Be assured that you don't have to have big money to fit in here or I'd of been gone long ago.  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2011, 08:17:41 AM »
Thanks for the welcome, Screamin......quite a stable you have there.....3 of my 5 sons and one of my daughters ride with me, and one has a new Softail Custom.  I told him
'imitation is the most sincere form of flattery' as the Softail Custom is really just the Softail version/upgrade of a Wide Glide....

My birthday present last month from 2 of my son's was, "Hey, Dad!  Would you lead us and a bunch of our friends on a good ride today?"  I couldn't believe - as I looked in
my mirrors - that I had 5 young bucks in their early 20's and 2 in their mid-30's behind me for over 2 hours of carving the curves!  Needless to say, I had to push the twisties
as hard as I dared with all those youngin's on my tail, and all said it was a great ride afterwards.  But the 35 yr. old who races his Ducati superbike just had to show me his
tail on a lot of the straights as he blew by me at over 100mph......buzzing like a bee...... :)

I also have two old Triumph's that I've restored.  My thread on finding, restoring and riding my '72 Bonneville is now at over 52,000 views, almost 1,600
posts, 159 pages and a 5 star rating......here.....

http://www.triumphrat.net/classic-vintage-and-veteran/131945-72-bonnie-from-finding-to-buying-to-fixing-up-to-riding.html

Trouble is it's so long now it's too long to read.....tho I still get posts from those who start reading and take a week to get all the way through it....
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Patriot Guard Rider/Member For origin of "gatornapper", refer to July '65 Kosciusco County, Ind. court records, Walter Cronkite, Huntley/Brinkley evening news, & Indianapolis Star paper.

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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2011, 08:26:43 AM »
Nice scoot and welcome to the site. 
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2011, 08:33:33 AM »
Welcome to the site from Missouri. Enjoy your new ride. Good things come to those who wait. Some times you just have to save up for it. I know I did.
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2011, 08:52:38 AM »
Welcome from northern Indiana, are you in kos. County? Congrats on that awesome new ride. Ride safe!!!
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2011, 09:23:13 AM »
Lots of old timers here.....proof that you are as young as you act. Hope you enjoy the scoot & the site. See you down the road.
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2011, 09:48:10 AM »
Great intro! Welcome to the site  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2011, 10:00:06 AM »
Welcome from northern Illinois! Beautiful bike! Everyone fit's in here regardless of income, just a good bunch of people, passionate about their CVO's! Ride safe! :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2011, 10:03:09 AM »
Welcome to the site from the valley of the sun, Phoenix, AZ :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2011, 10:05:23 AM »
Welcome to the site from ALabama
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2011, 10:07:33 AM »
Good morning Gatornapper

  :welcome_005: on the CVO website  :2vrolijk_21:

I send you the  :welcome_005: from FRANCE

Best regards

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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2011, 10:18:18 AM »
Welcome from the Northwest, Idaho at present! Rich :nixweiss: if that were the case, then I am a poser..... like u I traded a truck off to get my latest scooter, if I was rich, it would still be here in my garage :( :( :( :( :(
But hey, I am glad I did, and now I have a work bike and a play bike!!! :P :2vrolijk_21:
Nice choice of bikes thou! Lots of info here about your bike and the issues that others have had and how to avoid them.
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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2011, 10:43:00 AM »
Welcome to the site glad to have you join us. :2vrolijk_21:

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Re: My Dream Harley - but never dreamed I'd own one........
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2011, 11:55:33 AM »
Great choice and introduction, gatornapper.  Welcome to the fold.   :huepfenjump3:   :orange:
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