Have a friend that wants to jump into an HD so I took him to a dealer last week to look at bikes and after considering (and not really liking the CVO colors) one of the Specials (Chrome) with some accessories and additions (about 3K) seems to be where he is leaning (cant get 131 in Cali yet) although he might purchase outside Cali. Being a fan of my 17' CVO even with its issues I agree with his decision. The way they have strippped the CVO's (unless you love the paint) I think if I would be in the market now a Special with a 131 kit, CVO screen (SG) & hardware, heated grips, oil cooler fan, hidy antenna, seat back & rack, heel shifter and chrome fork tubes (No chrome fork tubes on the chrome package bike! WTH!) would be the direction I might go. Also if the stock stereo isn't doing it for you, you can get a way better system aftermarket with out throwing away all the stock stuff & save space in the bags!