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Aussie

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Do you still have your first HD
« on: April 13, 2015, 01:49:04 AM »
Took delivery of my first HD in January 1997.
FLHTCUI (Ultra Classic Electra Glide) Platinum Silver & Victory Red Sunglo

All stock except for stage 1 cam and genuine slip on's to give the beast some get up and go.
26000 klms and still in new condition.
Bike has been retired for 7 years and proudly sits in her own room.
Cannot find the heart to sell her, to many memories and just keeps catching my eye ever time I walk past her.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 07:27:52 AM »
I could only wish!! I rode my Uncles '54 almost daily, as he no longer used it. In '69 I bought a '64 wreck from the Rock Hill PD and chopped it.......don't even have a pic.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2015, 09:14:22 AM »
When i bought this gem, it was one week after getting married. I walked out of the salesmans office with paperwork,and my new bride said "Tell me you didn't just buy a bike" , so  I told my wife this would be our honeymoon ride. Therefore she won't let me sell it. 23k miles of memories on the Ole Dyna so far.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2015, 09:18:04 AM »
Yup still have my first..
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2015, 10:28:00 AM »
Bought my first in 2010. 07 FLHTCUSE2. Black ice and orange. Love the bike. Have ridden new ones and still like the old one. Call me crazy. Low miles 22K. I am now semi retired so riding more. Thinking about an engine build to preempt the 07 110 20K Blues.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2015, 10:40:27 AM »
Quote from: Aussie on April 13, 2015, 01:49:04 AM
Took delivery of my first HD in January 1997.
FLHTCUI (Ultra Classic Electra Glide) Platinum Silver & Victory Red Sunglo

All stock except for stage 1 cam and genuine slip on's to give the beast some get up and go.
26000 klms and still in new condition.
Bike has been retired for 7 years and proudly sits in her own room.
Cannot find the heart to sell her, to many memories and just keeps catching my eye ever time I walk past her.

1997, the last year the MoCo gave you the option of fuel injection or carburetor, at least in the U.S.  My '97 FLHTCU had the carb. and was a great bike but not my first HD.  I still kick myself for not taking ownership of my dad's '72 EG.  My first actual HD was an "89 EG classic.  Don't have her anymore but she's still kicking with another owner local to my area....still looks great, too.
Congrats on keeping the '97 and glad she has her own "stall" in the corral....well deserved  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2015, 10:48:15 AM »
Nope.......sold it in the late 60s.  Still in the same six or eight boxes it came in.   A step up from baskets.....so couldn't really call it a basket case.  ;)  While the little 45 rigid frame that I traded it for wasn't going to win any beauty contest, at least it ran.   :2vrolijk_21:

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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2015, 11:37:58 AM »
Still have my 2004 Heritage softail that I have extensively modified. I have over 17k miles on this bike and cannot bare the thought of selling it.  I still enjoy riding it and my 2009 FLTRSE3.  I use it for my local short runs and every now and then I will put a few hundred miles on it in a day. 
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2015, 11:44:23 AM »
I wish. 

Still got my 2nd, 4th and 5th though.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2015, 12:14:33 PM »
Nope, never could afford to keep any car or motorcycle I didn't use. First Harley was an old 69 Ironhead Sporster I had for awhile while in college First new one was an 84 FLH. Been a dozen or more since then. Kinda funny, at 8 years old my 07 Road Glide is one year shy of being the H-D I've kept the longest.

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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2015, 09:26:57 PM »
It is still in the family, my son has it and rebuilt it.

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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2015, 12:23:24 AM »
Quote from: Haird on April 13, 2015, 10:40:27 AM
1997, the last year the MoCo gave you the option of fuel injection or carburetor, at least in the U.S.

I'm not sure that was the case I had the option in 03, mine has a carb...not sure if the last year was 03 or 04...
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2015, 05:27:12 AM »
Quote from: Supershooter on April 14, 2015, 12:23:24 AM
I'm not sure that was the case I had the option in 03, mine has a carb...not sure if the last year was 03 or 04...
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I think it depends on which model you have. If my memory still works,  Harley phased the change in over several years.  I know the first year for FI on the fatboy was '01 (FLSTFI vs FLSTF) and I think the last year for the carb option was '02 on that particular model?
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2015, 05:34:28 AM »
A '73 XLCH I bought new one month before my 18th birthday. A pos that AMF forgot to put piston pin clips in. I made a strocker out of her that would pull wheelies on the freeway all day long. Ended up trading it for mechanical work when I had my business.
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Re: Do you still have your first HD
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2015, 06:32:13 AM »
Not my 1st, but I've had my 89 FLT for 24 years! I just can't sell it! When all my bros were riding new Harleys it rode with the best of them! While raising a family & a divorce I couldn't afford a new bike. So now my main ride now is a 11 CVO Ultra Classic. My new wife after logging thousands of miles on the FLT still thinks it is more comfortable to her than the CVO. Ya think!
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