Greetings to all! I stumbled on to this forum looking for parts. I have read allot of the posts and have gained a great deal of insight from pipes to windshields and fluids. I am so glad I found this site, even though this bike needs little help out of the box, I have never had a bike that I left totally stock. with all of the knowledge I see in this group, I know I will be tinkering in no time. I ended up ordering the 2006 cvo fatboy in concord purple / canyon copper. because!! last weekend I found a dealer that had a 05 still on the floor so I went to see it, and after some deep negotiations I got them to agree to let me take it for a ride. the sales guy was walking the bike out the front door when somebody yelled "hey that's my bike". next thing I know all bets are off, apparently he came in a week ago and made an offer of 22k for the bike which the dealer refused. so now he was back to try again, what timing, I couldn't believe it. so after the dust settled and the sales personnel had a little pow-wow, they came back to both of us standing there glaring at each other and said ok here is the deal, since the other guy was here first and made an offer on the bike he will get the first ride and chance to buy the bike for 23,500 today only, which is what they countered back to his 22k initial offer. if he does not buy the bike the offer gets extended to me. I could not believe how low these guys went on this bike considering it stickered at 28k. and after seeing this other guy, he couldn't have weighed 150 lbs wet. and being a previous 883 owner, im thinking that's way too much bike for this guy, this bike is mine! but unfortunately he new a great deal when it kicked him in the face. I wasn't really that upset though because the color was the grey with orange pin stripe which really didn't knock me to the floor,
and after seeing the 2006 with those road winder wheels and wider rubber I was hooked. but of course I had to pay MSRP for this one. so if you have the patience to wait till the end of the year and hope there is still one on someones floor bring your check book and be ready to buy. personally I don't think the 06's are going to be around by the end of next year, and I personally feel this bike is the absolute hottest thing Harley has ever rolled out the door. oh and thanks for the left side picture of the bike, since mine doesn't come in till 10-31-05 im counting the nano-seconds in anticipation, waiting
for your new bike is like a vacuum cleaner... it sucks!!!