Hi! I am a newbie to this site and to riding. My hubby wanted to get a winter beater so we went looking one day in Sept. We ended up at the Harley dealers (even though they don't sell 4 wheel drives!). The only bike there that I really liked was an 06 VRSCSE 2. He fell in love and purchased it the next day! He had a low rider when we met, but sold it for a down payment on our home 17 years ago. Now the house is paid off so he deserved to get another bike. I road bitch for a few weeks and he complained that I needed to get my own bike. Not knowing if I would like, or even be able to handle a bike, I took the riding course at our local dealer's. You see, I have been in a bike accident with my first husband and spent 2 weeks in the hospital with a sever case of road rash then took 3 months to get back to normal. So I was a little, no...I was extremely scared of riding on my own. NE ways, I completed the course, got my license and was set to get a small bike. I kept looking, but didn't see anything I wanted except the FXDSE2. Thought that this would be to much for my 1st bike, but finally figured that I might as well get what I want right away, as I wouldn't be truly happy with settling for anything else. The only problem now is that there is about a foot and a half of snow on the ground and both bikes are in the den! I can't wait for spring and to get on the road again!