Welcome, congratulations, ride in good health, be happy. 
Hows it ride? I have a S/B on the way.
This is my first dresser and i'm coming from an '00 Heritage Springer. What a difference! Most people ask me how my springer rides and as far as I can tell them wonderfully. Now that i've got 280 miles on this baby i don't think i'm ever going to go back to a cage and the springer is going to have a hard time getting some attention. My feedback would be:
1. The air cleaner sucks, it's louder then the exhaust.
2. I'm about average height 5'9" plus another 2" on the boots yet the bike still sits kinda high.
3. The ride height wouldn't bother me so much, but the floor boards seem to be setup for somebody much shorter than the person used for the ride height. the floor boards seem to be a couple inches too far back which may be necessary for the fairing.
4. The backrest seems to just complicate the fit problems by pushing the rider forward.
Other than that, no complaints. I don't think it runs all that hot, but again i don't have a previous dresser to compare it to, just my softtail which I think was hotter.
I love the handling, security system (although i'm adding a pager), sound system just to name a few positives. The new seat is starting to feel good, at first it was hard as a rock. All in all I don't think anybody will be complaining about the delay on these things after they get their bikes. I'm sure they would agree with me that they'd wait a year if they had to.
280mi and no leak yet, the guinea pig seems to be holding up
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