I had been riding a '97 Sportster 1200 custom for 2 years. I had mentioned to the wife that I would be interested in buying a new a new Harley, so she said "start checking in to it". I went on line & started looking at alot of different models, test rode some, talked to my friends and got their opinions, ect. I was on the website looking at a deuce and clicked on "customize", the screen went to to the CVO site-That damn FXDSE '07 looked sooo good, and it really didn't seem to unreasonably priced (in a dream state of mind-I live in my own little world, which is nice 'cause everyone knows and loves me there...). I talked to the wife about pricing for a stock bike & the mods that would need to make it "mine", as opposed to the Dyna Screaming Eagle that is the perfect starter kit. The deal was I needed to sell my Sportster for a specified amount of money. I began a campaign to sell it in late August, put money down on the Dyna and began to pray that it would sell for what was requested before the Dyna came in. Long story short, overabundance of bikes on the market and wrong time of year meant that I could not sell for the price needed.
I got a call from the dealership in late November of '06 saying the bike would be in the first week of December. I began relenting to the fact that it would not be mine. As I talked to my wife on the friday it arrived, I told her I really didn't need that bike, and that as long as I had her I had everything I ever wanted or needed. Sunday night she asked if I was too disappointed that I coudn't get the bike, and I said no. Monday, she got home from work really late and we sat and talked for a half an hour, she again asked if I was disappointed. Then she handed me a card that played "our song"...I was so touched! Then she handed me a box all wrapped up, I opened it and inside was a smaller box. I was thinking "wow, she got me one of those leather hair wrap things and a model of the bike, cool"! The small box had the collectors FXDSE key in it, I still thought it was just a key and a model. Then she asked me to look at the stuff under the wrapping in the bigger box, it was the owners manual, service info, ect. She had gone to the dealer, made a trade in deal and set up the payments. All I had to do was go to the dealer the next day with my trade-in & pick up "MY BABY"...it has been true love ever since! God bless the missus for all she has done...I love her so much!
I have attached a photo of our wedding on board the Princess cruise line. It is another story all together how we met-one of those God given moments that read like a fairy tale. Ride on my friends!