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[Stingboy :}]

Most of the bikes I have seen on this site are inferno orange or anniversary colors.  Am I he only one who bought black?  Post pics of them if you got them.

Sting

[Hellion Custom Cycles]

Hey man welcome to the site and just like you I sought out the black springer also. I went through hell to get mine, I put a down payment on mine in October and two weeks into the order my dealer told me that harley cut off the order since they had dealer traded one in the same day my wife and I picked up Her new car. So my buddy's at the dealer set out on a hunt for my Bad Ass Ride. They found it in late november at a dealer nearby and had to trade out an ultra for mine to come in. So with that said we have one of the hardest to find springers.

Sorry bad pic will post better ones later

[krank]

THE BLACK SPRINGER IS THE ONLY COLOR I CONSIDERED,( the orange is an awesome paint job)  I THINK BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS MORE TOWARDS MY PERSONALITY THAN THE ORANGE.NO RIGHT OR WRONG COLOR, JUST DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. KRANK IS COMING OUT OF WINTER STORAGE ON 4/9 SO I HOPE TO HAVE PICTURES POSTED SHORTLY THERE AFTER.

[Capo]

THE BLACK SPRINGER IS THE ONLY COLOR I CONSIDERED,( the orange is an awesome paint job)  I THINK BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS MORE TOWARDS MY PERSONALITY THAN THE ORANGE.NO RIGHT OR WRONG COLOR, JUST DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. KRANK IS COMING OUT OF WINTER STORAGE ON 4/9 SO I HOPE TO HAVE PICTURES POSTED SHORTLY THERE AFTER.

Well done and let's get those Pix!

[Stingboy :}]

I will have to agree with Krank, the orange is awesome.   Getting a black springer was fate for me though.  My local dealer had an orange one coming in last September, but someone had already put a deposit on it.  I was in the dealer one day and the sales manager told me that the deal was shakey and that I would have first shot at the bike if it fell through.  He said call him that Thursday and he would let me know.  Well, I called him Thursday and he said " well the General Manager promised someone else the bike, but I don't think this guy will buy it"). Needless to say I wasn't happy ( I had bought 2 new bikes, countless parts/service, and sent them alot of business).  I was at work a the time and I told my guys I was going to leave for a while to get lunch and blow off some steam.  I drove to the dealer near my work and low and behold there sat a Black 2008 CVO Springer on the showroom floor. I said to myself, There is my new bike.  I had always liked the black ,but there wasn't a good picture in the brochure and this was the first one I had seen in person.  I asked the sales lady about it and she said "yes, we just brought it out and it is available" .  Next question How much?  She said 26,900.00 plus all the shipping , tax setup, etc.  Then I remembered that a good friend of mine grew up with the manager of this dealership.  I had him call to see what he could do.  A few minutes later the manager comes up to me and says " how about 24,300.00 and you can take it home today?"  I said "where do I sign?"  A couple of hours later we had her loaded in my pickup and we were headed home.  The other good news is the black matched my other bikes.   Here is the fun part, I went back by the original dealer a week later and the Orange bike was still there.  The manager said that both deals fell through.  All I could do is laugh and thank God that He lead me to the Black one.

[Stingboy :}]

That last picture is of my Dresser.  This one shows the 03 Fatboy and 08 Springer in the Garage.

[StrahDawg]

Nice rides and great story Stingboy. If I didn't have my 07 Blue I definately would of got the black on the 08. Nothin against the other colors just personal preference.

[Seegarsmkr]

Loud and clear on that opinion Dawg...I love the black...prefer the 21 front though.  Grats and love that bagger you have.

Seegarz

[StrahDawg]

Absolutely on the 21 seegarsmkr.

[evilmikehoo]

All my life, my vehicles have been black - a personality thing, I guess (a disorder maybe? lol!). Seems as I got older, I got more colorful! Color in my tats, vehicles, etc. Also, paying the same price for a black CVO seems to be sort of a rip-off 'cuz ya don't get the colored frame now. Still luv that black `08!! Gotta agree with preferring the 21" front tire.

[Hellion Custom Cycles]

The black springer has an appeal all of its own. Most people can't see the bare metal swirl cuts under the black candy pearl clear coat, along with the gold pin-striping. I also perfer black since almost all my bikes and my cars are black, except my mustang (silver frost), Truck (UPS Brown), FLHTC (red)

here's a picture of my nighttrain, black is beautiful baby

[drogers]

My last bike was black,the wifes car is black,my truck is black,and my sons truck is black,and I looked at the black springer.Looked good,but the anniversary color got my blood pumping so I decided to break tradition and get the anniversary color.It's the only bike I have ever owned(owned 20 of them)that people constantly stop and compliment me on the paint.To be honest,I've never owned a Harley and wouldn't own this one if it wasn't for the paint work.Not to be confused with the standard anniversary colors,I don't care for that at all.

[Hoist!]

Real HD's only come in Black!!!

Hoist!

[Razz77]

 I to appreciate all the colors, but could only settle for Black. The ghost flame grey and the black really set the chrome off on this one. I looked at the black on a Sunday for a couple hours. The dealer closed at 5:00, I left at 4:00 figuring I could sleep on it...whether or not to take the plunge...also thinking It wouldn't sell  in the last hour the store was open. The dealer had told me that they would be happy to come and pick up my 03 FXSTSI the following day to asess the trade in value. So Monday after deciding to go for it, I called the dealer and told them to come and get the other bike and let me know what I could expect on trade....I was told that by the way, the black one had sold right after I left the store. Man was I bummed out. My sales guy said with a little work he felt he could find another black one. I told him that if he was confident he could find one...then come get the other....I told him not to even call if he couldn't find a Black one. Sure enough only 3 days later, he called to say he could bring one in from Wisconsin if I was for sure gonna take it....Well at that point, it had been a long 3 days and I said FOR SURE.
RAZZ77

[garwood94]

I only considered black as well, just for personal preference, I guess.  I am a few miles from the 500 mile checkup and am trying to figure out the best set of pipes to install.  I rode it a mile or so with the baffles removed and it was LOUD - to the point maybe a little too loud.  So the search continues...  I may have to sell her now, due to some unforseen financial difficulties, so we'll see...