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.