Come on guys, mcriderone isn't the first person who bought a bike without spending a month analyzing it and test riding it first. I remember being highly pizzed with my SEEG right after I bought it, and wishing I had kept my previous bike instead. That was based on lousy quality, though, not the features.
There are other threads that were started right after the first SESG was purchased that complained about many of the same items. The MoCo jacked up the price and eliminated many of the features that earlier CVO's had as standard equipment, figuring the SG was so popular that folks would pay extra for a stripped CVO without noticing. Case in point, the cheap mirrors, the lack of lowers, the obvious fastener issue, the hydraulic lines, wheels, garage door opener, etc.
People often get caught up in the excitement and make purchase decisions they later regret. It's so common they actually have a name for it, it's called "Buyer's Remorse". Fortunately, if a buyer determines very early on that they aren't happy, they can usually unload the product without losing a massive amount of money, especially in the case of the Touring CVO's. Getting the trade-in back is a different story, however.
Jerry