theycallmemorris
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I just picked up my first bike ever, and after a lot of nationwide searching, I think I did pretty good. This site has been beyond helpful and after reading hundreds and hundreds of pages of posts, I feel like I know way more than I should about the bike. Always a good thing though.
The bike is an '06 non AE model, blue, 19,000 miles, rifle shield, rick mayer seat, frame sliders, highway pegs, larger passenger pegs, AVCC, intercom system, hyperpro springs, heated grips, bar ends, outlets for two heated jackets(only got one from him), gloves, flashing LED brake light, helmet, throttle fix, chrome exhaust shield, fender extender, backrest/rack, tank bag, rear bag(not hard case), side panniers, hand guards... That's all I can think of right now.
I had a couple dirtbikes when I was younger, but never having ridden on the street before, I was a little nervous. When I picked up the bike, the PO drove it on to my trailer and I strapped it down. I had heard people saying that this was definately not a beginner bike, but after I backed it off the trailer, I hopped on and headed down the road(back roads near my house). I was just going along slowly, but I was amazed at how well it went. The nervousness was gone very soon. I put 50 miles on it that day. The sad part about that is, the road I was riding on was only about a 3 mile round trip back to my house... Now for the sad part. I'm a field engineer for an oil company and I got a call later that night to head out to work 600+ miles away. Pretty frustrating! That was two weeks ago, and I think I have spent atleast 8 hours a day since then reading up on everything possible about the bike. It's even my background picture on my computer.
I'm very excited about getting to put this bike to use. I wanted to thank everyone on here for all of the time they have spent helping out on other's questions. I've read everything on this forum, so it has definately helped me out too.
So... Back to my post's title. I picked it all up for $5300. That was his asking price and I thought it was such a great deal that I didn't have it in me to try and haggle him down. Pretty good deal? Best I could find in the US, and only ended up having to drive 400 miles.
I think I accidentally posted this is the wrong section...
The bike is an '06 non AE model, blue, 19,000 miles, rifle shield, rick mayer seat, frame sliders, highway pegs, larger passenger pegs, AVCC, intercom system, hyperpro springs, heated grips, bar ends, outlets for two heated jackets(only got one from him), gloves, flashing LED brake light, helmet, throttle fix, chrome exhaust shield, fender extender, backrest/rack, tank bag, rear bag(not hard case), side panniers, hand guards... That's all I can think of right now.
I had a couple dirtbikes when I was younger, but never having ridden on the street before, I was a little nervous. When I picked up the bike, the PO drove it on to my trailer and I strapped it down. I had heard people saying that this was definately not a beginner bike, but after I backed it off the trailer, I hopped on and headed down the road(back roads near my house). I was just going along slowly, but I was amazed at how well it went. The nervousness was gone very soon. I put 50 miles on it that day. The sad part about that is, the road I was riding on was only about a 3 mile round trip back to my house... Now for the sad part. I'm a field engineer for an oil company and I got a call later that night to head out to work 600+ miles away. Pretty frustrating! That was two weeks ago, and I think I have spent atleast 8 hours a day since then reading up on everything possible about the bike. It's even my background picture on my computer.
I'm very excited about getting to put this bike to use. I wanted to thank everyone on here for all of the time they have spent helping out on other's questions. I've read everything on this forum, so it has definately helped me out too.
So... Back to my post's title. I picked it all up for $5300. That was his asking price and I thought it was such a great deal that I didn't have it in me to try and haggle him down. Pretty good deal? Best I could find in the US, and only ended up having to drive 400 miles.
I think I accidentally posted this is the wrong section...
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You have my condolences. 
