My 4th bike and 2nd Harley-Davidson was after quite a break! Divorce and Child Support will do that to you!
I completely owe getting the next Harley to my Younger Bigger Brother Mike, he bought a '99 Ultra after riding a '79 Shovel for years, and whenever I saw him on his I just burned for one. BUT first things first and After getting all my Kids grown up and paid for, and purchasing a NEW 2004 Ford F-150 after driving a '78 F-150 for 242,00 miles and 11+ years. It was time to decide.
I took a couple of years and rented about every style H.D. to test what I could live with. Dyan, Softail, Electra-Glide won hands down!
However, it was NOT in the budget YET!
Instead, a guy I worked with was gettin' married. He was my supervisor, and he had a very sweet 1990 XLH 883 that had been upped to a 1200+(I called it a 1200 Magnum!) Had about 15 more HP than a stock 1200 of the same year.
Anyway, his bride said get rid of the ride, I did the pictures for the wedding, Gave them a rate and he woefully parted with the XLH for a good price!
Here it is before I put some chrome and a solo seat on it.
And here it is after some work!
rode it for a year, sold it on ebay for a profit and purchased the next and current ride!
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