It is like Christmas here and Santa loves me I had posted pictures of my new Wide Glide but a ways back a friend of mine told me his sisters BF was trying to sell his bike( for a 2012 Electra glide ) well I let it go in one ear and out the other ( deals like that are usually good for wishful thinking but very rarely go any further) well I was on a memorial ride a couple of weeks ago for my buddies brother ( yes the same buddy that told me about his sisters bf ) and low and behold the guy he was talking about ran along side me ( he was carrying my buddies sister and I and my buddy are pretty tight so the preacher had him and I line up right behind my buddy ( who led the parade ) Once the service was over I got with my buddy and we where talking about how nice that guy next to me bike was and my buddy says that was the bike he was trying to sell, I told him then if it ever comes up again remember me. Well I got the call the next morning, seems the boy had made a deal with his future son in law but it feel through on the first payment So I received the call and told them yes right then and there.
I picked the bike up Sunday, it has 6400 miles on it ( just barley broke in ) and it is without a doubt the most comfortable bike I ever rode. Yesterday I pulled it out and went for about a 100 mile ride, the air suspension is being run with no air and yet each bump ya just float over ( the guy I bought it from is short so he didn't run any air to keep it lower ) The bike also has a Radio and CD player on it, it is 103 inches of pure torque, the only thing not stock is the pipes, Perry ( the original owner ) had put straight pipes on it but they come back on both sides and come out behind the boxes so ya really just hear a quiet deep rumble. Yes this is the bike of my dreams !!
I was very concerned about picking up such high payments on a questionable ( at best ) deal but thanks to my wife and Jim I feel a lot better doing the deal, my wife had found a contract that pretty much covers me ( and the seller ) and the best I can tell ( talking to people who have done deals like this before ) is that it is all legal, the only difference is if Perry was to come pick it up I would have to take it to court ( instead of just calling the police ) but everyone I have spoke to ( including the local Sheriff ) has assured me I would get the bike or my money back as long as my payments are on time, so now I have three years to pay on the bike of my dreams ( yes he payed almost the first 2 years on a 5 year loan) so no I didn't get a great deal, other than all I had to do was hand him the first payment and then ride off on a $22,000 bike Yes I will be heading to Florida in style at the end of the month but can still pull out the bad ass bike and shake the hell out of NE GA .