Riding into the 70's

[decarmine_imp]

I'm only 68 so have a couple years to go to get into the elite 70 group.

Started street riding in 1965 and have ridden most days since.

Bought a new Sportster in 1994 and had to put a deposit, pay retail plus and wait 6 months to get it from Harley Davidson of Cincinnati (where I bought my fist bike in 1965)

When I bought my Harley in 2004 I only had to pay retail and wait six *weeks*. I had ordered 2-tone red and silver but when I went back to the dealer after four weeks he had a solid red that had just come in. Not wanting to wait another two weeks, I decided to take the solid red instead -- plus it was $300 cheaper.

Well, about a month later I was regretting taking the single-color bike so I went on ebay and found a Harley "paint set" (tank, front fender, rear fender) for $400. I bought that and switched everything over and *finally* got my 2-tone Harley.

The Harley is gone now but I still have the original set of tank and fenders. The tank is sitting on a project VW trike, and the front fender will one day also...