Hello, Goodbye

First off, let me just say, Sorry for not posting for a while! I took a longer than anticipated Christmas break.

So, back to the bike story. The dealership discovered that the engine would have to be completely rebuilt, essentially, which was an expensive job. But, since the issue never should have happened in the first place, they thought that the Uly would be a good candidate to ask H-D to pay for the repairs, even though the bike was well out of warranty (over 50,000 miles…).

While at the dealership for the 1125R test drive, we saw another ‘06 Uly that had been traded in, that they were selling, with 40,000 fewer miles on it. Making a mental note, we headed back to wait.

And wait we did! It was weeks before we finally learned that H-D would cover the repairs. As soon as we heard it, Jim decided to ask if he could trade the bike in on another. He wound up trading it in on the ‘06 Uly we had seen. So, with that and a few thousand dollars changing hands, he managed to remove 40,000 miles from his bike, and we could ride again.

Unfortunately, the wait for the new bike happened to be during the last of the really nice fall riding weather. Therefore, we haven’t been out recently as much as we would like. But… I got heated pants and chaps for Christmas! We might just get a bit of riding in after all!

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