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It has been a long…long…long time coming, but…\n
\n…I finally got my new bike!<\/p>\n
It has been a long…long…long time coming, but…
\n
\n…I finally got my new bike!<\/p>\n
This is a 2021 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim<\/em>. Color is “billiard red.” <\/p>\n When I bought the bike, I also ordered new bars, grips, windshield, “hammock” seat including passenger seat for my husband’s spirit, foldable back rest, luggage rack, and a few other (expensive) doo-dad parts, but it’s mine!<\/p>\n This motorcycle has a larger engine (107cu \/ 1750cc) than my 2008 Road King (96cu \/ 1573cc), but overall, the bike is 150 pounds \/ 68 kg lighter and 1.5 inches \/ 4cm lower, which makes a world of difference for making it easier for me to park, mount, and dismount. <\/p>\n Of course, it had to start raining just as I finally got the new bike and was able to leave the dealership. Quite a lengthy process to get out of there. <\/p>\n It rained lightly all the way home. However, traffic was light and it’s a straight-shot 20-mile ride to home on two-lane well-maintained roads.<\/p>\n YAY! I’m home with my new therapy tool! What kind of therapy is that? Only bikers understand: wind therapy. Yippie-dee-doo-dah! Let’s ride! It has been a long…long…long time coming, but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harley-davidson-motorcycle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HDSoftailSlimNewblog.jpg?resize=584%2C473&ssl=1\")
Life is short: appreciate all the help from everyone who made this possible — my husband’s spirit, my sister, my motorcop buddy, another fellow biker bud, and everyone who let me get home safely (and not run me off the road for riding too slowly.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"