Bikes In

Well, received a call from the Harley shop today and my new 07 SE Ultra is in. We went down and looked at it today and that black with the Orange looks pretty nice. The bike is in PDI now and they have to wait for the only guy in the shop who is authorized to install the Lowjack system on the bike to get back off vacation. I really think HD should make the 103 motor their stock motor and use the 110 like the SE bike has in it as the motor to work up towards.
I understand this bike is 105 HP with 115 lbs torque. With pipes and the download for stage one I wonder what that will bring it up to.

Expensive is right Sleepy. I added up what it would cost to do a 110 motor and the rest of the accessories and to add them on later would be even more expensive.
I have secured a camping spot in Spearfish at the MT. View Campground. Its expensive, but hey its Sturgis week, $30.00 a night per person. However in comparison to a motel its cheap. One couple that was going to go with us he got really upset last night when he found out the price and told me he would not pay the price as it was to high so we will have one less couple with us. Rather have a good time than listen to complaining all the time.

Don't be jealous as it took me many years to get to this point in my life where I could afford one. 13 years ago I was virtually penniless after a bitter divorce that I still get angry about. I was virtually one step away from living on the street but fought back. When I got my very first touring bike in 1994 my current wife (the best a guy could ever have) said lets do it a 1983 1100 Goldwing. However, my ex wife took me back to court wanting to know where the money came from as she thought I was not telling them how much I made at my sh1t hole job with a Japanese company $8.95 an hour. Working for the japs was as bas as being married to my first wife. Now, I own my own business and am successful at it. When my child support ended in 1999 my wife said buy that Harley you deserve it. That was a 99 Road King. I had a Royal Star then as it was then the most expensive bike I could afford. We sold it and bought a Harley. Have never felt bad for buying a Harley and have really enjoyed them. Well, its 2007 now and never in my life did I ever dream I could afford to pay cash for a bike like this 07 SE Ultra. I actually feel guilty for spending the money due to so many years of never having any and living on the verge of bankruptcy. So don't feel jealous I worked hard to get here.
I also make it a point and go out of my way to make sure the ex-wife knows how well I'm doing now. She once told my brother that she would make sure I was homeless.

Tom, I own a home inspection business. Bought a franchise 6 years ago and its been great. You really don't have to know anything about it to start but in my case I had prior knowledge working in Real Estate and some building maintenance back ground. Never thought I could do a Commercial building inspection and was scared stiff at all the big equipment but was not hard. Houses are easy now that I have done several thousand of them. A average home here gets 300-350 per inspection. Takes a couple of hours to do the inspection and a couple hours to write the report. Commercial inspection, spend a day at a big motel and a day writing the report and collect 1800 to 3000 for the inspection fee. I wished I had done this years ago and maybe my first wife would have kept me, oh god never mind a cold chill just went down my back.

The rain here in the Portland area has been pretty severe and I have left the new Harley at the shop waiting for the rains to stop. Were expecting 70 mile an hour winds Sunday night Monday morning with heavy rains again. Feel for the people who have been losing there homes, some washed away with rivers just taking them down stream.
Looking forward to Spring and summer for sure.

Tom, the housing market is up and down all the time. Many home inspectors started out part time working their way up to full time. Lots of good schools around like the ITA school.
We won't be drying out anytime soon. This weekend has been very wet again with a big storm approaching that will dump another 1" or more tonight but its the high winds that are coming in with it that worry me.
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