Need help, new '07 or '08 ultra

I am trying to decide on which one to buy. I can still get an '07 new in the color I want, but the new specs are out today on the '08 for about $500 more. the '08 has a rear isolated drive system that is to reduce driveline noise, & is the terminology of a 6spd cruise drive trans the same trans as the '07. I have read prev. posts about 5th gear noise & changing to a diff. gear lube. I may need to make a quick decision on the '07 tomorrow. so please reply asap, thanks rickster (soon to be a harley rider again)

I'd go with the '08 for the 500 bucks difference. If the '07's were sweet and trouble free I'd hold off but this will be year two for the 96 which should mean that some of the issues around the heat and tranny noise should be resolved.

Darn, HRK is compelling me to go look at an '08!

I'll need to do this in secret though.....Harley's have ears, and like women, they don't like disfaithfullness... yep, that's a word! My Harley said so....with a loving fart and just a little bit of hesitation now and then.

(I still might sneak a peak while buying some little chrome trinket for 'her'. Besides, I've had my hands all over her so she's just not fit for another....she's ruined )

Bill C.

appreciate everyones input, sounds like with all models ( or years) there is pros & cons. My situation has changed. My salesman thought I might have a chance at a black pearl '07 he had coming in. This one was gotten for in someone else. He thought the first deal would fall thru, but the first guy bought it. He called me back tonight & said that the first '08 ultra classic he gets in Aug. would be black pearl. After my wife set me straight in the pocket book, I bid on & won an '06 on e-bay. It has 7300 miles. (black pearl). it has lots of extras & almost a year left on warrenty. I'm sure i'll miss not having the options of the newer models, but hey, at least she let me get this one , I think I'll be happy with this one, & I'll be riding again real soon!!

What's it cost US to buy say an Ultra Classic '08 in the USA - the Aussie dollar is at $0.86c to yours at the minute - curoius - anything Harley in Aust. is as expensive as pulling teeth - like a set of F & R ordinary stainless rotors here is $400.00 AU and on Ebay US cheeep @ $80.00 + $40 freight to here.

Some '08's are a waste

Went on line looking at the '08's on the HD site. A 'FatBoy' Dyna?....and two new softails with diving boards on the rear...The 'custom' softail is a strange looking and too late styled custom - over and done with. HD stepped on their dorks with these....A stretched 'stock' bike - come on HD! Too trendy! I hate trendy!

But, they'll probably sell them....

I wish they would concentrate on giving their customers a good product with parts available for a while and not specific to one model bike. They are trying to take the entire market - full scope - and each one is a custom bike....Not Good.

Bill C.

Throttle by wire (computer to servo) makes for a nervous situation. I'm a believer in solid state circuitry but HD is known to short-cut. For example; the computer and fuel system on Harleys is all interconnected by Packard weather proof connectors; but then all of the power circuits that distribute through fuses to those same circuits are open to any blast of water that may unknowingly blast its way during a wash job or a ride in the rain AND the resulting connection corrosion. I would like to disassemble one of those 'cutting edge technology' bikes on the showroom floor to actually see what's there. ---- Not harping, but have had electrical problems with HD's 'technology'.

We just bought a new truck.... there is a cable from the pedal to the throttle air valve with the 'old' TPS that YOU set physically with your foot. My hand on a motorcycle throttle control needs to mean that I have total control, not: MAYBE IF IT WORKS THIS TIME......!!!

Bill C.

'o8 msrp

shadows, from hd website vivid black is $20695,color is $21225, two tone is $21655, aniv color $23270. I think around $500 more than last model year.

Thanks for that - it's as I thought - HD anything in Australia is very XXX'y comparatively to US. Allowing for the exchange rate it all seems to be
( genuine that is ) + 25% - wondering of course the ins and outs of low k late model used HD ' any ' imported to AU and how to legit beat Customs and import duty etc etc. - best do some homework - maybe an ownership registered my name with a US address , period in US etc , might escape some or all of the import taxes - don't know. Will study up. It's just that I am tired of the general stick up out here on $$$'s. Finally it - " gets to you ". Have friends in SC and FL so I'll get them to study that end. Thanks again.

Dodge Ram Larime - 5.7 Hemi with a throttle cable....

Yea, that's why my wife has her sweet little ass in it most of the time...!