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Go to a Military Tribute ride Saturday in Austin. Sponsored by the local HD dealer so that is where we meet up. Bro-in-law riding a older HD Fatboy FXPEWQKF sumthin. We saunter toward the showroom and he spies a 2012 FLTRXSE-CVO. Fully decked. Cruise, ABS, stereo, custom paint, full bagger, chrome everything, 106ci Screaming Eagle motor (1800cc), custom exhaust, LED everything, 30k price tag
. 40 minutes later its his. Do the ride, eat lunch, head home. I was suspecting he was gonna wanna do a roll on the way home or some other adolescent speed contest. He is two up with my grandson and I have the wife on the back. We get a clear spot. He looks back at me,('bout a bike and half length behind him) drops a cog and nails it. I roll the troops out on the XS, no down shift. ‘Bout a 60mph roll on. He starts to pull me
. I go down one cog, catch up and blow past him
. I shut down at an undisclosed triple digit figure, still in 4th with the custom painted, gleaming chrome HD growing smaller in my mirrors. I had to chuckle as my wife (his sister) was yelling “smoked ya” and waving bye-bye as we passed him. His CVO is a really impressive motorcycle but appeared no match for ancient iron. I can however, be envious of the plush accommodations his bike would provide for a really long ride and the fit and finish. Remains to be seen what will happen in a standing start drag race but I suspect the Screaming Eagle will once again get its feather plucked
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. 40 minutes later its his. Do the ride, eat lunch, head home. I was suspecting he was gonna wanna do a roll on the way home or some other adolescent speed contest. He is two up with my grandson and I have the wife on the back. We get a clear spot. He looks back at me,('bout a bike and half length behind him) drops a cog and nails it. I roll the troops out on the XS, no down shift. ‘Bout a 60mph roll on. He starts to pull me. I go down one cog, catch up and blow past him. I shut down at an undisclosed triple digit figure, still in 4th with the custom painted, gleaming chrome HD growing smaller in my mirrors. I had to chuckle as my wife (his sister) was yelling “smoked ya” and waving bye-bye as we passed him. His CVO is a really impressive motorcycle but appeared no match for ancient iron. I can however, be envious of the plush accommodations his bike would provide for a really long ride and the fit and finish. Remains to be seen what will happen in a standing start drag race but I suspect the Screaming Eagle will once again get its feather plucked.
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