I've got a '77 shovel that I bought new. Yup, I'm that old. When you have a good thing going why trade it for the unknown. I too, won't set foot in a dealership for exactly the reasons mentioned above.
The dealers would be happy if they could only sell new bikes and do service on the late-model units. They've forgotten those of us who bought their products when they were struggling. If it wasn't for the old timers who bought American-made iron in the late seventies and early eighties, we'd all be riding imports.
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