Demos and More Demos

Milwaukee, WI: Day 2 of the local festivities

Enjoyed another great day of festivities.  We started at the Harley Powertrain Operations Factory to take a tour of the facilities and participate in their demo rides. Once again, Harley has outdone themselves with the organization of the demo rides.  Not only did they have a lot of bikes available to test ride but the 10 mile self-guided route was fabulous.  And every Harley representative working the event was such a pleasure.

Blinged out Street Glide Speical

We each took out three different bikes.  My first was the new Street Glide Special.  Nice!  All my concerns about the fairing, the bike being too big, and all the in between worries left me within a minute of leaving the parking lot.  I love this bike!  I also took out the new CVO Softail Deluxe.  It was nice but not that much nicer than my current Deluxe.  And finally, I took out a Sportster 72.  While it may be fun and sporty, it's not my cup of tea.  Curtis took out the CVO Breakout, Street Glide Special and a VRod.  He liked the Breakout and was nicely impressed with the power of the VRod.

After three test rides, the place was filling up and the weather was getting pretty hot.  We ventured over to take a tour of the facility but the line was super long, so we decided to head over to one of the big Harley dealers.  Unfortunately, that location was pretty busy too, so we changed plans again and found a great little place to eat in Greendale.  It's always nice to cruise around the city and find something off the beaten path.

A thunderstorm decided to make its way through town, so we spent the rest of the afternoon doing laundry, preparing for our trip back home.  It's sad to think our Milwaukee trip is almost over but it's a bit bitter-sweet as I am looking forward to getting back on the road and seeing more of this beautiful country.

Tomorrow, we're heading back over to the Powertrain Operations Factory for more demo rides (I think it's addicting!).  I'm hoping to be able to tour the place too.