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I first was smitten by the V-Rod on the Discovery channel documentary "Making of the V-Rod" or something like that (on VHS lol). From there, I was sold. They came out in 2002, but my first one was a 2003 Harley anniversary edition in anodized aluminum.

I loved that bike, but it had a 3.5ga(?) fuel tank under the seat, narrow tires, a habit of keys falling out at inopportune times (While you were riding it), and a few other "quirks."

I had yet to fall in love with the gloss black/matte black style yet.

Believe it or not, despite dire warnings from my original motorcycle safety instructors and intermediate class instructors, I had already bought it and was in love with it.

They seemed to think it was a very bad choice as a first road bike, being such a powerful, big, long bike that the V-Rod was. I even had an instructor talk to me for an hour after certificates were handed out, trying to convince me to save that for when I had more experience.

It was excellent advice, and although I didn't take it per se, they made me realize just how dangerous of a machine it was, how easy it would be to get into trouble, so at the very beginning I drove it much more conservatively than I would have a smaller bike. So, in a way it kind of worked.