Yesterday, I woke up at 12 pm after only sleeping about 3 hours since I worked the night shift the night before. It was tough getting up since I don’t regularly work night shift, much less not sleeping much after, but no way in heck was I going to miss out on going to pick up our Ultra!!
So I got ready and we took off for the 2 and a half hour drive to Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Rocky Mount Harley-Davidson. We got there about 3:30pm. We talked ALL the way down there SO excited to be picking up our dream bike. All the places we will go with it, all the extras we wanted to put on it, just dreaming away.
Once we got there, we were met by the salesman that he had been talking with over the phone the past 2 weeks. He was a very pleasant man. He introduced us to the parts manager, who my husband has also been talking with over the phone. He was great also. We were also met by the guy who gave us instructions about the bike and they all took us back there to meet our new Ultra. Also, they introduced us to the sales girl, but all she did was give us our 2 free t-shirts as we didn’t have any apparel we needed since we’ve been riding since 2001, we had everything we needed there, but she was great.
Then once the numbers were gone over we went to the parts section and had a little spending spree. The one thing that we liked about the deal was they gave us “Harley bucks” where they would match what we would spend at the dealership dollar for dollar up to one thousand bucks. So there we went, through the parts dept just like it was Christmas day and we were wild people saying “we want this, and this….!!!”” It was wonderful. (we had planned what we wanted and how much to spend beforehand though, but it was great!). We bought a rider’s backrest, headset for me, chrome plate for the instrumentation panel, chrome rings for the back speakers, chrome cover for the passenger foot rest, I think there’s more but I forgot the rest. We had also had some things added to the bike before we picked it up….we had it lowered and had chrome forks added. After at least 700 miles we will have the Rush Slip ons and Power Commander added.
I just want to say that Rocky Mount Harley-Davidson made us feel more welcome than at any place we have ever purchased anything, and we felt just like a King and Queen. These folks went above and beyond the call of duty and waited on us hand and foot making us feel very special. We will not hesitate to make the 2 and a half hour drive again for anything we need for the bike, or clothes or anything. What a truly wonderful experience!!! The folks we dealt with were Jay the salesman, Jamie the parts manager, Chris the Service manager, and Eric the business manager. Every single one a class act!!!
Once we got done, we loaded up the bike in our trailer and we left there and it was dark outside and COLD!!! Luckily right next door was this really new looking, old fashioned like drive in diner and we had a fantastic meal in celebration! I even toped it off with a big fat piece of cake!
After our meal, we started the drive home and we talked all the way home, about taking our beautiful black beauty on rides to the mountains of NC, VA, TN, GA, the Blue Ridge Parkway, to Sturgis. We dreamed all the way home. What a wonderful feeling to know we have this beautiful motorcycle and the places it will take us to. I only lost consciousness from my exhaustion for about 20 minutes on the ride home. Then when I woke up, we started talking about it all over again!!
Story to follow soon!!
