I know how many of you here feel - awaiting your machine to be delivered. My story’s a little different.
Bought mine from a dealer 1,370 miles away, on April 26th. Scheduling problems with trucking companies includes cycle haulers. But, finally, HaulBikes is supposed to deliver my new ride sometime between this Sunday and Tuesday. Yay !!!!
Now - the neat part ... the bike. It is a *brand new*, never titled, 73-mile 2017 F3-S Daytona 500 SM6 !!! Has both the passenger seat and the cowl (with both keys!). Verified that it has a full 24-month warranty. I know, most folk don’t like the manual transmission. My wife’s 2015 F3-S is SE6. But I actually prefer the manual. Think I got the best of both worlds: a new unit; a “special” model within the series; a complete unit, with all its parts, on the showroom floor; full warranty, and eligible for the extra 3yr extension; and paid considerably less Out The Door than what a ‘22 model F3-S would have set me back.
I know I have some maintenance to do once it arrives. Plan on a 30-mile ride to the house, to get up to temp, then change that 5-year-old engine oil. Would normally wait until about 200 miles, but not at this age. Also, gonna be flushing out the brakes / clutch systems. Worried about moisture in there. Asked the dealer if they’d take care of this, since it’s WAY overdue time-wise. They balked a little, and I figure that, since I know nothing of their service department’s skill - and I got what I consider a very fair OTD deal - I would just do these things myself. Also, already have several new accessories at the house awaiting install.
Feel like a kid staring at the presents under the Christmas tree ... !!!
Bought mine from a dealer 1,370 miles away, on April 26th. Scheduling problems with trucking companies includes cycle haulers. But, finally, HaulBikes is supposed to deliver my new ride sometime between this Sunday and Tuesday. Yay !!!!
Now - the neat part ... the bike. It is a *brand new*, never titled, 73-mile 2017 F3-S Daytona 500 SM6 !!! Has both the passenger seat and the cowl (with both keys!). Verified that it has a full 24-month warranty. I know, most folk don’t like the manual transmission. My wife’s 2015 F3-S is SE6. But I actually prefer the manual. Think I got the best of both worlds: a new unit; a “special” model within the series; a complete unit, with all its parts, on the showroom floor; full warranty, and eligible for the extra 3yr extension; and paid considerably less Out The Door than what a ‘22 model F3-S would have set me back.
I know I have some maintenance to do once it arrives. Plan on a 30-mile ride to the house, to get up to temp, then change that 5-year-old engine oil. Would normally wait until about 200 miles, but not at this age. Also, gonna be flushing out the brakes / clutch systems. Worried about moisture in there. Asked the dealer if they’d take care of this, since it’s WAY overdue time-wise. They balked a little, and I figure that, since I know nothing of their service department’s skill - and I got what I consider a very fair OTD deal - I would just do these things myself. Also, already have several new accessories at the house awaiting install.
Feel like a kid staring at the presents under the Christmas tree ... !!!
I reckon the unwritten '90/90 Rule of Project Management' may well apply here, just like it does to pregnancies & many other waiting experiences.... :sour: 
. It's simple really - paraphrasing a bit here, it basically means that The First 90% of any Project (or pregnancy; wait for Spyder; etc... 
) will take 90% of the time allocated; while the Last 10% will take (what feels like) another 90% of that time!! :gaah: . Those last few days of anything - Projects, pregnancies, or waiting for your Spyder to arrive, can reeeeeaaaaaallllyyyy drag and feel like they take 
hyea: 
