Does harley restrict the sale of CVO parts? I always figured a part number was a part number.

 

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Road glide just needs a fariring circumcision

 

I test rode both 2024. I had never ridden Road Glide before. So this year was my first time. Being short Street Glide fits me better.

I also like riding in fall and winter. I feel like Street glide blocks wind better than Road Glide. To me there is too much open areas in Road Glide fairing where wind can make it's way to the rider. And that big NO for me when riding in freezing temps. During summer I'm sure it helps a lot.

I hate being cold but enjoy being outside in winter with proper layers. Even when I ski I have heated gloves, boots and jacket LOL. It's 76 outside today and I had my heat on in the house this morning

 

I recently owned a 2020 batwing, and a 2022 shark. The venting on the shark really doesn’t create any more wind on the rider than the batwing, but the damn insects do make their way through.

I’m tall and hate how the sunlight will reflect off the infotainment screen on the shark. Blinding. I preferred the dash on the batwing. I did not find the weight difference of the fork mounted fairing versus frame mounted fairings to be that noticeable. At interstate speeds in NC I found the batwing to offer slightly better protection than the shark.

That said, the bars they put on the 23.5 CVO and ’24 Road Glides are the bomb. They are the most comfortable ergos I ever felt on a new Harley straight from the factory.

I’m on a new Road King right now and liking it. Not sure what I’d pick if I went back to a fairing.

 

Myself I like a FLHR for the warm months, and fairing for cooler weather and rain. Ya, I started out with a tombstone in freezing weather, but I like a fairing, FLHR is lighter, I had hoped maybe moving the weight to frame might help

 

I don’t really like my arms as high as the RG stock bars place them. For one it feels awkward and two you get so much wind breeze across your forearms which you don’t get on the street glide. I honestly don’t know how people ride long distances with their arms way up in the air. I think if they put the same bars as the SG on the RG I might have initially gone with the RG.

 

That is what happened to me when buying last bike. I went with batwing because lower. I realize I could have bought the new bike and changed out bar, many do, but I just wanted to get on and enjoy it. Plus it was fall.

Some disagree with me, but I think the FLTR riders were the first touring bikes to start going with mini apes and such. Then the trend caught on to others. To me, if I bought a fairing to keep my hands warm,

 

In my experience, I had to put bars on my Road Glide that were 2” taller on the RG to get the same ergos as the SG. I ran 10” on the SG and 12” on the RG.

 

When I sit in my truck, my hands are lower than my shoulders, usually at the very bottom. granted not the same. I've had some surgeries, where maybe I could do taller bars if I wanted. I know few years ago my hands would go numb fast. Just like on modern sleds, if sitting.