Congrats on your new glide ! For what its worth, i never used 6th gear during the first 500 miles, i stayed completely away from lugging the motor at all cost, and now with 4000 miles on my 08 superglide the bike has not used any measurable amount of oil to speak of. Enjoy your new bike bro !

 

Hmmmm on the no feel first gear....my 07 clunks right in.

 

Maybe mine does too, but in comparison with the clunk of the tranny in my Sporster going into 1st, it's virtually silent.

 

Same here. Congrats on the bike.

 

Roger....makes sense!

 

Congrats on the new bike!

 

my bob clunks when i drop it in first that youu can hear and feel, just fot the hell of it i'd check my tranny fluid

 

I agree with thought of highway pegs, gives me a chance to shift back and forth on longer rides and give my back a break here and there. But like it was said before, rides like a Cady on warm summer day.......

 

Don't worry - you will eventually get the fabled Harley "clunk" - especially if the bike is cold. Once underway, Harley's 6-speed tranny is damn near Jap-like in it's shifting. I don't recall ever shifting into a false neutral. You'll also notice that when downshifting into 1st or 5th, you'll hear the characteristic whine of the straight-cut gears (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th are helical cut). Long story short, Harley has a kick *** tranny although 6th gear is very tall and isn't much use for speeds below 70mph.

Congrats again on the new ride!

 

Hopefully you get treated a little better there than I have after I traded my Sporty in.