2018 Road Glide or Street Glide?

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07-06-2018, 11:44 PM

50pannmore

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N 94 I was in the market for a bike After spending 10 years on ironheads and tried to get an 81 FLT rubber mounted 5 speed shovel (1st generation RG) Ended up on and 87 electric glide for 10 years then 04 I got The 2nd generation road glide, and wondered wtf took so long ,In 15 when the 3rd generation road glide came out I had to have one,I got the 2nd black one that came in flt are the best in my opinion,if you google" Harley Davidson Liberator "from 1976 you will find the prototype ,Vetter made the front fairing

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07-07-2018, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Ninja

What are those issues you mentioned? Thanks in advance.

The two most widely reported were
A. Sumping with the stage 4 kits, and some 117 CVOs
B. Oil transfer from the trans to the primary with sustained higher RPM.

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07-09-2018, 01:20 PM

Tony P

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Originally Posted by Cowpokey

I was planning to get a SGS for the extended bags and big touch screen. Ended up getting a SG standard with premium radio upgrade. The extended bags didn't seem like they were worth the difference in money...although the anti-lock brakes would be nice to have.

I nearly did what you did, but when I compared the two - The SGS already had the premium radio, along with the hard candy paint option, black chrome, ABS, extended bags, the Talon low profile wheels front and back. For for me, it was worth the extra $$$.

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