My daughter's boyfriend has a street glide, and he's pretty good size too. He rode my King and was impressed, saying he felt cramped some times on his SG, yet felt like he had room to stretch out on the King. May just be a mental picture since he has all that fairing in front of him.

 

Crappy is a subjective term and I meant no insult to your ride. We agree that both are awesome bikes. I think Danny Z-71 is right it's mostly the stock speakers, the deck itself is fine. Naive to think that RK owners have never owned or ridden a fairing bike.... I'm very familiar myself...I like the fairing bikes just fine, the protection and comfort are great. The gauges are a bonus etc. The whole point is there are options to having tunes on a RK and not buying a fairing bike just for a stereo...To each his own

 

Im just gonna have to go over each of these bikes again.. I cant make my mind up at all... Im back to thinking about a Fat Boy ... Looks like I could add a fairing and even hard bags, it would look good with a set of apes on it too... Not to mention they are cheaper in price.... Talk about frustrating... I honestly thought I wanted a SG, then a RK, now a FB... Damn....

 

-LLLL- -LLLL- -LLLL- Now that's funny, skip the touring rigs and go stright to the three wheelers. I like that! :- )

Tq

 

Street glide for me just because if I have to get one of those big f*ckers I want tunes and fairing. Other than that i'll stick with the fat bob.

 

I was where you were 2 yrs ago. I had been hit and had the luxery of researching for two years and really get the bike that I wanted. I swear to god...it had its pros and cons but you can go nuts trying to choose, especially with everyones input here on the web. I was dead set on a fatbob...it had great reviews and rode like a dream after 8-10 demo days and sitting on that damn thing. Point is, i had a fat insurance check(still warm from the printer) and I was going to dealer to pick up the fatbob and low and behold it was another damn demo ride day. I thought i would try out a couple of tourers for ***** and giggles and was instantly in love with the 2010 road king. I had more leg room on the king compared to the street glide. I'm 5'10 and really felt cramped on the SG. I know 5'10 isnt big, but thats just how the SG made me feel. I bought the RK and had it lowered and put a different seat on it. Perfect in every way. To me, riding is about you and the road with wind in your face. Time to think and not listen to music, so a radio wasnt even an issue. My vote is for the RK. Old school and good for trips to walmart to get milk or taking the wife on a 2 day ride down the coast.

 

I've gone from this:

'04 Heritage


to this:
'06 Ultra


And now this:
'08 Road King


The King does anything well.

 

Last thing I want on a bike is a radio/sound system. When I'm riding, I don't need any more entertainment than the sound of the motor and what's going on around me. Plus, I always cringe when I pull up to a rider at a light and he/she has some corny classic rock BLASTING...like some 16 year old kid in '73 in a jacked up 4 door '68 Nova.. And I don't need or want the weight and wiring complexity.

 

It's not very hard to upgrade a radio and speakers if you want, I wouldn't let a "factory stereo" deter me.

I really like both bikes, can't go wrong with either, I think it comes down to whether or not you want a fairing and radio.

 

We have a winner.Chics dig the SG