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Old 08-23-2017, 07:04 PM
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I definatly liked the dyna lines as i had one for 10 yrs. Sho gonna miss em. Sportsters still looks like them.
 
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Originally Posted by FLSTC-Dave
Nope... probably where the oil tank used to be
Wasn't the battery always where the oil tank was.
 
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Originally Posted by swifty
In the video it shows a low rider and a fatbob. That look to me are on a softail frame????/ No shocks showing .. wtf???
No more Dynas in 2018.
The Street Bob, Low Rider and Fat Bob have all been converted into Softails.
The Wide Glide is gone.
The V-Rods are gone too...
 

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Originally Posted by sbarron
I imagine Shotgun, et all, will just come out with new designs. This new shock looks to adjust damping and rebound rather than ride height. Also, not an on-the-fly system like an air ride.

Yes, how do you lower it so my 5 ft tall wife can ride it?
 
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Originally Posted by S.D.M.F
It looks like a copy of John Covingtons "Steed Muscle Bike Design"

Or every Yamaha dirt bike since 1973.
 
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again, Harley ripping off a metric design, no way. blasphemy. the breakout is so original. Don't get me wrong, i love my fat boy, have loved all my harleys. but they have been ripping off the metrics for a while. people always say it's the other way around, i beg to differ... no one has come out with an idea that someone else hasn't already done in a very long time. people need to get off their high horses.
 
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Geometry is more like the original design:
http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2014/10/29/...softail-frame/
 
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Originally Posted by tbplayer
Geometry is more like the original design:
http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2014/10/29/...softail-frame/
cool artical
 
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I was a little revolted at first, but they're growing on me by the day.

It's just the digital studs on the Heritage, the square nacelle on the Fatboy and the turn signals on the Deluxe. It is like they took my three favorites, and weirded them just enough to mess with my OCD.
 
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Originally Posted by Freak Show
again, Harley ripping off a metric design, no way. blasphemy. the breakout is so original. Don't get me wrong, i love my fat boy, have loved all my harleys. but they have been ripping off the metrics for a while. people always say it's the other way around, i beg to differ... no one has come out with an idea that someone else hasn't already done in a very long time. people need to get off their high horses.
Not exactly sure what you're trying to say but the Warrior has the shock underneath like most of the HD's (until now)
 

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