Man am I glad I bought a train over a Street Glide
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06-10-2009, 09:47 PM
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06-10-2009, 10:03 PM
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it lacks the radio, but I bet I can get one of those with the couple thousand I saved not buying a SG.
And to think the Road Glide is being dropped.
#24
06-10-2009, 10:20 PM
The only differences are one is a couple thousand less and has a better windsheild and suspension,also comes in black denim.
it lacks the radio, but I bet I can get one of those with the couple thousand I saved not buying a SG.
And to think the Road Glide is being dropped.
it lacks the radio, but I bet I can get one of those with the couple thousand I saved not buying a SG.
And to think the Road Glide is being dropped.
My point is...that it is essentially the same bike as the SG that everyone is bashing. Everyone likes what they like, nothing wrong with that...but too many zipperheads post things that are simply not true and it confuses anyone who reads a thread later on.
#25
06-10-2009, 10:33 PM
R.I.P. BROTHER
I would like to cop a ride on a modded out SG.
I really wonder what the extra Ummph and lopwering the bike another 1" or so all around would make it feel like?
I was so jealous of Hammer buying one last week that I made a point to go demo one again just to see what I may have missed the first time!
I think I'm too used to being all stretched out and ghetto on my Train.
I felt funny on the glide. Everything was in the wrong place, combined with the odd vibrations and lack of power confused me and sent me back to the dealer 3 miles into a 10 mile ride...
Oddly though I demoed the Heritage and was instantly happy, albeit still without any power.
Deluxe would be my choice just cuz' I'm so used to the sloptail experience.
Its a familiar happy place for me aboard a slopper.
I really wonder what the extra Ummph and lopwering the bike another 1" or so all around would make it feel like?
I was so jealous of Hammer buying one last week that I made a point to go demo one again just to see what I may have missed the first time!
I think I'm too used to being all stretched out and ghetto on my Train.
I felt funny on the glide. Everything was in the wrong place, combined with the odd vibrations and lack of power confused me and sent me back to the dealer 3 miles into a 10 mile ride...
Oddly though I demoed the Heritage and was instantly happy, albeit still without any power.
Deluxe would be my choice just cuz' I'm so used to the sloptail experience.
Its a familiar happy place for me aboard a slopper.
#26
06-10-2009, 10:39 PM
I chose my Deluxe over a Street Glide, however, I test rode the Street Glide and it felt very stable and smooth to me. Felt like it was floating across the pavement. I can't say I loved it but I also can't say I hated it. I was just thinking, if I decide to go to full-fledged touring bike, I will go Ultra-Classic and keep the Deluxe for my local rides....
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06-10-2009, 10:48 PM
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The Black Denim I agree with....but it also has a cast engine and is HORRID looking against the black denim. It also has a lot of nasty looking trim pieces etc...if you like that then by all means roll with it but I think the Electra Glides are hideous looking.
My point is...that it is essentially the same bike as the SG that everyone is bashing. Everyone likes what they like, nothing wrong with that...but too many zipperheads post things that are simply not true and it confuses anyone who reads a thread later on.
My point is...that it is essentially the same bike as the SG that everyone is bashing. Everyone likes what they like, nothing wrong with that...but too many zipperheads post things that are simply not true and it confuses anyone who reads a thread later on.
Sorry it pisses you off so that I didn't like it, but it is what it is......
#29
06-11-2009, 12:12 AM
R.I.P. BROTHER
The SG can certainly be a weird feeling bike after being on a Sloptail for many miles....
In defense of my boy Hammer he is a guy who has spent a few miles on a brutally fast slammed in the weeds Train who was just looking for something different of not almost the polar opposite.
I think a taller guy would absolutely need to tweak a few things to feel at home in that tight cockpit and the power hunfry rider wouldnt be happy until he juiced it up a bit as they arent gonna win any drag races in stock form but then again what big twin will for that matter??
The Glide isnt for me but I will quickly conceed that if I were looking for something sooper stylish with what has to be the best resale in the entire lineup I would try awfully hard to fall in love and stay there.
Hammer is a stand-up dude. He aint no Zipperhead he just felt something some of us didnt feel.
Lucky fvck now has not only a new Glide but a nasty fearsome stroker motor Train with air ride!!
No need to bash our fellow Softails owners. Hammer is solid folk.
In defense of my boy Hammer he is a guy who has spent a few miles on a brutally fast slammed in the weeds Train who was just looking for something different of not almost the polar opposite.
I think a taller guy would absolutely need to tweak a few things to feel at home in that tight cockpit and the power hunfry rider wouldnt be happy until he juiced it up a bit as they arent gonna win any drag races in stock form but then again what big twin will for that matter??
The Glide isnt for me but I will quickly conceed that if I were looking for something sooper stylish with what has to be the best resale in the entire lineup I would try awfully hard to fall in love and stay there.
Hammer is a stand-up dude. He aint no Zipperhead he just felt something some of us didnt feel.
Lucky fvck now has not only a new Glide but a nasty fearsome stroker motor Train with air ride!!
No need to bash our fellow Softails owners. Hammer is solid folk.
#30
06-11-2009, 01:04 AM
I owned an 09 Road Glide for 2 months...
things I liked about it..
Cruise
Bags
Radio
comfort on long rides
brakes
6 spd
rims/tires
things I didn't like about it...
WEIGHT... OMG I thought I was driving a semi!!
ease of mobility (in and out of the garage/parking spaces and so on..)
gutless
stock speakers sucked and cd player skipped all over the place
throttle by wire (that really sucks, 2 months never got used it)
quiet (even after SE slipons-banned epa models as well)
pain in the *** to wash (takes 3x longer to clean)
top heavy
cheesy hand control to work the extra crap
junk low *** bars
$20,000 hovering over my head..
dealer has to do cpu upgrades after any modes are done... efi and HD don't mix!
I did like it overall though, if I could have shaved 150 lbs off of it i would have kept it and made it mine...but I love my carbed 02 flstc. There isn't one thing on that bike i can't fix
what I do find very funny, is that people bitch about wind on a motorcycle... everytime I see a thread I LAUGH MY *** OFF!!! It's a motorcycle, you're supposed to have wind.. or at least I thought that was the whole point of having a bike! IMHO..
things I liked about it..
Cruise
Bags
Radio
comfort on long rides
brakes
6 spd
rims/tires
things I didn't like about it...
WEIGHT... OMG I thought I was driving a semi!!
ease of mobility (in and out of the garage/parking spaces and so on..)
gutless
stock speakers sucked and cd player skipped all over the place
throttle by wire (that really sucks, 2 months never got used it)
quiet (even after SE slipons-banned epa models as well)
pain in the *** to wash (takes 3x longer to clean)
top heavy
cheesy hand control to work the extra crap
junk low *** bars
$20,000 hovering over my head..
dealer has to do cpu upgrades after any modes are done... efi and HD don't mix!
I did like it overall though, if I could have shaved 150 lbs off of it i would have kept it and made it mine...but I love my carbed 02 flstc. There isn't one thing on that bike i can't fix
what I do find very funny, is that people bitch about wind on a motorcycle... everytime I see a thread I LAUGH MY *** OFF!!! It's a motorcycle, you're supposed to have wind.. or at least I thought that was the whole point of having a bike! IMHO..