New to Harley, getting 2020 RGL -- What should I know?
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SpyGoat (05-05-2020)
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Probably the number 1 thing I wish I knew when I got my 2002 Road King was that if you come to a stop with the front brake and the front wheel turned, it's going down due to weight transfer. So when coming to a stop, use the rear brake or have the the front wheel straight. Maybe fixed for 2020 or earlier, maybe not, I don't know. Enjoy and welcome to the forum.
I know allot of us riders like to use the front brake to stop so both feet are down when we stop.
We are asking for trouble when we do this. Yes, I'm guilty of it too.
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Umm, basic rider skill. Only use the rear brake with stopping for this exact reason. Doesn't matter what bike you have, however weight can play into it.
I know allot of us riders like to use the front brake to stop so both feet are down when we stop.
We are asking for trouble when we do this. Yes, I'm guilty of it too.
I know allot of us riders like to use the front brake to stop so both feet are down when we stop.
We are asking for trouble when we do this. Yes, I'm guilty of it too.
Personally, due mostly to habit, I use the rear, but I definitely use the front when needed. I have a friend that will ONLY use his front to hold him on a hill. Might as well remove it then.
Reminds me of a story of a young construction framer, gripping his hammer halfway up the handle, to drive nails. Seeing this, an old timer asked to borrow his hammer. When he got it, he proceeded to cut off the bottom half of the handle, and gave it back to him. Shocked and angry, the young guy asked why he did that. The old guy replied, "if you are only going to use half the handle, no sense swinging all that extra weight,"
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Stopping power
Having just skidded through a red light, I would advise taking her out into a parking lot and seeing the stopping distance with both the rear and front brake... I tried using the rear only and locked the wheel up and totally blew a red light nothing I wasn’t going to stop in time... after that I went back to using the front brake to make sure I had her right.
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Don't lug the engine (<2500 RPM). These things make a lot of torque, combined with the rubber mounting and balance system it's easy to let the RPMS fall too low without feeling it. If in doubt rev it up, the M8 enjoys what some deem to be high RPMs. If you wont be riding it for more than 2 weeks the use of a battery maintainer is a must, so much so that the lead is prewired in from the factory and should be routed during setup to be accessible. When checking the oil make sure it's in the middle of full and add, people who fill them to the absolute full mark quickly learn that by doing that you'll end up with oil dripping from the air cleaner - It's not indicative of a problem, just a characteristic.