The hoax of the wide tire!!! HD sold out to style!!!
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07-27-2008 | 07:11 AM
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07-27-2008 | 07:18 AM
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07-27-2008 | 07:24 AM
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RE: The hoax of the wide tire!!! HD sold out to style!!!
I'm glad they did it. I just wish they did it last year when I bought mine 'cuz now I'm kinda pissed. That puny little rear tire is my only real complain about my '08 FLHX. Anyone got $3900 I can borrow to send to Fat Baggers?
-Chris
-Chris
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07-27-2008 | 07:28 AM
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07-27-2008 | 07:32 AM
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07-27-2008 | 09:58 AM
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RE: The hoax of the wide tire!!! HD sold out to style!!!
I wouldn't call the 180 on the Touring bikes wide. I would call it average. Not sure but I bet the Wing has a 180 too. I also think your wrong about the load rating....didn't it go up with the 09 models? The other advantage of a 180 is tire life is going to be significantly better. \\;
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07-27-2008 | 11:17 AM
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RE: The hoax of the wide tire!!! HD sold out to style!!!
More often than not, \\;\\\\\\;wider tires \\;\\\\\\;turn in slower, weight more therefore sap more whp, \\;\\\\\\;and ride worse (esp. if a lower profile). This is not just my opinion, most wide tire cruisers \\;\\\\\\;are not well received by the motorcycling press. Anything over a 180/190 makes no sense even for GP bikes, and they're funnelling 200+hp \\;\\\\\\;to their contact patch.  \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;
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But a \\;\\\\\\;180 isn't gonna \\;\\\\\\;do much harm as if it were a 250, \\;\\\\\\;but it's not a functional upgrade IMO on a Harley tourer. \\;\\\\\\;And on \\;\\\\\\;a Heritage or RKC, it \\;\\\\\\;looks \\;\\\\\\;wrong.  \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;
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But a \\;\\\\\\;180 isn't gonna \\;\\\\\\;do much harm as if it were a 250, \\;\\\\\\;but it's not a functional upgrade IMO on a Harley tourer. \\;\\\\\\;And on \\;\\\\\\;a Heritage or RKC, it \\;\\\\\\;looks \\;\\\\\\;wrong.  \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;
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07-27-2008 | 12:00 PM
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RE: The hoax of the wide tire!!! HD sold out to style!!!
Its called doing what the consumer wants. \\; MOCO will do whatever the majority approves of to sell. \\; Even if it offends a few. \\; After all, they are a business and bottom line is, they are here to make money. \\; I wish my FLHX had a little wider rear. \\; Oh well, the next bike will.