Needs a Tour Pak!

 

Sorry, secrets out:

 

Have you road a v-rod? They are fast as hell.

 

i think if it were the vrod platform, it would not start with fl, it would start with a 'v'..... i think phil hit it on the head, the x's are simply placeholders.

also, remember, that just because it is listed on the carb site, does not mean that they will even offer it at all. they list everything just to cover their bases. case in point, if you look at the 2008 list, they had a road king custom. anyone see any 2008 customs?

 

FL = Touring
XXX = ****
FL+XXX = Naked touring bike!

 

BTW Vibration is free of charge

 

1688cc is a 103ci.

 

v rods suck. one started riding alongide me last year, and i was in sixth gear cruising at 70 mph, i thin i was doing like 2400 rpm. this guy comes up alongside me, and he had to be doing 4500 rpm's. we were both doing the same speed. if i wanted a high revving touring bike, they still make great bmw touring bikes that will absolutely suck the headlight out of a v-rod. unless they figure out how to build a v rod based engine with some real cc's rather than the sportster sized motor that they are now, and with some real bottom end torque, then they'll end up with a very heavy and slow touring v rod. we'll know soon though. the flhxxx would be from what i understand a hot rod version of the flhx, streetglide.

 

Good grief man, don't you think Harley would retune the motor for a touring bike? My guess is it would be bumped up to abot 1600cc with much more bottom end...wouldn't be hard to do.

 

Pretty harsh statement considering you've probably never owned one let alone ridden one. Comparing a BMW touring rig that bases out at almost $4000 more than a V-Rod with a 4-cycl isn't necessarily a good comparison either. I've owned a V-Rod and in my opinion it is the best all around performing HD out and will hang with or outperform most 1800cc twins out there with its "sportster" motor. In my experience my V-Rod pulled harder down low than my RG does so the low end isn't that different and the overall torque numbers differ by 8 ftlbs, big deal.

Not trying to be an a$$, just providing info from real experience.