I live in the mountains of NC with a lot of curving roads. I have a Nightster with a 2010 SG on the way. The Nightster is great for zipping through all the mountain curves but I scrape the road with the stock exhaust on the right side and the kick stand on the left. With the Street Glide I guess I'll need to slow down and take the curves a little more straight up. Has anybody had any issues of scraping the road in curves with their SG? Maybe I need to move to where there's just desert highways. Thanks.

 

I have a 2010 SG. Two weeks ago we were in Deals Gap riding the Dragon and through the blue ridge. Im not even kidding when I say i could not even make this thing drag. I use to have a Kawasaki Vulcan - when we would go to the gap on that, i would drag left and right almost every turn. It blew my mind at how much lean angle this SG has. Also, ill mention the stability too. I had my wife and a large bag on the back and was throwing this thing left and right - freakin champ! Not even one drag! If you manage to, let me know.

 

I drag my floorboards every once in a while, depends how fast i'm going into a corner! It kind of caught me off gaurd the first time because of how different fhe floorboard drags compaired to the pegs i had on my old nightrain.

 

I live in Colorado and ride twisty mountain roads allot and scrape my floorboards all the time. But now that I have put on monster ovals I scrape those Depends on how you ride.

 

You're not riding fast enough! LOL!!

The floor boards on my '10 FLHX are toast. Both right and left are shot, even though I run ElectraGlide shocks on it (3/4"-1" higher than stock). But part of it is my riding style. I lean the bike over and use all the clearance available. I love to feel the bike working under me, and try to maximize my corner speeds. Point and shoot is not my riding style, as most of my bikes are/have been underpowered. The only way to ride fast is to maintain speed.

If I want to work harder and hang off the bike like a sport-bike rider (which looks a little ridiculous), I can carry more corner speed without scraping. It all depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

I rented an '08 Electra Glide and rode The Dragon two years ago. I killed those floor boards too, but at a much lower pace than the '10 allows me to go. The new bikes handle SO much better!

 

haha i may have been goin too slow. I thought 45 through the dragon was pretty damn fast... Or maybe i thought it was fast based off of the claw marks left on my shoulders and ribs from the wife.. Any faster and she may have pulled a rib out.

 

Guess I had an advantage, I was riding solo...

 

I have a 09 Streetglide and ride pretty fast and hard. I currently live in the state of Oregon and I think the only fairly straight road is interstate 5. What I am saying is compared to my old softail for being a big heavy bike it really handles very well and in over a year of riding it I have not scrapped anything yet. I know you can scrape the floor boards if you go slow into the corners but I have not done it yet. Best advice would be to go rent one for a day and really put some miles on it. Best $150 dollers spent if your planning on spending 20K on a bike worth the investment. Just my two cents!

 

Heck I've got a 2010 Ultra Limited and I can ride more aggressively on it than my 03' fatboy...I can lean further and it handles better....I suspect the streetglide is even better..........

 

I haven't had the issue of dragging my floorboards on 2010 SG. Before I had a Vulcan & would drag them from time to time. I live in North Ga & ride in the mountains of NC all the time 2 up.