I am looking to upgrade to a touring bike, I like the street glide but my friends who ride road glides told me that with the fixed fairing they have no problem with wind but with the street glide it is a problem. Can anyone tell me if this is true and how bad is it? Thanks.

 

Ride them each and see what you think. Personally, I dig the street glide bat wing fairing....HATE the way the shark nose looks on the RG.

 

I never noticed the problem with my SG. However, I did ride my buddy's 06 EG classic and noticed some wobbling on the highway. Perhaps it has something to do with age, forks, old frames, whatever.

 

I've owned both , I prefer the handling and looks of the Road Glide

 

I have owned both. I prefer the Road Glide, I will never go back to the batwing. Do a search on here there are plenty of threads on the same question. You will get a ton of opinions......

 

Street Glide...better looking than the road glide... How often do you ride when it is windy? Even if you do...it is not as bad a some other bikes I have rode in the wind.
Ask about protection when it is raining with a road glide?

 

I was sold on the RG after I test rode one, now I own one, I traded in my Ultra limited for mine and have no regrets.

Down in FL a lot of times even when it's nice out, it's windy, and the performance of the RG in the wind on the freeway is light years better on the RG than a batwing.

Test ride them both and decide for yourself. I was never bothered by the looks of the RG so that is a non issue for me.

 

They both have their pros and cons, but your into handling the RG wins every time.

 

wind is an issue with the sg, I'm still spending money and experimenting, I like the sg but I'd much rather ride my street bob with no .

 

I always kind of chuckle on the wind issue. I put over 80,000 miles on my 2004 batwing and ride in some of the windiest contrary there is and never once had an issue with wind. Others I would ride with would comment about being blown all over the place and I would never notice it. I think it is somewhat psychological. I have put 17000 miles on my RGU and is the same.