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#21

08-28-2013 | 08:59 PM

Charlie Fogg

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I kept reading your review, line after line, hoping I would get to the picture of your new bike....

Nice review. I like everything I see and read about the changes. hope they continue to please you..

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#22

08-28-2013 | 09:01 PM

timeighty5

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Cool review -- congrats man.

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#23

08-28-2013 | 09:03 PM

senna

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Originally Posted by RUThinking

I am really scratching my head on this one. When I heard they moved the controls to the left side my first thought was "stupid, now everyone has to retrain their muscle memory for no reason"

I never activate or deactivate the cruise with my left hand, not did it ever cross my mind to do so. It is very simple to activate the cruise and adjust the cruise with my right thumb. My favorite way to deactivate the cruise is to roll the throttle forward.

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Originally Posted by titusda

Excellent review, A couple questions from my perspective. With that big display are you finding your eyes drift down to it in that is distracts you from watching the road? Also at night does it affect your night vision in any way?

The cruise control will take a little getting used to, Like RUThinking indicated above, I to just activate/adjust it with my thumb and deactivate by rolling the throttle.

I think he is referring to the on/off switch on the dash. I moved mine to the left side, it's just that much easier to operate.

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#24

08-28-2013 | 09:14 PM

HDV-GLIDE

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Originally Posted by riteway

Congrats...Dont work for Harley do ya...:-)

Was thinking along the same lines........bet sex with his wife is better now toooooo....LOL...

Yeah, I'm jealous, I have to still ride my antique 09 ..........

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#25

08-28-2013 | 09:39 PM

Bigg Lou

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Originally Posted by UkCatsHarley

Great review!! Any plans for exhaust? Or stage one?

Definitely an exhaust as factory sound is simply to quite. Feel like I'm in stealth mode. The air kit though looks good enough and unique enough for now. I still have my Arlen Ness Twin Peak so I may swap it out at a later date.

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#26

08-28-2013 | 09:40 PM

Bigg Lou

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Originally Posted by riteway

Congrats...Dont work for Harley do ya...:-)

Haha, nope, self employed. Not so good with authority

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#27

08-28-2013 | 09:42 PM

Bigg Lou

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Originally Posted by SouthpawHD

Dude! How'd you have time to ride with writing such a lengthy post? Ha!

Congrats man, enjoy.

Dealership gave me a couple days to strip down the "addons" I put on the 2013 SG. I basically told them since they won't give me any value for what I added part of the deal I have to remove the stuff. Most I can use on the '14 if I choose, the rest sell on eBay. So I have a few days to type away my impressions before I pick swap out the two bikes and start logging another 6000 miles in the next few months

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#28

08-28-2013 | 09:44 PM

Bigg Lou

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Originally Posted by trooper50

Congrats, and thank you for the useful feedback! Very detailed... By the way, I thought you weren't supposed to go over 50 mph on a new bike? Lol

I hope the detail I provided helps others to either decide for or against the '14. I read every post up to yesterday on HDForums.com and there wasn't anything really clear enough for me, plus there was many negative (old school) vs. positive (technology) discussions/arguments that left much to be desired. Figured I would check it out myself and since I write articles for my industry why not put some of that skill to work here. Hope the details help others.

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08-28-2013 | 09:46 PM

Bigg Lou

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Originally Posted by campos

So does the Street Glide Special come with the digital gear indicator. I thought it was only a Limited feature. Maybe it comes with the 6.5 infotainment, or what ever it's called.

This Street Glide is the "Special" and it had the digital gear indicator underneath the odometer location. So not sure if its because it's Special or not. Very handy and useful.

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