Be impressed.

Be VERY impressed.

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I went from a 800 zuki marauder 800 to a 05 ultra and will never look back

 

After reading all this good stuff about these great bikes, you'd think there is no downside. Well there IS!! Actually at least two, (1) they're expensive and (2) the expenses never end! Go ride one, get hooked so that I can say ,"I told you so"

 

Not to highjack the thread, but for those who have difficulties manuvering @ slow speeds need to watch the "Ride like a Pro DVD series". The road king is superior in handling all types of traffic, manuvers, etc.

I love how much control I have on my FLHRC. While other HDs are fun, IMHO my road king out performs in so many ways. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.

 

The bad parts of a RK is no radio and the handlebars. Other than that it's the heat that pours off the exhaust and cooks your inner right thigh. You won't be deemed as cool by the American Chopper viewers since touring bikes are considered old man’s bikes. But even my nephew has come around from no way no how a crotch rocket is the only way to go to him saying yesterday he should have ridden the RK instead of the Softail because he forgot his goggles and the windshield is nice. Now that I've converted him you'd be hard pressed to get him back on a crotch rocket for longer than a half hour.

As for steering limitations you can only make 18 foot circles compared to 24 on the FB or 16 on a crotch rocket.
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Baggers are great. They are bikes that can do it all....

My 1998 FLHTCUI gets 53-54mpg....my other bikes and previous bikes have never gotten that good. It out handles the Dynas, softails, and Sportsters even with extra weight. I can carry all the stuff I want to and then some! The Electra Glide does however develop the wallow at 70+mph...but then again, I probably should not be riding that fast anyways. Of the Road Glides that I have ridden...they do not seem to have that wallow. I believe it is because the fairing is much new(frame mounted)and designed from the early eighty's while the Electra Glide fairing was designed since the sixties I believe and is fork mounted.

What I have noticed...the side stand will drag before anything else drags. With the lowers on, the wallowing seems to go away.

 

I dare say my Ultra feels lighter and handles better than my Dyna

"I swear ta god it does"

 

Just to demonstrate what baggers are capable of with some training.

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First off, I stay away from towns because of the traffic lights.Other than that,I have riden all kinds of bikes,and really like the way my RK handles all the time.It is real good with a lot more power than stock,and a few tweaks here and there.

 

I will agree with what everyone else has said about how nimble these big bikes are. I rode sport bikes for years, and thought the EG would handle like a bus. It doesn't, it handles very well. It does have a downside though, the wallow mentioned by some others can actuallyget pretty serious. A sharp bump that compresses the rear suspension in the middle of a sweeping turnwill induce a wobble that can be quite a handful. I've experienced it twice. The bike will settle after 3 or 4 oscillations, but you'll use up a lot of road in the meantime. The tru-track and the Ride-str8 are supposed to solve this, but I've not tried either one.