Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
#33
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
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"
#34
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
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.
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.
#35
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
ORIGINAL: PlanoRider
So I will ask a somewhat different question. This forum has the bagger folks in it so I want to know what’s bad about a bagger. Specifically the Road King?
So I will ask a somewhat different question. This forum has the bagger folks in it so I want to know what’s bad about a bagger. Specifically the Road King?
Seems to be universally accepted fact that the touring suspension is superior on the open highway. But what about around town?? Is there a steering limitation that makes the Road King a bad choice if most of your riding is going to be around town and not very much on the highway???
Worst thing about the suspension is that you can't do stoppies!!![sm=loser.gif]
#36
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
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.
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.
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#39
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
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.
#40
RE: Is there a down side to the touring suspension or steering?
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.