Seen this guy riding a harley across the Atchafalaya basin bridge a couple weeks ago. He had the cruse on about 60mph, it was beautiful late evening not much traffic but i did see him pass a car just by shifting body weight to steer around and back in the right lane.

A sport bike pulled up beside and was like wtf, he just gave 2 thumbs up and kelp cruising, he must have road at least 10-12 miles like that. Crazy Just wondering if anybody else does this?

 

MY 08 Ultra yes,my 13 never tried it yet.

 

Odd this topic came up. A week or so ago I was riding with my Goldwing buddy and he was constantly riding with his arms stretched downward and his hands off the bars. He'd go like that for miles.

Once your tires are spinning it's rather easy to balance and ride without holding the bars.

I have rode without holding the bars from time to time. Often I'm zipping, or unzipping my jacket, or even getting my small pocket camera out and taking photos, I occasionally let go once I know the road ahead is safe to do so. I don't make a habit of it.

Some people do it while standing on the seat riding a wheelie.

 

I ride sans hands pretty regularly.

Softail I can go miles and miles even in bends.

Electra is a little harder to manipulate.

I use my knees like wind sails to pull the bike the way I want to go.

 

That is pretty much all it takes, that and a bit of shifting the weight. Once while in Florida (very straight roads) I went without hands for over 20 miles just to see if I could. No cruise on the Road King, just throttle lock so occasionally had to adjust throttle. Next to no traffic somewhere up in the Panhandle. Where I live not much chance to do so.

 

I can't wait to read about the person's surviving family member who files a lawsuit against Harley for having cruise control.

 

This subject has come up before and many think it is beyond stupid. My personal record distance on my Roadglide is somewhere around 38 miles. To each there own.

 

Yes on my K1200GT, no on my Lowrider.

 

Rode hands-free from Oklahoma City to Dallas one time. Started just showing off then after a while it became a challenge. Shovel FXWG chop with screw on throttle. I used to be bulletproof and invisible. Now I'm only savagely handsome and possessed of a fine singing voice.

 

Nope because my throttle will shut down and no, I don't and won't have cruise or tighten that screw gimmick. Even if it didn't shut down, there's been too many times I've hit "bumps" in the rode where it scared me, even with both hands on the bars.