Have had my Road Glide exactly 4 months to the day. Shortly after getting it I noticed an oil leak so glad I bought the warranty. Anyway I was on my way home from work the other day and exiting an off ramp I was unable to downshift. Got off the bike and the rear shift linkage has a boat load of play so hoping the oil leak and transmission issue are tied together. Down side is I can't get it into a dealership that I trust until the 23rd of this month.

So I have been having fun back on the Road King and loving it!!! I truly do love both bikes but that fixed fairing of the Glide makes night riding the twisties quite dangerous even with Daymaker lights since the lights do not turn with the bars. And I just LOVE tearing up the twisties!!!!

 

Yes, big advantage to 2 bikes is when one is in the shop you got another one. Gets expensive though.

 

My SG was in the shop getting a few things ready for Sturgis but I had the Softail to tool around on. I like the idea of having two bikes but the cost, man the cost

 

Sometimes 3 isn't enough!

 

I had a ninja for 6 months after I bought my last bike that I just couldn't get sold on craigslist. So id switch between bikes every week or so, just for the heck of it. I really want another ninja now, since my street glide isnt exactly a nimble beast.

 

The reference to the Road Glide lights not following the road on twisties is totally absurd. Take a Road glide and a Street Glide side by side on a 60 mph sweeping S curve. Booth bikes lights will be pointed in the exact same direction.

They will be almost straight out from the bike. One cannot turn a Street Glide or any bike for that matter for the head light to follow the turn without immediately crashing.

Yes, at a stop intersection when the bike is going to start a right or left curve a non fixed fairing bike will turn the light into the direction of the curve and the fixed fairing will not. However, that fact is meaningless. It is not a problem for a car or a fixed fairing bike in any way.

Again at road speeds of 20 miles an hour any turn with any type fairing will be pointed exactly the same way which is straight out with a tiny bit of counter steer angle.

 

+1

don't forget if you turn too sharp, you might ding the tank with the fairing

 

Maybe going through the twisties at 5 MPH?

 

++1
I get plenty of light, just with an upgrade to Osram bulbs.

 

I have and ride both the Road King and Road Glide. As mentioned Daymaker on Glide, Truck Lite/Kury passing lamps on the King. I think I can tell the difference going around very sharp curves. The Glide is inferior in that regard as I come to blind spots whereas I do not with the King. Perhaps this is because of diving into the curves at high rate of speed, IDK.