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Old 03-03-2019, 12:06 PM
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here is a list of mods i made to my 2019 Sport Glide

Memphis Shades batwing with 5" windshield in black
relocated turn signals and added CD LED inserts
CD sequential light bar
HD Engine guard and soft lowers
4" curved risers and chrome switches
Stage1 Ventilator + SE street cannons + SEPST
I use my old power vision to monitor her vitals
Garmin drive 60 gps







Soft lowers are so good at eliminating buffetting, i might replace them with hard permanent ones.

So far I am super happy with the bike
 
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Originally Posted by Hdbkstl
Awesome bike. I do wonder, and mean absolutely no offense, but why not just buy a street glide?
I put wedge fairing (frame mounted, looks just like the shark nose) and hard lowers on my sport glide.
I had a road glide before this bike and all my friends tell me that I should’ve just kept the road glide. My response to that is that I now have a much lighter, easier to handle motorcycle with the same or even better wind protection. I have the best of both world.

I like me modified sports glide better than the road glide I traded in.

Becuase it’s much easier to get it out of my garage, I find myself riding this bike so much more often than the full size touring bike, too.
 
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Old 03-03-2019, 12:19 PM
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Looks good. I went with the 6” risers.
What bike lift is that and are you happy with it?
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Bought lift from autozone for around a 100 bucks, i use it all the time to take the pressure off the tires.
 
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Great looking scoot. This is my favorite model to come out of the MoCo in years.
 
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Great concept, but thats the size of batwing HD should have supplied stock!
 
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Awesome bike. I do wonder, and mean absolutely no offense, but why not just buy a street glide?
 
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Thanks, AC Delco - found it on O'reilly auto parts and not AutoZone. $129.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b...cle+lift&pos=4
 
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Originally Posted by Hdbkstl
Awesome bike. I do wonder, and mean absolutely no offense, but why not just buy a street glide?
I put wedge fairing (frame mounted, looks just like the shark nose) and hard lowers on my sport glide.
I had a road glide before this bike and all my friends tell me that I should’ve just kept the road glide. My response to that is that I now have a much lighter, easier to handle motorcycle with the same or even better wind protection. I have the best of both world.

I like me modified sports glide better than the road glide I traded in.

Becuase it’s much easier to get it out of my garage, I find myself riding this bike so much more often than the full size touring bike, too.
 
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Originally Posted by Hdbkstl
Awesome bike. I do wonder, and mean absolutely no offense, but why not just buy a street glide?
None taken,
I contemplated buying a street glide before i bought the sport glide. Took both of them for test ride and found that the sport glide was more nimble, was as good on the highway as the street glide, and was way lighter...
Also better stock suspension. I was coming from a sportster 48 at the time and the sport glide felt more intuitive.
I most likely will end up with a street glide or road glide as my next bike, but for now i am really enjoying the sport glide.
 
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All good reasons. I was just curious. Having not ridden either one, I just wanted to know. I liked the features of the sportglide. I felt scrunched up whrn I sat on it. Either way keep it up, and make it your own.
 
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