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Old Apr 15, 2019 | 11:22 PM
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Default Custom Sport Glide Build
Latest video from Matt Laidlaw shows their custom Sport Glide build for HD's Battle of the Kings competition. Took me a minute to even recognize the bike because I didn't know what they began with.

Looks like a lot of fun to ride and sounds amazing.

 
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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 08:18 AM
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If HD built this as a factory bike i would have bought one for sure. I think they are missing the boat right now with this style of bike.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2019 | 10:12 AM
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It looks good, but i've never liked that style fairing.
 
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What the Sportglide should have been.
 
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Originally Posted by Mark Faulkner
It looks good, but i've never liked that style fairing.
I didn't either, but with the higher T bars, it somehow works for me.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2019 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Hdbkstl
If HD built this as a factory bike i would have bought one for sure. I think they are missing the boat right now with this style of bike.
If HD had built this, it would have cost an arm, kidney, and your first born male.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2019 | 10:23 AM
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Matt said in his initial review of the FLSB that he would have preferred that old Vetter-style fairing. He got his wish, but it looks ponderous to me.
 
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That fairing....
 
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That fairing....
It is one of those things that it is so ugly, that I think it is cool. Maybe cause its different.
 
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