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Mar 3, 2016 | 10:48 PM

#321

Sticks24

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Originally Posted by speedy7

I'm 38 and pretty new to Harley. I've only had my fxdc for a year and before that I was on an r6... Sounds like a plan on the race. I def want to hit up a drag strip with it... I rode the slim s in the fall and its a cool bike!

You rode a slim S and you want a lowrider?

Mar 4, 2016 | 05:08 AM

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Greezey Rider

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Originally Posted by Sticks24

You rode a slim S and you want a lowrider?

Yeah....He wants a motorcycle that doesn't handle like a truck.

Mar 4, 2016 | 06:37 AM

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Sticks24

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Originally Posted by Greezey Rider

Yeah....He wants a motorcycle that doesn't handle like a truck.

You need to pick a different tune.

Mar 4, 2016 | 07:58 AM

#324

Tat2dale

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More to come from Hot Bike.
Here is what they have up right now.

http://www.hotbikeweb.com/quick-look...on-low-rider-s

Mar 4, 2016 | 08:45 AM

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Chonk

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Originally Posted by Sticks24

You need to pick a different tune.

My understanding is that the MoCo cedes that the softail line is not meant to handle therefore does not provide the ground clearance needed to actually push the bikes in a sporting manner. That was told to me by a major dealer's service manager who told me to stop trying to make a softail handle.

Last time I rode a Fat Boy it just felt dead. Not a good handling bike but I could ride no hands all day at 80 miles per hour due to the rake and trail.

Maybe the message wasn't delivered nicely but it is accurate.

Chonk

Mar 4, 2016 | 08:54 AM

#326

speedy7

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Greezey Rider

Yeah....He wants a motorcycle that doesn't handle like a truck.

LOL. Actually I dragged the floorboards on the S during the demo ride... the seating position wasn't what I like and I since I got pretty comfortable on my Dyna sticking with the Dyna line makes sense... I also checked out both the roadglide and the street-glide in the fall and while I like them quite a bit the dyna just suits me more for now... I think eventually I'd like a roadglide but will prob wait for the next engine refresh. I understand Harley follows a 7 year engine refresh cycle so we've got a few years till the 110's become the standard motor across the entire line (my dealer thought it would be 2019).