Softail Custom vs. Wide Glide
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From: Baytown Tx.
Well if he goes with a pre 06 Wide Glide they don't have the vibration in the passenger pegs. For some reason the Moco decided to move the pegs to the swing arm when they redesigned the Dyna frame.
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To the OP - if you get the WG, get used to the comment 'except FXDWG'
Either one is a great looking bike, but you'll have to decide which one rides the best.
To the OP - if you get the WG, get used to the comment 'except FXDWG'
As far as ride, you may want to take your height into consideration and figure out which one you will have to modify more to get to the point where it is comfortable to ride for you. I own a Wide Glide but [being pretty short] am probably more suited to a Softail Custom as far as dimensions. In order for me to get the ride I wanted I added mini floorboards, long horn break pedal and a reach seat to make it less of a stretch to the controls and to become completely flat footed at the stop lights. Sitting on a friend's ST (Standard_ I would have not had to do any of those things (his is pretty stock as of now).
I do however, love the way my bike rides now that it "fits" me. Something about being able to "Feel" the motor as I go thru the gears is exciting to me. Mine is the '03 and the passenger pegs aren't on the swingarm. My wife hasn't complained about them at all. (then again she was on the back of my 96' sportster for years and didn't really complain either).
As far as looks the angles are completely different on the two bikes though you may confuse them at first glace other than the obvious shocks showing on the WG. The Softail has more angles to almost everything and the Wide Glide seems a bit more "robustly boxier" if that makes any sense. For that reason I prefer to see a Wide Glide dressed and a Softail naked.
Take these two pictures and open them up in separate windows. the flip from one pic to the other and you will see what I mean.
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/99fxdwgsil18k1.JPG
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/07fxstcblk24k1.jpg
See what I mean?
So the obvious answer is to find the best combination of looks versus feel and that one would be the bike for you
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As far as looks the angles are completely different on the two bikes though you may confuse them at first glace other than the obvious shocks showing on the WG. The Softail has more angles to almost everything and the Wide Glide seems a bit more "robustly boxier" if that makes any sense. For that reason I prefer to see a Wide Glide dressed and a Softail naked.
Take these two pictures and open them up in separate windows. the flip from one pic to the other and you will see what I mean.
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/99fxdwgsil18k1.JPG
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/07fxstcblk24k1.jpg
Take these two pictures and open them up in separate windows. the flip from one pic to the other and you will see what I mean.
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/99fxdwgsil18k1.JPG
http://www.americanclassicmotors.net/07fxstcblk24k1.jpg
I think the WG looks boxier because of the square battery box vs the more rounded oil tank and battery box on the ST. I also agree the ST looks better naked so it shows off the rigid looking rear end whereas it's not so much of an issue with the Dyna's in general.
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From: Living in open carry state :D
I wondered about that comment. If anyone would know about peg vibration - it would be my wife. I gave her boards as I was tired of cleaning her boot from my exhaust pipe, but she hasn't complained about vibration.
To the OP - if you get the WG, get used to the comment 'except FXDWG'
Either one is a great looking bike, but you'll have to decide which one rides the best.
To the OP - if you get the WG, get used to the comment 'except FXDWG'
Either one is a great looking bike, but you'll have to decide which one rides the best.
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