Looking To Make A Change?
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Seattle, WA
Don't be thrown off, the things can be ridden on iron butt worthy (if not actual iron butt) rides ... I think you're in the right ball park here, just kick some tires and find a dealer who'll let you do a test ride ...
I would recommend a Wide Glide or Super Glide Custom or Street Bob in a heartbeat ....
I think you could find yourself very happy with a Dyna ....
R/
'Chop
p.s. where'd you get "high speed instability" ...? I was just out ripping on the freeway at 80-90 not 30 minutes ago ....
I would recommend a Wide Glide or Super Glide Custom or Street Bob in a heartbeat ....
I think you could find yourself very happy with a Dyna ....
R/
'Chop
p.s. where'd you get "high speed instability" ...? I was just out ripping on the freeway at 80-90 not 30 minutes ago ....
Last edited by SURFOR Chop; Jun 11, 2010 at 11:04 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2007
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From: West Branch, Michigan
Although HD discontinued the Low Riders....... I also run the interstate at 80+ and found NO instability.....and that's running with a QD Windshield as well.
Hubby has a FLSTC and loves his...... I'm at home with my Low Rider. Did get the sundowner seat for long hauls. I sure do wish I had your inseam. I'm 10" shorter than you in that dept. Wish I could reach my highway bars once in awhile.
Hubby has a FLSTC and loves his...... I'm at home with my Low Rider. Did get the sundowner seat for long hauls. I sure do wish I had your inseam. I'm 10" shorter than you in that dept. Wish I could reach my highway bars once in awhile.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: I'm on the Central West Coast
It's a minor annoyance that many people never notice. Only shows up at upper freeway speeds or higher while in sweeping bends in the highway.
It usually manifests as a slight wobble in the rear and the need to continuously adjust your line. If your not an aggressive rider you may never experience it.
It's also an easy fix.
The Dyna is well worth making the correction to HD's screw up. Once it's done it's the best.
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Lilesville
I am not sure what years were subject to the high speed instability, but my 07 SG shows no signs of it. I regularly travel up to 80mph on the interstate with no issues. I am 6'3" 270 and with +3 forwards, I think it is the best fitting bike I have ever owned. I second changing the bars, they are not too bad, but I am in the process of doing that this weekend.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: I'm on the Central West Coast
All I can speak to is my experience. I first noticed it not long after I got my FXD.
I changed out the Shocks and that helped some then I shimmed the front mount and that helped some but the problem persisted.
After I installed the Sputh stabilizers it went away.
So what would you call it?
Maybe I just expect more out of my ride than you do, or maybe I'm better able to recognize it than you having rode a solid mount FLH for years. But I'm far from the only person that has had that problem.
I changed out the Shocks and that helped some then I shimmed the front mount and that helped some but the problem persisted.
After I installed the Sputh stabilizers it went away.
So what would you call it?
Maybe I just expect more out of my ride than you do, or maybe I'm better able to recognize it than you having rode a solid mount FLH for years. But I'm far from the only person that has had that problem.
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From: aurora,colorado
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From: Illinois
I'm 6'3" and 235. I just got this 010 SG and have no problem with the seat, mid controls or any thing else for the past 1,200 miles.
My 6'5" 260 lb son has put 24K since getting his 06 Dyna Street Bob. Last year he went the 9K round trip to the Arctic Circle and back to Chicago on it without any comfort issues. He did add highway pegs but kept the mid controls and the original solo seat.
Here's of pic of him checking his brothers BMW out when we met up in Butte to head to Alaska. That's my Buell UlyssesXT on the left. I'm 70 and did the ride on it. We had two days of 860 miles.
He bolted two large ammo boxes to the fender brace and put a duffel bag across them with straps. Worked great. Don't let anyone say that you can't tour long distance on a Dyna.
My 6'5" 260 lb son has put 24K since getting his 06 Dyna Street Bob. Last year he went the 9K round trip to the Arctic Circle and back to Chicago on it without any comfort issues. He did add highway pegs but kept the mid controls and the original solo seat.
Here's of pic of him checking his brothers BMW out when we met up in Butte to head to Alaska. That's my Buell UlyssesXT on the left. I'm 70 and did the ride on it. We had two days of 860 miles.
He bolted two large ammo boxes to the fender brace and put a duffel bag across them with straps. Worked great. Don't let anyone say that you can't tour long distance on a Dyna.
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From: Seattle, WA
Tom -
I don't think you're the only one, but I think it probably does make a difference that you have a frame of reference ... as you noted previously, there are a few who will confirm your position ... (not that it makes a whit of difference to you, I expect) ....
About the only time I've 'felt it' was on a sweeping turn on I-5 as you approach Boeing Field from the South headed North ... the turn right as you pass the Tukwila exit going North for those familiar with it ...
I used to commute from Tacoma to Everett and would leave the house around 0500 in the morning ... many times in a pretty good rain ... right as you approach that area the traffic speed picks up a little and when you're taking that curve in the fast lane in bumper to bumper traffic in the rain, you are pretty focused on all factors and elements ... going around there at between 70-80 MPH, I sometimes felt like the rear end was giving just a little squirelly feel ... but I could have been mistaken as right around the point where I noticed it the pavement had a 'transition' where the lane had been widened ....
Never really felt it much any other times ... sometimes I almost think I feel it and then think ... naw ... that was nothing ... just the way a Dyna rides .... I guess maybe its just something that most riders accept and make an allowance for maybe ...? What do you say ...?
But, all that said ... I think your point is that it is a correctible fault ... most others who have posted are saying it is not enough of a fault to dissuade someone from buying and enjoying the he11 out of a Dyna for around town ... and for the longer hauls ....
R/
'Chop
I don't think you're the only one, but I think it probably does make a difference that you have a frame of reference ... as you noted previously, there are a few who will confirm your position ... (not that it makes a whit of difference to you, I expect) ....
About the only time I've 'felt it' was on a sweeping turn on I-5 as you approach Boeing Field from the South headed North ... the turn right as you pass the Tukwila exit going North for those familiar with it ...
I used to commute from Tacoma to Everett and would leave the house around 0500 in the morning ... many times in a pretty good rain ... right as you approach that area the traffic speed picks up a little and when you're taking that curve in the fast lane in bumper to bumper traffic in the rain, you are pretty focused on all factors and elements ... going around there at between 70-80 MPH, I sometimes felt like the rear end was giving just a little squirelly feel ... but I could have been mistaken as right around the point where I noticed it the pavement had a 'transition' where the lane had been widened ....
Never really felt it much any other times ... sometimes I almost think I feel it and then think ... naw ... that was nothing ... just the way a Dyna rides .... I guess maybe its just something that most riders accept and make an allowance for maybe ...? What do you say ...?
But, all that said ... I think your point is that it is a correctible fault ... most others who have posted are saying it is not enough of a fault to dissuade someone from buying and enjoying the he11 out of a Dyna for around town ... and for the longer hauls ....
R/
'Chop