Fat Bob(0) Switchback(1)
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From: CT, USA
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Love mine! I cent wait to get it back on the road after my idiot encounter. Love the bags, seat, and windshield. Wouldn't trade it for a farm in Texas! I hope you like yours as much as I like mine!
RIDE SAFE!
RIDE SAFE!
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I have ridden hundreds of miles in a day on my new Switchback and even with my back issues I think its very good with the stock seat.
Bags are small- you need to plan a bit, but its nicely done. The suspension is done a little better than the other Dynas, but I am still putting upgrades on my list. I'm not tall and the windscreen creates buffeting on the helmet so I need to figure out something on that. I also think the front brake is a little weak. I will add a detachable storage in back to handle a helmet for longer trips.
Bags are small- you need to plan a bit, but its nicely done. The suspension is done a little better than the other Dynas, but I am still putting upgrades on my list. I'm not tall and the windscreen creates buffeting on the helmet so I need to figure out something on that. I also think the front brake is a little weak. I will add a detachable storage in back to handle a helmet for longer trips.
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I'm glad to hear all the positive comments on the Switchback, its great to know you all as riders like them so much.
I should have looked more closely at the SB when I was purchasing in the spring. Not to totally blame my dealer and they didn't "dis" the Switchback in any way but there was a definite steering away from this bike. Even when I went in this time knowing I wanted the SB they tried to put me on something else.
I'm totally pumped to pick it up and get on the road.
I should have looked more closely at the SB when I was purchasing in the spring. Not to totally blame my dealer and they didn't "dis" the Switchback in any way but there was a definite steering away from this bike. Even when I went in this time knowing I wanted the SB they tried to put me on something else.
I'm totally pumped to pick it up and get on the road.
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I have ridden hundreds of miles in a day on my new Switchback and even with my back issues I think its very good with the stock seat.
Bags are small- you need to plan a bit, but its nicely done. The suspension is done a little better than the other Dynas, but I am still putting upgrades on my list. I'm not tall and the windscreen creates buffeting on the helmet so I need to figure out something on that. I also think the front brake is a little weak. I will add a detachable storage in back to handle a helmet for longer trips.
Bags are small- you need to plan a bit, but its nicely done. The suspension is done a little better than the other Dynas, but I am still putting upgrades on my list. I'm not tall and the windscreen creates buffeting on the helmet so I need to figure out something on that. I also think the front brake is a little weak. I will add a detachable storage in back to handle a helmet for longer trips.
issue
on the front brake if the lever moves more than about 1/4 " you may have the classic bad master cylinder that a lot of us had.. also there was a regulator
recall across the HD line starting in 2011 and in to 2012..
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There is a Switchback owners site...? 
edit: found it and signed up
edit: found it and signed up
Last edited by PaiN; Sep 3, 2013 at 07:23 AM.
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I hear ya Pain. I put 33k miles on a Deluxe and it was the most comfortable riding position I've ever had on a bike but I could not stand the counterbalanced motor. What I wanted was a Dyna Deluxe which HD did not make! I finally traded it for my Dyna in '09 figuring I could get it close if I tried. I'm still working on it. By the time the Swtchback came out (which I would have bought in '09 if it was available) I had done a fair bit with my bike and bonded with the my bob and didn't want to trade again. Still a ways to go, and in the end it will probably resemble the Switchback...
In your shoes I'd have done the same thing. Switchback is a great bike. Can't wait to read your impressions, but then again they might only make me want one more...which isn't going to happen as I just added a 72 to the garage a few months ago. Too soon for a third bike, Ha!
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be sure your buffeting is coming over the top, a lot of the guys on the switchback owners site found that a set of fork deflectors got rid of their buffeting
issue
on the front brake if the lever moves more than about 1/4 " you may have the classic bad master cylinder that a lot of us had.. also there was a regulator
recall across the HD line starting in 2011 and in to 2012..
issue
on the front brake if the lever moves more than about 1/4 " you may have the classic bad master cylinder that a lot of us had.. also there was a regulator
recall across the HD line starting in 2011 and in to 2012..