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For us, 10 psi in the front forks and zero in the rear works good for two-up riding. With the bike fully loaded and packed for cross-country 15-20 psi in the front and 3-5 in the rear works good.
If you're not that enamored with the FLHT's handling try riding the bike we had a couple bikes back for awhile - a Honda GL1500. Now that bike was a wallowing pig. We traded that on a GL1800 and it was better but the frame broke on 1800 3 months after we bought it. The big Electra Glide is like a sportbike in comparison, to either of 'em.
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