2 up on an 80 inch Ultra, NO PROBLEM. Only one that runs away is a 110 Screaming Eagle Ultra, those 95's I stay with. But I do have a problem staying with the 09, they handle better on the back roads.

 

The only time you will ever think about power is when you are loaded and in a tough situation,passing!I rode 74" Glides for many years,and made do just fine.Have to say also owned a few flathead Harleys,now your talking underpowered,by todays standard anyway.Good Luck

 

1990 FLHS here. Was great 2 up as an 80, did us fine as an 89 and we still get by as a 107! Toured Czech and Slovak Republics in June from our UK home - 2,500 miles with a gaggle of recent BMWs. No problems!

 

Here's to us ugli-glide owners!!!!!

 

Cheers to that!

 

"What good is a Hydro-Glide if you can't take it into the water" ... (that's what I told the parts guy when I was ordering new saddlebag lid gaskets)

 

Just got down to this thread... I love my '95 FLHTP. It's actually a Police E-Glide, even though it has the windshield and looks more like a Road King to the "uninitiated". It was only made in 94 and 95, and was replaced by the Police RK in 96.

I haven't ridden a twinkie bagger, so I can't really compare, but I have no trouble keeping up with them. She'll run 90+ and not complain. Much more than that, and the gigantic 2" over-wide aftermarket windshield steps in and says "I don't think so, dude... I'm not comfortable with this." She doesn't exactly have the best aerodynamics.

Last year I was riding 2-up with my wife, with about 6 or 7 other riders all on twinkie baggers of various sorts. We all took off from a traffic light on a highway going out of a town, and none of them passed me. I even popped a 4" wheelie with full-on throttle in second gear (which was probably helped by my wife being on the back!) A bit later we all stopped, and one of the guys who was riding an '08 Road Glide said "Wow, I can't believe it! You popped a wheelie on that thing"! It was a little scary, but it was nice being in the lead. I kind of have to believe that they weren't using full-on throttle like I was though. They probably didn't want to wind up their much newer engines all the way like I did... after all, they were all still making payments!

Just a couple of weeks ago I was riding next to a guy on a 2003 Anniversary Road King, and we blipped a few times on the highway. He commented that my bike pulled really strong. He was running a SE air cleaner and V&H Big Oval slip-ons, but he never passed me either... but maybe he too wasn't willing to really get on it either.

So I guess it runs pretty good! Can't wait to see what an EV-27 cam, and some head milling or SE heads will do! Can't think of much else to do without getting into the innards with hi-comp pistons or a big bore kit. I'm not quite ready to do that yet!

 

We have 87 flhtc. We ride 2 up 90% of the time. Plenty of power but thinking of putting in a evo27 for more power. MORE POWER, MORE SPEED
( old habits are hard to brake)