So, I've got this $22K 2010 Ultra in the garage, and the 96 FLHR I got on a trade deal for an old Bronco. I'm friggin' lovin' the Road King! Been doing some tweaks on it, trying to make it look less..... well, ... less like it looked.

Swapped the straight-through fishtails w/some slash up Cycle Shacks. Got rid of the Kury V-shaped air cleaner, put a used Corbin solo on it.... little at a time (see pic)

But to my question - is it normal to totally DIG my Evo when I have a brand new Ultra sitting in the garage? I'm riding the Road King every chance I get, the Ultra kinda sits there.......

 

I think the fact that it is not so sophistocated is the appeal it has. It looks like a motorcycle. Jmo Just enjoy
Kroozeabout.

 

I'm sure you've already realized the differnces between the twinkie and the evo, such as sound , power , handleing. Pull into a Harley shop and count how many evo's there are compared to twinkies.

 

I'm the same way with my Bad Boy. I ride that way more than the Night Train.Don't care that it's slower older or got dents and dings.I like the feel.

 

Yes! That would be very normal....have a good ride for all of us living in the freezer yet!

 

Your King is a great looking ride.

One thing I have noticed...the Evo's have something built in that the Twin Cam machines lack....character and soul.
They just have that special something....they have "it"...

I am fourtunate to be in the position to own just about any bike I want.
I own a 1998 EVO bagger....for the reason stated above.

I think your finding that special something in your King, which your Ultra just doesn't have.

Make no mistake, the Ultra is a very fine machine, and I would probably own one if there were no such thing as low mile EVO's out there just waiting for guys just like us.....

 

 

It's totally normal. I had a 87 Heritage back in the day and then I was without a bike until I got a 2003 Roadking. I was never quite satisfied with it. I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I drove a buddie's 98 Fatboy that he had for sale, I bought it, sold the RK and never been happier.

 

98 FLHX nailed it, the old Evo's have soul and I have mentioned it before. Rode some newer softails for some friends before they purchased them to check the runability side and just doesn't have the voodoo that the old Evo casts out.
My relative just purchased a 2011 Street Glide with the "power pack" 103 out the door for $22,000, I can't wait to outrun it with old technology.

 

Very normal indeed!
You will end-up selling the twin cammer is my prediction.
Most of us Evo riders will always have just Evos or older bikes. We all think alike and when the dual fire twin cam and efi computers arrived we quit thinking of new. Oh we might dream, flirt and enjoy looking at them. However, when the chips are down and we wake-up, it's back on our soul bikes and becoming quickly old obsolete scooters with heritage. I have to admit, I would love ABS brakes, but that's about it.
Look what you could do with your evo without that other "too technical" lady.
A course I'm the type that put points back in my first Evo...I don't like anything that looks like a black box. Guess that's why my race car has a carb, simplicity!
Go to the track and watch those efi cars try to find a problem, however they can cheat real easy....!