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It's the last year for the rigid mounted motors so, yeah, it's going to vibrate. I wouldn't call it rough, but you'll definitely feel it. A good set of thick rubber foot pegs, thick grips and gloves will help.
My wife had a 2009 1200 Custom. Beautiful bike. Lots of chrome and the dark blue (her color) was amazing! However she soon realized into her 50s she was sitting on the bike, not in the bike like a Heritage, for example. She was getting tired after 80-100 miles. A 2021 Heritage is ultimately what she purchased. She knew immediately after a 10 minute test ride. Even leaps and bounds over older Heritage models which were "heavy"
Now she kicks butt on the mountains and the straightaways and quite comfortable going 75 or 80 for a half hour. Something she never would have done on the Sportster
Not bad, depends on the engine sometimes. Most of the vibration is felt through the handlebars. The stock short bars are not bad an I put poly bushings on and that seems to help.
I have isolation rubber foot pegs so there is minimal vibration there.
I expect if one were to put taller bars on they would vibrate more.
I have ridden it 4-5 hours at a time but would not want to go over that now that I am older. When younger I could probably go all day but those days have passed long ago.
It's the last year for the rigid mounted motors so, yeah, it's going to vibrate. I wouldn't call it rough, but you'll definitely feel it. A good set of thick rubber foot pegs, thick grips and gloves will help.
I guess it depends a lot on how high the revs are. I'm guessing it vibrates a lot at high revs but isn't bad at all at lower than high revs.
Originally Posted by bduds65
My wife had a 2009 1200 Custom. Beautiful bike. Lots of chrome and the dark blue (her color) was amazing! However she soon realized into her 50s she was sitting on the bike, not in the bike like a Heritage, for example. She was getting tired after 80-100 miles. A 2021 Heritage is ultimately what she purchased. She knew immediately after a 10 minute test ride. Even leaps and bounds over older Heritage models which were "heavy"
Now she kicks butt on the mountains and the straightaways and quite comfortable going 75 or 80 for a half hour. Something she never would have done on the Sportster
Bought this one in Reno in 2015, had just under 1200 miles on it, put it in a truck and drove 1700 miles home I bought it to make a bopper out of, but when they rolled it out I realized I couldn't chop it up. Had 2 other bikes so this one sat too much, so 2020 I worked out a deal with a painter for it and got rid of it, then it had about 2600. When I first got it home in 2015, I changed the fluids and tires and the thing ran fine and was no trouble at all, the guy that has it now has only had the carb worked on/replaced... nothing else
2003 XL1200C - mirrors were useless unless the clutch was pulled in lol
Had a friend buy a new Honda 1100, pulled out of the dealership and made it about 100 yards to first red light. Got rear ended, only the bike was hurt, dealership got it back and repaired it. A couple of weeks later the dealership delivered to his house. He put it in the garage and parked it, never to be ridden again. Been there over 20 years.
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I bought it to make a bopper out of, but when they rolled it out I realized I couldn't chop it up. Had 2 other bikes so this one sat too much, so 2020 I worked out a deal with a painter for it and got rid of it, then it had about 2600. When I first got it home in 2015, I changed the fluids and tires and the thing ran fine and was no trouble at all, the guy that has it now has only had the carb worked on/replaced... nothing else
