My number one problem with Harleys
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Colorado
Dyna family has mid controls, chich keep your feet under you if this is how you perfer to ride. Mostly we ride distance and perfer to stretch out.
To put it into another perspective, Harleys have the American Cowboy style of riding while other have the European Horseback style of riding.
To put it into another perspective, Harleys have the American Cowboy style of riding while other have the European Horseback style of riding.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Haney, British Columbia
Biped... that's the beauty of Harley's. You can set it up however suits your fancy. It also depends on what style of Harley your into. I have floorboards which plant my foot in a position I like and I can put hiway pegs on my engine guard to stick my feet up.
I think sickwithit showed a great example of what you seem to prefer.
Hope you find the bike that fits your preferences and join the Harley club soon!
I think sickwithit showed a great example of what you seem to prefer.
Hope you find the bike that fits your preferences and join the Harley club soon!
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Olympia Wa.
if you want to ride on a bar stool position, keep your sport bike.
If you want to ride on reclining comfortable couch, get a Harley touring bike
If you want to get more *** than a toilet seat, you definatly need to get a HARLEY
If you want to ride on reclining comfortable couch, get a Harley touring bikeIf you want to get more *** than a toilet seat, you definatly need to get a HARLEY
Road Captain
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I definitely go against the normal Harley crowd.
I, like you, like my feet under me more. There are times hitting the back roads or taking an off ramp I like to get off my Harley just like on my sport bike.
I also don't like the pressure it puts on my lower back to have them out forward.
The Night Train wasn't built for a really tall guy and even at only 6' it is a little tight in the foot area. Which for me works out well. I can scoot forward a bit when getting agressive and can use the pegs a bit.
A lot of guys talk about cruising a Harley and then we have guys with 120" kits putting out huge HP/TQ so they can go slow, whatever.
Definitely check out all the lines of HD, you may just find one that suits your riding style and positions.
I, like you, like my feet under me more. There are times hitting the back roads or taking an off ramp I like to get off my Harley just like on my sport bike.
I also don't like the pressure it puts on my lower back to have them out forward.
The Night Train wasn't built for a really tall guy and even at only 6' it is a little tight in the foot area. Which for me works out well. I can scoot forward a bit when getting agressive and can use the pegs a bit.
A lot of guys talk about cruising a Harley and then we have guys with 120" kits putting out huge HP/TQ so they can go slow, whatever.
Definitely check out all the lines of HD, you may just find one that suits your riding style and positions.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Simpson County Kentucky
Nope... and most of us have hiway pegs/forward controls to get out feet out front even further. They are cruisers/touri bikes. Not sport bikes. I ride other bikes all the time and I do not feel you get any more control with you feet directly under you. Behind you in a sport bike configuration, I would say you do, but I don't ride sport bikes any more.
Club Member
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Georgia
The Sportster and the Dynas have the English controls like used to come on the Triumphs, etc, and was copied by the (cough) imports.
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From: Forest Lake, Mn
At 6'6", 38" inseam, there ain't enough room 'underneath' for my landing gear. Without fwd controls, I usualy look like a "primate making whoopie to a pigskin".
The vast majority of ppl, cannot reach the bars, seat and pegs, on the chop, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Yet I can literally 'lay down' for a change in riding position. 
There is a down side, tho, with a hardtail, your butt/back absorb all the blows. Cannot 'pick your weight up' off the seat for those BIG un's. 
Momma has LONG legs for a woman, here's her 'stretch' for the pegs.
Note: her toes barely reach the pegs, let alone the shifter or brake.
The vast majority of ppl, cannot reach the bars, seat and pegs, on the chop, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Yet I can literally 'lay down' for a change in riding position. There is a down side, tho, with a hardtail, your butt/back absorb all the blows. Cannot 'pick your weight up' off the seat for those BIG un's. Momma has LONG legs for a woman, here's her 'stretch' for the pegs.
Note: her toes barely reach the pegs, let alone the shifter or brake.
Last edited by Da Gumpmeister; Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM.