2014 Rumors Redux
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From: Northern WV
BMW's new R1200GS is not just liquid cooled heads, it's a completely new motor, transmission, drive, body and frame. It'll be interesting to see if HD does this.
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From: anacoco, la
this very plainly states that the road glide will be coming back. unlike the dealer's response in the op that it was gone forever. will be interesting to see how it comes back, and what 'substantial design changes' it undergoes.
changing the front fairing to a single headlight would be the single worst mistake that hd could make with the fairing. you think it's ugly with two headlights? one is grotesque. i dunno about you, but i have no problem distinguishing a roadglide from a honda/bmw. do you have trouble telling a sportster apart from a honda shadow as well?
But seriously, I think what they could do is just change that front fairing. It really looks out of place on a harley. Whenever I see one coming from the front, I think Honda or BMW. It's not until I see a helmetless rider with a do rag on their head that I realize it is a Harley Road Glide headed my way. They can put in one large headlight instead of the Honda-Looking double-lights.
Last edited by skratch; Feb 25, 2013 at 06:08 PM.
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From: Calgary
Interesting indeed.
A newer, better Road Glide coming in 2015.
I thought they were the most awesome bike in the lineup already, from what I heard.
Guess that was all baloney.
A newer, better Road Glide coming in 2015.
I thought they were the most awesome bike in the lineup already, from what I heard.
Guess that was all baloney.
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From: west Michigan
You're right, and I read that in one of my BMW mags but the only new Beemers that interest me now are the 800s so I didn't really dwell on the R1200GS's changes.
