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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 03:52 PM
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I’ve decided to trade my Fat Boy S in on a Road Glide. My dilemma is I do not know if I want to stick with the blacked out theme as my Fat Boy S is or go with chrome this time around. I want color this time around and not Vivid Black. I built out two Road Glides the way I want them on Harley’s website. I added the extended bags to the standard Road Glide as i really like the looks of those with the 4.5" mufflers. I know looks is all personal preference, just throwing out my dilemma to you guys. What do you guys think of these two?




 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 03:54 PM
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chrome just 'pops' for me
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 04:10 PM
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chrome just 'pops' for me

Me too, chrome all the way. Not a fan of being a shadow on the road either.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 04:17 PM
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Me too, chrome all the way. Not a fan of being a shadow on the road either.
and $1700 less to boot..that will come in handy for inevitable extras from performance, ESP, whatever
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 04:18 PM
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Swap the bright red on the chrome..No brainer for me.
I do not really like chrome on my cages but a bike is different. It's small enough that it needs to POP.

Red or white Vet with a little accent of black POPs with out the chrome. Not a bike. Matt and blacked out chrome on a bike is boring after a short time.
Chrome is a little maintenance especially an old Springer with spokes.
 

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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 04:29 PM
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guess i'll go against the grain on this one, lol
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 04:36 PM
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Chrome like some others said. Its cheaper and looks better IMHO. More money for other goodies
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 05:02 PM
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I like the red color better than burgundy, I like chrome but I think a mixture of chrome and black looks good, the black wheels looks much better to me, I think the red bike with chrome engine and exhaust with the black wheels would look good. At the end of the day you are the one spending around 30k when all is said and done so make sure its what YOU like!
 
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yeah, the bike builder tool is helpful for sure, kind of an adult version of Mr Potato Head
 
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 05:13 PM
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I've had blacked out bikes in the past. Last being my Slim S. It was cool for a while then just tired of it. Chrome is classic imho.

 
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