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My first NEW Harley, Lowrider ST

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Old May 27, 2026 | 06:48 AM
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I ended up trading in my 2020 Heritage for a 2025 Lowrider ST yesterday. Got it at M & S Harley in PA, about an hour and 20 minutes from my house, there are many closer, but for the price and the color I wanted, definitely worth the little more travel. They ended up being excellent to deal with so I am glad I did. I took off pretty much all the parts I had on the Heritage to sell and got damn near what i paid for it last year. I really love the lowrider st, its been a long time I been thinking of getting one and it finally worked out. I cant wait to ride the hell out of it all season, put 100 miles on it breaking it in on back roads home yesterday. Its a leftover from 2025, but this is the first brand new vehicle i have ever bought. I already know that 1000 mile service is gonna come up quick and I cant wait to be able to get on the throttle more.

I'm about 5'8 and i find the peg position very comfortable, I thought i would maybe do mini-floor boards on it but sat on one with them at the dealer and glad I tested it as I did not like the feel of them. I was used to floor boards on the Heritage, but riding the ST brings me back to a sport touring feel which I like. Will likely put some 6.5" risers on it to bring bars up just a little i think I can get away with stock cables with that but will have to check, they look long enough though. Stock seat actually felt fine for the 2 hours I took getting home, so no need to immediately change that out. And I will likely at least put TAB muffler on it with performance baffle just to make it not sound like a sewing machine. Other than that just plan to rack up a lot of miles.




 
Old May 27, 2026 | 06:55 AM
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Congratulations on your new bike, great color, Enjoy!
 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 07:21 AM
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Congratulations on the new bike and great choice of color and chrome combination. Here's mine at the casino in Upper Michigan last summer.

 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 08:43 AM
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Good looking ST, enjoy.
All a slip-on does is make it a louder sewing machine. That’s just my opinion, it increases engine sounds.
 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 08:46 AM
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Good looking bike. Glad they don't put those ugly gold colored wheels on them anymore.
 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 09:34 AM
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Great choice. The blue with chrome and the new green with chrome look so good. I also agree with natural gasser on getting rid of the bronze wheels. I like them on my white ST, and I think they look good on the black, but black wheels would look better on every other color IMO.

Zach
 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by natural gasser
Good looking bike. Glad they don't put those ugly gold colored wheels on them anymore.
Hey! My bike resembles that remark!
 
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Old May 27, 2026 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by natural gasser
Good looking bike. Glad they don't put those ugly gold colored wheels on them anymore.
They are bronze... There's a difference. And they look great... On black... With SS exhaust...




Always a fan of blue... Chrome is obvious, but I'm still a blacked out kinda guy... Touring sure, but softail... Ehhh. The wife's Street Bob is that 50/50,so not too gaudy. And neither is yours, congrats, it's awesome. No need to sell mine, but the upgrades to the 25 are most definitely worth it. Super nice.
 
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Congrats on the new ride. Enjoy it.
 
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I like the bronze colored wheels on my 23 FXLRST and it;s in the White sand Pearl color , but i have to admit i do like the chrome
 
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