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Old Feb 18, 2023 | 09:22 AM
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What year Breakout would you consider buying if you where looking to buy one? Are the 2018 up really that much better as far as handling and power? if I was looking at 2017 down what is the best year?
 
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Old Feb 18, 2023 | 09:46 AM
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I love my 2017 CVO Pro Street!! They made them in 16 and 17 in 3 color combos, awesome bike!!!
 
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'14, '15, '16
 
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Old Feb 18, 2023 | 07:13 PM
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go ride a new M8 softail...especially the 117, it is a beast of a stock bike. the BO and LRS both have very similar ratings for TQ...and i can say my LRS runs !
 
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What year Breakout would you consider buying if you where looking to buy one? Are the 2018 up really that much better as far as handling and power? if I was looking at 2017 down what is the best year?
the m8 isn’t gonna “handle” any better. It’s still a 21” front with a 240 rear tire. The stock rear suspension will likely be better though. The power though is phenomenal in any m8 compared to a stock 103.
 
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I'm hearing the new '23 Breakout is superior to all before it. Worth consideration.
 
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it is, in the sense that it is the newer softail design.

i dont think they ride or handle badly, but a larger tire has been under me since the early 2000;s when i did a custom 230 rear...250, then 280 finally

it just getting to know the bike...my new to me LRS felt stupid for the first few hundred miles, still didnt feel right till i swapped on the forward controls
 
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I’m used to a 240 I used to ride a Raider. I was referring to the new softail frame versus the old one.
 
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