Softail for road trip?? help plz
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Tourer
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From: southampton,uk
Softail for road trip?? help plz
Hi guys, im coming over to vegas in october and im going to rent a harley for a day with the idea of riding from vegas to kingman and back so around 250 miles in one day.
My question is , is a softail ok for 2 up riding for that many miles in a day?
I ride a sporty over here but the missus wont go on back but says she will in vegas and we sat on a softail and electra glide over here at dealer and whilst the glide was big and comfy its also heavy and thinking maybe not good idea to jump straight on one! But the prices are the same for each model, think the softail seems the safer bet but would like some opinions on comfort etc. cheers
My question is , is a softail ok for 2 up riding for that many miles in a day?
I ride a sporty over here but the missus wont go on back but says she will in vegas and we sat on a softail and electra glide over here at dealer and whilst the glide was big and comfy its also heavy and thinking maybe not good idea to jump straight on one! But the prices are the same for each model, think the softail seems the safer bet but would like some opinions on comfort etc. cheers
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Kentucky
My classic is super comfortable, me and the lady took a 200 mile trip on a 1200 sporty a few weeks ago, that is one reason I no longer have the sporty. Don't get me wrong here I loved the sporty and would have kept it but most of my riding is 2 up and in my opinion the classic is better suited for that.
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