Ride difference between Blackline and other softails?
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Ride difference between Blackline and other softails?
I was set for a Breakout, but the $$ is tight. Now looking at used dynas and softails.
I like the Blackline, but see it is no longer made too. Any particular reason? What replaced it? The breakout ? Goodgrief...
Anyway, how is the ride on a Blackline, and what exactly was its claim-to-fame in the family?
I just dig the look, and do see a few 2011's and 2012s out there at 13k range.
Thanks
I like the Blackline, but see it is no longer made too. Any particular reason? What replaced it? The breakout ? Goodgrief...
Anyway, how is the ride on a Blackline, and what exactly was its claim-to-fame in the family?
I just dig the look, and do see a few 2011's and 2012s out there at 13k range.
Thanks
They cancelled the blackline due to lack of popularity. I personally like the bike, it just didn't see high sakes like the slim did. I think all softails will offer a similar ride, the one thing that is going to alter that is the front end/tire size. Some have a thinner tire up front and some have a wider one. Other than that it's all comparable (at least to me).
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The blackline will ride similar to any FX styled softail (i.e softail custom, softail standard, breakout). If you can find a used one at a dealer you can take it for a test ride and compare with other softails.
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Also, the Breakout and Blackline ride very different.
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every bike rides a lil diff.. U'll just have to ride each to see..
any FL front end should ride a lil better.. @ Lux, FB, and Heritage. plus they will have Floor B's so U can move around a lil more instead of just forward controls.
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any FL front end should ride a lil better.. @ Lux, FB, and Heritage. plus they will have Floor B's so U can move around a lil more instead of just forward controls.
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I like the breakout but wasn't going to spend that much money. I was after an 07-09 night train because I love the look. Since they are not so easy to find the blackline was pushed on me quite a bit but I really don't like the speedo on the blackline and was set on the night train. I ended up picking up an 07 with under 6k miles for $13,500 OTD.
If you are financing any of the cost of the bike go to a credit union first! I ended up getting 3.1% for 60 months, the dealer couldn't even hit double that!
If you are financing any of the cost of the bike go to a credit union first! I ended up getting 3.1% for 60 months, the dealer couldn't even hit double that!
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You can save some money and get a similar style bike (except for the front end) by picking up a Bad Boy.
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