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Everything Breakout! Find out everything you need to know! Some topics include:
• Customizing you bike
• Seats
• Risers
• And much more!
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• Customizing you bike
• Seats
• Risers
• And much more!
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The Everything Breakout Thread
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 6,174
Likes: 1,960
From: Great State of Canada
My first impression is positive, except for the instrument shape. I love:
- The bigger engines, especially the 114
- The lighter weight (about 30 lb which = 4.3% of the bike's former weight!!)
- The easily adjustable under-seat single shock
- Even the smaller fuel tank (makes the engine look larger)
- Wet sump oil - no external tank - eliminates sumping and potential for leaks
- The kept the "kicked out" front fork on the Breakout! THAT is one its special features
Jim G
- The bigger engines, especially the 114
- The lighter weight (about 30 lb which = 4.3% of the bike's former weight!!)
- The easily adjustable under-seat single shock
- Even the smaller fuel tank (makes the engine look larger)
- Wet sump oil - no external tank - eliminates sumping and potential for leaks
- The kept the "kicked out" front fork on the Breakout! THAT is one its special features
Jim G
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 263
Likes: 7
From: Roswell, New Mexico
I don't like it. Had the Breakout looked like this in 2015; I would not have bought it.
I do not like:
Smaller fuel tank
Less rake
Shorter wheel base
Oil cooler in the frame
head light
Heck, I just don't like it......
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 129
Likes: 22
From: Tuscaloosa, AL
bumps in the road don't bother me anymore and I sit a little further away from the foot controls so I can stretch my legs more
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 940
Likes: 43
From: BERGEN COUNTY N.J.
huge improvement, no need for heartland or thuinderbike, glad I waited, it was the mess of the coo that did it, everything happens for a reason, and I'm building a 107 as we speak rocker c/breakout....GLADLY buy that Year 2 naturally...lol
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 714
Likes: 126
From: Westchester cty. NY
They ruined not only the Breakout, but the whole Softail line. That swing arm, no more oil bag and lines just plastic covers and that adjust ****. WTF. As for the Breakout, reduced the rake, Sportster tank with no more dash, no more gauge, just that digital riser clamp and that headlight. I hope it works out for the MOCO, but as for me, thank God I bought my 2017. The Softail is and has always been the form over function option, otherwise you buy a Dyna. Well not anymore.
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Road Master
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 795
Likes: 75
From: Kane County IL
They ruined not only the Breakout, but the whole Softail line. That swing arm, no more oil bag and lines just plastic covers and that adjust ****. WTF. As for the Breakout, reduced the rake, Sportster tank with no more dash, no more gauge, just that digital riser clamp and that headlight. I hope it works out for the MOCO, but as for me, thank God I bought my 2017. The Softail is and has always been the form over function option, otherwise you buy a Dyna. Well not anymore.
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 714
Likes: 126
From: Westchester cty. NY
Sad day for us old school guys, but who knows, maybe it will work out for the MOCO. Was thinking about adding a Road Glide S to the stable in a few years, but if they don't put some chrome back on it that's not happening either.