Heritage vs. DeLuxe
#101
09-26-2014, 11:33 PM
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#102
09-26-2014, 11:46 PM
This is kind of funny reading through all of these post.. Stay with me for a second.
I had a American iron horse bike that was getting some new wheels. The bike was not going to be ready in time for a rally I was going to. So I rented a Harley!!! A 2010 Heritage!!! Had the bike for 4 days thought it was very nice, and I could stay on it all day unlike my iron horse. After 80 miles on that I had to take a break! Anyway I could not wait to get off this Harley and back on my Iron horse and feel that power!!!!
4 years later I'm tired of the up keep!! And the money I'm pumping in to this bike. SO time to by a Harley.. I saw a smoking Road king at the dealer and took it for a spin. I went about a half a mile and felt like it was just not me!!! If that makes sense!!! Then I tried the Heritage. I new it was a nice ride but that was about it... Well Before I made it to the first stop light I knew I was buying that bike!!!! It was perfectly balanced , Just lite enough not to fight me and had enough weight to stay planted! It was a short test ride. When I got back to the dealer they had someone waiting to take it out on a test ride. I looked the guy in the eye and said I'm sorry This bike is sold!!!!! He thought I was joking. But the other sales man standing next to him knew I meant it. And got the guy another bike. But my sales guy just smiled because he knew he just sold that bike!!!
When your on your bike you will know!!!!!!!!! swifty
I had a American iron horse bike that was getting some new wheels. The bike was not going to be ready in time for a rally I was going to. So I rented a Harley!!! A 2010 Heritage!!! Had the bike for 4 days thought it was very nice, and I could stay on it all day unlike my iron horse. After 80 miles on that I had to take a break! Anyway I could not wait to get off this Harley and back on my Iron horse and feel that power!!!!
4 years later I'm tired of the up keep!! And the money I'm pumping in to this bike. SO time to by a Harley.. I saw a smoking Road king at the dealer and took it for a spin. I went about a half a mile and felt like it was just not me!!! If that makes sense!!! Then I tried the Heritage. I new it was a nice ride but that was about it... Well Before I made it to the first stop light I knew I was buying that bike!!!! It was perfectly balanced , Just lite enough not to fight me and had enough weight to stay planted! It was a short test ride. When I got back to the dealer they had someone waiting to take it out on a test ride. I looked the guy in the eye and said I'm sorry This bike is sold!!!!! He thought I was joking. But the other sales man standing next to him knew I meant it. And got the guy another bike. But my sales guy just smiled because he knew he just sold that bike!!!
When your on your bike you will know!!!!!!!!! swifty
Now all I gotta do is take a comparable ride on a RK, and then I'll know.
#103
09-27-2014, 06:25 AM
Then i noticed that when I wanted to convert to a single rider, (remove the bags, passenger seat, backrest and windshield) the bike looked great until...............................I looked from the back. The OEM seat was so wide that without the bags it stuck out and the turn signals were designed to to be in the middle of the bags. Many people say that you can trim it down and it is great looking but I think you need to change out the seat and the rear turn signal.
So, I stripped everything off the bike that was a heritage, bought a Deluxe seat because the Heritage seat was ugly as sin, way too tall and flat (you'd slide off the bike if you gunned it and didn't have the pillion on to stop you).
Then, 3 or 4 sets of handlebars later, Shotgun shocks (because I ride about 1/2" off the bumpers most of the time), Samson duals and Lepara Silhouette and I pretty much had the bike I've always wanted.
Thing about the Heritage, there's all kinds of bikes underneath.
#104
09-27-2014, 09:06 AM
99% of shock/spring changes on Harleys are done to "slam" or lower the bike. Obviously not with either a Heritage or a Deluxe. Are there mods to raise a Heritage and increase ground clearance?
Given the design of a Softail's rear suspension, I've always assumed that would be essentially impossible.
Given the design of a Softail's rear suspension, I've always assumed that would be essentially impossible.
#105
09-29-2014, 01:56 PM
My bike definitely found me.
#106
09-29-2014, 02:39 PM
Cruiser
The wheel base of the Heritage, Delux & Fatboy are all 64.4, this is because of identical frames. The rake is 31 for both Heritage & Fatboy and 32 for Delux . the difference in clearance comes from the rake, shocks, load and tire size. someone stated that the Road King had a higher output than the Softails which is NOT true.. The are identical engines except for how they are mounted. Softails for the most part weigh a little less and are .4 longer in the wheel base. Ive ridden both and IMO the softail is a better bike than a road king and the Heritage is the most bike for the $$$. If you can deal with the studded bags and fat turn signals.
#107
09-29-2014, 02:54 PM
Road Master
The wheel base of the Heritage, Delux & Fatboy are all 64.4, this is because of identical frames. The rake is 31 for both Heritage & Fatboy and 32 for Delux . the difference in clearance comes from the rake, shocks, load and tire size. someone stated that the Road King had a higher output than the Softails which is NOT true.. The are identical engines except for how they are mounted. Softails for the most part weigh a little less and are .4 longer in the wheel base. Ive ridden both and IMO the softail is a better bike than a road king and the Heritage is the most bike for the $$$. If you can deal with the studded bags and fat turn signals.
HERITAGE produces 130NM of TORQUE.
ROAD KING produces 138NM of TORQUE.
#108
09-29-2014, 03:00 PM
The 103B will not rev as high, and has significantly less horsepower and torque.
Heritage: 95.2 ft-lb @ 3,000 rpm.
Road King: 104.7 ft-lb @ 3,250 rpm.
#109
09-29-2014, 03:59 PM
Yeah, that's actually dead wrong. They are not the same engines at all. The Softails have the counterbalanced 103"B" motor, not the standard 103 motor.
The 103B will not rev as high, and has significantly less horsepower and torque.
Heritage: 95.2 ft-lb @ 3,000 rpm.
Road King: 104.7 ft-lb @ 3,250 rpm.
The 103B will not rev as high, and has significantly less horsepower and torque.
Heritage: 95.2 ft-lb @ 3,000 rpm.
Road King: 104.7 ft-lb @ 3,250 rpm.
#110
09-29-2014, 04:08 PM
Road Warrior