2007 vs 2015
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FYI: I've owned several 'non mailbox slot' Electra Glides and have had little issue with glasses bouncing around on my head. Only the very lightest sunglass frames I owned would "dance" or move around.
More power to ya if you can find beauty in the new fairing design. I too had an ugly dog once that I grew to appreciate not because of her lack of beauty, but because she was one of the smartest dogs I ever owned.
She was still double-ugly though....and that ugly never went away.
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Everyone's fit to a bike is different. My experience with Electra Glides is different than yours. My glasses bounce with vent closed and they don't bounce when it's open.
You should have heard them howl when your batwing came out in '69, "POS hunk plastic hang'n off the front of the bike..." "if ya want windshield drive a f'n cage..."
You think the new fairing is ugly. Don't buy one.
You should have heard them howl when your batwing came out in '69, "POS hunk plastic hang'n off the front of the bike..." "if ya want windshield drive a f'n cage..."
You think the new fairing is ugly. Don't buy one.
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You should have heard them howl when your batwing came out in '69, "POS hunk plastic hang'n off the front of the bike..." "if ya want windshield drive a f'n cage..."
You think the new fairing is ugly. Don't buy one.[/QUOTE]
I was there in '69 and heard it all.....and it isn't "my" batwing any more than it's "your" mailbox slot.
I won't ever be buying a bike with a mailbox slot fairing - already had my ugly dog experience and one application was enough.
You think the new fairing is ugly. Don't buy one.[/QUOTE]
I was there in '69 and heard it all.....and it isn't "my" batwing any more than it's "your" mailbox slot.
I won't ever be buying a bike with a mailbox slot fairing - already had my ugly dog experience and one application was enough.
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Oh yeah?!! Well my 95"er eats Rushmore's for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
And my Dad can kick your Dad's a$$ any day of the week. So there!!!
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There are a lot of bikes that can eat my stock 103's lunch. Gotta get some more miles on before opening it up. That's to come. Not to mention the SOB weighs 900 lbs. If I wanted fast I don't think an Ultra would be my platform, LOL.
My Dad was a tough ole buzzard, amateur boxer, WWII infantry and worked in a meat packing plant for 40 years. I'd put my money on him anytime,.........well except he's been dead for 20 years.