When will SG be due for major update?
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Hey guys, have a 2020 fatboy and love it, even for two up. I have realized the value in a bagger as well. I wouldnt sell my fatboy if I could help it but would like to get a street glide special in the next year or two. As Im considering the purchase, I would like to know if the SGS is due for a major or all new kinda update. An update where they change a headlight or handlebar is one thing, but Im talking about significant changes like chassis, drivetrain, etc. any ideas ?
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Since you don't know me, maybe my vote won't count.... but....
When I bought my first bagger in 2012, I was going to sell my 2003 Heritage. I took it for one last ride before listing it for sale, and I couldn't bring myself to sell it....
The Heritage has a different ride & feel than the bagger... not really better or worse, just different. I decided to keep it and I'm glad I did....
Don't get me wrong, while I had no issues doing multi-day trips on my Heritage prior to the bagger, I now use the bagger exclusively, for any longer, multi-day trips.... but I still ride the Heritage on day rides and around town a lot... I really wouldn't want to have only the bagger....
At 64 yrs old, I know a day will come when the bagger may be a little too much for me. When that day comes, I will have no problem switching back to the Heritage...
Hell, my 2001 Springer FXSTS is even lighter and easier to handle than the Heritage...maybe one day I will sell the Heritage and finish my riding years on the Springer...
Time will tell....
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I'm not sure when....probably a couple more years....but the rest of the family going to mono shocks, water cooling, and now the PANAM motor....I'd expect to see all 3 in the touring line up at some point. Better suspension and 150+hp is fine by me!
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As a Quality Assurance - Quality Control Professional I'll say this. Manufacturing QA/QC is falling behind each and every year over the last 2 decades or more. Even though processes and procedures are written, distributed and training provided the general workforce commitment to executing tasks and directives with pride in the products and services rendered is hugely lacking. The "Everybody Gets a Trophy" generation is not interested in earning based on merit. Fewer than 20% (WAG on my part) of todays workforce started their manufacturing journey because they wanted to create something. More often than not they're following in someone's footsteps and either not capable or won't apply themselves. And that's the problem.
I completely agree. All these liberal millennials going through the motions, doing the least possible, acting like the fact that they simply showed up to work is doing everyone a favor. Then again, these days its hard to find people to even reliably show up.
im very concerned and disappointed with the way the country is heading, I work my *** off, and Im starting to think it may be worth it to be less of a saver and more of a life enjoyer. I spend too much energy wanting to stick to my 5, 10, 20 year plan but in the end, only the man upstairs known whatll happen. Thats why Im thinking screw it and buy a second bike. The sgs for the longer rides with wife and thr fatboy will be my neighborhood hot rod and day trips.
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so no, Im not looking to get the first year of an all new sgs, I would at least wait til 2nd year to get the bugs out.
I wouldnt mind a major update to SGS that is really just a hand me down from another bike like a cvo. If I bought sgs, and the next year it has the audio or 117 from a cvo, cause they upped the ante on the cvo, that would be frustrating.
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As a Quality Assurance - Quality Control Professional I'll say this. Manufacturing QA/QC is falling behind each and every year over the last 2 decades or more. Even though processes and procedures are written, distributed and training provided the general workforce commitment to executing tasks and directives with pride in the products and services rendered is hugely lacking. The "Everybody Gets a Trophy" generation is not interested in earning based on merit. Fewer than 20% (WAG on my part) of todays workforce started their manufacturing journey because they wanted to create something. More often than not they're following in someone's footsteps and either not capable or won't apply themselves. And that's the problem.