Road Glide Questions
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RE: Road Glide Questions
Love my 03...had a RK, but now I have sounds! Test ride both, decide which u feel more comfortable in....then buy it! Everyone has their own style of riding. It's good to get different opinions and therefore make u more knowledgable when looking, but it all comes down to how u like the bike characteristics...enjoy and have fun shopping!
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RE: Road Glide Questions
ORIGINAL: planewrench
My '07 ROAD KING has the forktubes behind the steering head. I believe the magazine is in error, and far from the first time.
ORIGINAL: Slash
True but is there more to it than that ?
Never really bothered to take a look at an Electra Glides front end but here's what the December 2007 issue of American Iron Magazine says in a review of the '08 Road Glide:
"The Glide is the only H-D that places it's fork tubes behind the steering head and offset from it.In effect,this crafty geometry reduces low speed steering effort without impinging on high-speed stability."
"As glorious as this setup may be,it's covered by the bike's fairing,an integral love-it-or-hate-it design that potential buyers are stuck with because the Glide would look quite strange with it removed"
ORIGINAL: Chicago Spike
The difference is the weight ON the forks. The Ultra has the fairing ON the forks, which makes the steering have a heavy feel, not bad heavy, just different. The Road Glide's fairing weight is on the frame, so thats maybe 40 pounds that is NOT on the forks making the steering light and more nimble especially in the slow speed manuevering. It has little to do with the springs/damping more to do with the weight
The difference is the weight ON the forks. The Ultra has the fairing ON the forks, which makes the steering have a heavy feel, not bad heavy, just different. The Road Glide's fairing weight is on the frame, so thats maybe 40 pounds that is NOT on the forks making the steering light and more nimble especially in the slow speed manuevering. It has little to do with the springs/damping more to do with the weight
Never really bothered to take a look at an Electra Glides front end but here's what the December 2007 issue of American Iron Magazine says in a review of the '08 Road Glide:
"The Glide is the only H-D that places it's fork tubes behind the steering head and offset from it.In effect,this crafty geometry reduces low speed steering effort without impinging on high-speed stability."
"As glorious as this setup may be,it's covered by the bike's fairing,an integral love-it-or-hate-it design that potential buyers are stuck with because the Glide would look quite strange with it removed"
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RE: Road Glide Questions
ORIGINAL: Slash
Rather than in error,I believe the magazine article wasn't as specific as it could have been in it's choice of words.It appears that when the author was descussingsteering geometry and used the term:"The Glide"....he was referringthe entire touring line.
ORIGINAL: planewrench
My '07 ROAD KING has the forktubes behind the steering head. I believe the magazine is in error, and far from the first time.
ORIGINAL: Slash
True but is there more to it than that ?
Never really bothered to take a look at an Electra Glides front end but here's what the December 2007 issue of American Iron Magazine says in a review of the '08 Road Glide:
"The Glide is the only H-D that places it's fork tubes behind the steering head and offset from it.In effect,this crafty geometry reduces low speed steering effort without impinging on high-speed stability."
"As glorious as this setup may be,it's covered by the bike's fairing,an integral love-it-or-hate-it design that potential buyers are stuck with because the Glide would look quite strange with it removed"
ORIGINAL: Chicago Spike
The difference is the weight ON the forks. The Ultra has the fairing ON the forks, which makes the steering have a heavy feel, not bad heavy, just different. The Road Glide's fairing weight is on the frame, so thats maybe 40 pounds that is NOT on the forks making the steering light and more nimble especially in the slow speed manuevering. It has little to do with the springs/damping more to do with the weight
The difference is the weight ON the forks. The Ultra has the fairing ON the forks, which makes the steering have a heavy feel, not bad heavy, just different. The Road Glide's fairing weight is on the frame, so thats maybe 40 pounds that is NOT on the forks making the steering light and more nimble especially in the slow speed manuevering. It has little to do with the springs/damping more to do with the weight
Never really bothered to take a look at an Electra Glides front end but here's what the December 2007 issue of American Iron Magazine says in a review of the '08 Road Glide:
"The Glide is the only H-D that places it's fork tubes behind the steering head and offset from it.In effect,this crafty geometry reduces low speed steering effort without impinging on high-speed stability."
"As glorious as this setup may be,it's covered by the bike's fairing,an integral love-it-or-hate-it design that potential buyers are stuck with because the Glide would look quite strange with it removed"
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