Which bagger to buy?
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Throwing my 2 cents in the ring. I love my Heritage, I can pop off the windshield and also the bags real easy so I can go from a bike I ride cross country on the a bar hopper in just a few minutes. And with the wultiple choices in combinations of baggs and shield I have many different style bikes I can ride with the cost of just one. There all good bikes what fits one may not fit you. First question ask your sell what is it you want to do?
Is it all long halls, or more local stuff? You want all the comfort of a car, such as radios and such or just the sound of the pipes and the road? Choose well and good luck on the road.
Is it all long halls, or more local stuff? You want all the comfort of a car, such as radios and such or just the sound of the pipes and the road? Choose well and good luck on the road.
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Mr. Pou, Please don't tell me it is your first bike because then I would say get neither and start smaller for now. I apologize if it isn't your first bike. As far as which one....test ride each of them and one will jump out at you right away more then another. Don't ever buy something for any other reason then you like it personally. The road glide is an odd looking beast but there owners swear on them. The street glide is awsome looking multipurpose stripped down tourer. But the Ultra is the grand daddy and you will end up with one before your time on earth is over. Remember I said that when it happens.
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Mr. Pou, Please don't tell me it is your first bike because then I would say get neither and start smaller for now. I apologize if it isn't your first bike.
Mr. Pou, Please don't tell me it is your first bike because then I would say get neither and start smaller for now. I apologize if it isn't your first bike.
The street glide is awsome looking multipurpose stripped down tourer. But the Ultra is the grand daddy and you will end up with one before your time on earth is over. Remember I said that when it happens.
Oh, and it rides great, love it so far, but for the buffeting.
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RE: Which bagger to buy?
Buy the one you wnat. They all have good things about them. I love my 08' RG. I had an 07' Ultra Classic that I didn't love. The Ultra had a little better wind protection but the handling is much better on the Glide. You need to try them out for an extended period of time. T.
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Having owned and/or ridden most of them in the line I can tell you that you will nary notice a difference in handling as betwe any of the Electra Glides, Road Glides or Road Kings, Street Glide excepted. They have the same frame and basicallt the same running gear. So it now comes down to four factors.
1. Wind at speed - RG absolutely wins this hands down for high speed stability.
1a. The Batwing fairing has proven itself over time and does an admirable job. Classic looks.
2. Amenities; UC has them all and "all" can be added to most models.
3. Style - here's the bug-a-boo. Notice how the Street Glide is so popular?
4. Flexibility. A RK with detachable stuff stowed in the hotel room is a respectible cruiser and it's nice having the wind on you when it's hot and slow at events.
5. Price. The FLHT gets you on the big iron for the big roads at the lowest price. You don't give up much except for amenities and style. Hmmmm, wonder why they are priced so low and sell so slow?
Having been there, done that and having a closet full of tee-shirts, I really don't have anything to prove or show off to anyone. I have yet another FLHT because it does everything I want it to do, everything the other touring models do (except play toons and look stylin') and the cost difference between it and say an UC justifies in my mind keeping the Street Bob.
As a matter of fact, considering the depressed trade-in value of my '07 Bob (8,000 miles, SE a/c, PCIII, Thunderheader, hwy pegs, do-dads, etc.) and the great deal I got on the EG Standard, I basically gave up a black engine, some style and tunes for a free bike - and a great one at that. Don't you love biker math?
Just my two cents. YMMV.
Someone said it above - get the one that talks to ya!
1. Wind at speed - RG absolutely wins this hands down for high speed stability.
1a. The Batwing fairing has proven itself over time and does an admirable job. Classic looks.
2. Amenities; UC has them all and "all" can be added to most models.
3. Style - here's the bug-a-boo. Notice how the Street Glide is so popular?
4. Flexibility. A RK with detachable stuff stowed in the hotel room is a respectible cruiser and it's nice having the wind on you when it's hot and slow at events.
5. Price. The FLHT gets you on the big iron for the big roads at the lowest price. You don't give up much except for amenities and style. Hmmmm, wonder why they are priced so low and sell so slow?
Having been there, done that and having a closet full of tee-shirts, I really don't have anything to prove or show off to anyone. I have yet another FLHT because it does everything I want it to do, everything the other touring models do (except play toons and look stylin') and the cost difference between it and say an UC justifies in my mind keeping the Street Bob.
As a matter of fact, considering the depressed trade-in value of my '07 Bob (8,000 miles, SE a/c, PCIII, Thunderheader, hwy pegs, do-dads, etc.) and the great deal I got on the EG Standard, I basically gave up a black engine, some style and tunes for a free bike - and a great one at that. Don't you love biker math?
Just my two cents. YMMV.
Someone said it above - get the one that talks to ya!
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