RK windscreen Vs Batwing
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
ORIGINAL: shekmark
...I could save a bundle and get a stereoless batwing. Just a thought.
...I could save a bundle and get a stereoless batwing. Just a thought.
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
MountainKowboy, I went the same route, lest the rack off the King TP, like the smooth look, also have not installed the lowers yet, any real benefit having them?
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
ORIGINAL: kjmorgan
I was recently in the market to get a new bike and after several months research I narrowed it down to either a Road King or a Street Glide. Love them both but bought the Glide, mainly because of the fairing. Better protection, variety of shield inserts available, stereo, and better gauges. If you don't plan on doing any touring, the RK was attractive to me for the ability to take the shield off but you hardly ever see anyone do it other than for a quick run to the local beverage outlet of choice.
I was recently in the market to get a new bike and after several months research I narrowed it down to either a Road King or a Street Glide. Love them both but bought the Glide, mainly because of the fairing. Better protection, variety of shield inserts available, stereo, and better gauges. If you don't plan on doing any touring, the RK was attractive to me for the ability to take the shield off but you hardly ever see anyone do it other than for a quick run to the local beverage outlet of choice.
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
me and a few buddies went to laughlin. at every stop we would swap bikes just for the fun of it (500 miles one way). after he road my street glide for about 100 miles in the cold breezy air, he hada wing installed on his road king at the rally.
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
ORIGINAL: shekmark
So how much do you have to spend for a tour pak, aftermarket batwing and lowers? And my hearing sucks, how do do hear a Cd playing? I've actually had to go to helmetswhich cover my ears because I get ringing so bad. I think it's from those loud concerts when I was a teen. sometimes I waer a full face for the quiet. Why not stck IPod earplugs in.I could save a bundle and get a stereoless batwing. Just a thought.
So how much do you have to spend for a tour pak, aftermarket batwing and lowers? And my hearing sucks, how do do hear a Cd playing? I've actually had to go to helmetswhich cover my ears because I get ringing so bad. I think it's from those loud concerts when I was a teen. sometimes I waer a full face for the quiet. Why not stck IPod earplugs in.I could save a bundle and get a stereoless batwing. Just a thought.
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
Finally !!!! I was waiting for (someone) to say "sharknose . . . bulletnose . . . RG . . . etc.
Ha ha ha !!
Rode my wife's 03 Heritage yesterday. She has the windshield cut down pretty low.
Got knocked around pretty good. Sunglasses dancin' etc.
Ha ha ha !!
Rode my wife's 03 Heritage yesterday. She has the windshield cut down pretty low.
Got knocked around pretty good. Sunglasses dancin' etc.
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
Mountainkowboy... how does the aftermarket batwing compar to factory? Does it rattle or anything? It is really expensive to make a tourpak on an Ultra detachable too. Maybe the RK is the way to go. BTW, did you check out those Quadzilla batwings?
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RE: RK windscreen Vs Batwing
I have a RK Custom with a 17" Clearview and I do not get head buffeting at speeds up to 100 mph (fastest I have been so far). I just rode about 200 miles on I-10 in west TX (80 mph daytime speed limit) cruising at 80 with heavy cross wind and was very comfortable. My favorite music (exhaust notes) was sounding sweet.