Bagger handling
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RE: Bagger handling
At least at low speed handling is not bad : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KKx7cB-Ok
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RE: Bagger handling
Well, bagger it is, took her to sit on some bikes at the dealer yesterday.
Looks like the Road Glide.
Well, at the rate I am going, I will have the trade in miles, 45K in a few months.
It would be great if one of my dealers were having demo days soon, but I don't think so.
I already have my upgrades picked out, I will add the other stuff as $$$ permits.
Time to ride........
Looks like the Road Glide.
Well, at the rate I am going, I will have the trade in miles, 45K in a few months.
It would be great if one of my dealers were having demo days soon, but I don't think so.
I already have my upgrades picked out, I will add the other stuff as $$$ permits.
Time to ride........
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RE: Bagger handling
I frequently ride with two friends who own BMW GS's, and I do a fair imitation of keeping up with them even on spirited rides. The FLH chassis is not a race-ready platform, but can be made to handle decently without great monitary sacrifice or effort. Here's what I've done to mine:
1. Install a rear stabilizer to tame the rear-end waggle in sweepers. Here is my write-up on the Ride-Str8 I installed on my bike:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1957210/tm.htm
A functionally identical device (TWR) is being marketed on Ebay, and costs $100 less than the Ride-Str8 for '07 and later bikes:
http://*******.com/6mfrfr
I've never considered the waggle to be a safety issue, but it is disconcerting and worth the money to have it eliminated, IMO.
2. Raise your floorboards. The default position is in the middle, so move them up. I have a 30" inseam and after a 5 min. ride I didn't notice the difference in the height, but it raises them enough to make a major difference in cornering clearance. If you have long legs this may not be a good idea for comfort, however. I have an SG with 12½ aftermarket shocks, which puts me slightly lower than a standard FLH with 13" shocks, and to compound the problem I've added floorboard extenders. But raising the boards made a major difference and I rarely scrape them. The kickstand's tendency to scrape on left corners is unchanged, but it is spring-loaded and I consider this little more than a minor irritant, acting like a curb feeler.
1. Install a rear stabilizer to tame the rear-end waggle in sweepers. Here is my write-up on the Ride-Str8 I installed on my bike:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1957210/tm.htm
A functionally identical device (TWR) is being marketed on Ebay, and costs $100 less than the Ride-Str8 for '07 and later bikes:
http://*******.com/6mfrfr
I've never considered the waggle to be a safety issue, but it is disconcerting and worth the money to have it eliminated, IMO.
2. Raise your floorboards. The default position is in the middle, so move them up. I have a 30" inseam and after a 5 min. ride I didn't notice the difference in the height, but it raises them enough to make a major difference in cornering clearance. If you have long legs this may not be a good idea for comfort, however. I have an SG with 12½ aftermarket shocks, which puts me slightly lower than a standard FLH with 13" shocks, and to compound the problem I've added floorboard extenders. But raising the boards made a major difference and I rarely scrape them. The kickstand's tendency to scrape on left corners is unchanged, but it is spring-loaded and I consider this little more than a minor irritant, acting like a curb feeler.
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