Bagger handling
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Bagger handling
Start the planning process of a new bike. I ride an 07 FXD. My plan is to trade in when it hits around 45K. I now have 33k on it. Love it. The woman in my life wants to ride, but not on long trips. I like the twistys and do scrape the pegs. Not sport bike style, but still love the twistys. I am a 50yr old kid.
I want to get her to go on longer rides, 200+ miles so hence the bagger. I have heard some issues on the handling of baggers. I know there are some fixes for the wiggle, but....
I know I can get a good seat for the Dyna and make her pretty comfortable.
So my choices are another Dyna or a Road Glide.
So, input please, please.
I want to get her to go on longer rides, 200+ miles so hence the bagger. I have heard some issues on the handling of baggers. I know there are some fixes for the wiggle, but....
I know I can get a good seat for the Dyna and make her pretty comfortable.
So my choices are another Dyna or a Road Glide.
So, input please, please.
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RE: Bagger handling
Do the roadglide you will be glad you did, the baggers handle good and if the high speed sweaping turns are a problem like you said many aftermarket solutions to choose from. If you want to do alot of miles the touring frames are the only way to go in my opinion.
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RE: Bagger handling
buy a bagger you wont be sorry. as far as the wiggle goes i love curves myself and love for the wife to ride and we like trips... so a bagger was obvious but i had the wobble problem and it got fixed by buying a stabilizer link i have a TWR missing link and love the quality of it and it made noticable improvement on my bike... but i push my bike hard
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RE: Bagger handling
I went from sport bikes to the bagger and tell ya what, I get just as much adrenaline and fun in twisties with this as I did with those. My heart does a little skip when throw the thing into a turn and the floor board comes twice as fast as I thought!