Love Hate may be gone
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Road Warrior
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From: Sunnyvale, Ca.
Love Hate may be gone
Well being a first time Harley owner now for 14 months and 25,800 miles I have learned to Love and Hate my 2007 FLHX...
Long5 day rides 2 up fully loaded - HATE ( and this with a Road King Sundowner seat )
1 - 2 day bar hops / runs - LOVE ( Chicks love a man on a Harley )
PC III - HATE ( $440 to have it Dynoed and fail after 30 days )
V&H Fuel Pak - LOVE( da , how easy was that )
V&H 2 into 1 - HATE ( 2 tickets at 106 db )
Bub 7 - LOVE
Works Perf. Shocks , Strideright , - Love up 80 mph - Hate 90 mph up to 110 mph
K&N RK3910 - LOVE
Buying Harley OEM parts - Love & Hate
Well , looking at purchasing a 2002 BMW K1200LT (40K miles ), being 46 years young and love the loooong hauls , I wish I could have both.....
I do not know , just sleeping on it for the next 5 days
Long5 day rides 2 up fully loaded - HATE ( and this with a Road King Sundowner seat )
1 - 2 day bar hops / runs - LOVE ( Chicks love a man on a Harley )
PC III - HATE ( $440 to have it Dynoed and fail after 30 days )
V&H Fuel Pak - LOVE( da , how easy was that )
V&H 2 into 1 - HATE ( 2 tickets at 106 db )
Bub 7 - LOVE
Works Perf. Shocks , Strideright , - Love up 80 mph - Hate 90 mph up to 110 mph
K&N RK3910 - LOVE
Buying Harley OEM parts - Love & Hate
Well , looking at purchasing a 2002 BMW K1200LT (40K miles ), being 46 years young and love the loooong hauls , I wish I could have both.....
I do not know , just sleeping on it for the next 5 days
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RE: Love Hate may be gone
If ya ain't comfy on a long run, you STILL have the wrong saddle - period. Don't care WHO made it, if ya ain't happy IT AIN'T RIGHT!!!
An' if ya think HD parts are pricey, jest go down an' price a service fer a BMW - ask 'em what it costs ta do a tune-up.
Me? Ah've done a coupla miles on GL1800's...lahk almost 200k from '96-2007. Mah '07 UC has 15k on it now.....4k of it in a 10-day period last summer....
An' if ya think HD parts are pricey, jest go down an' price a service fer a BMW - ask 'em what it costs ta do a tune-up.
Me? Ah've done a coupla miles on GL1800's...lahk almost 200k from '96-2007. Mah '07 UC has 15k on it now.....4k of it in a 10-day period last summer....
Road Master
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From: Nashua,NH
RE: Love Hate may be gone
ORIGINAL: trackadaptor
Well being a first time Harley owner now for 14 months and 25,800 miles I have learned to Love and Hate my 2007 FLHX...
Long5 day rides 2 up fully loaded - HATE ( and this with a Road King Sundowner seat )
Well , looking at purchasing a 2002 BMW K1200LT (40K miles ), being 46 years young and
love the loooong hauls , I wish I could have both.....
I do not know , just sleeping on it for the next 5 days
Well being a first time Harley owner now for 14 months and 25,800 miles I have learned to Love and Hate my 2007 FLHX...
Long5 day rides 2 up fully loaded - HATE ( and this with a Road King Sundowner seat )
Well , looking at purchasing a 2002 BMW K1200LT (40K miles ), being 46 years young and
love the loooong hauls , I wish I could have both.....
I do not know , just sleeping on it for the next 5 days
After you wake up 5 days from now do some reading here .....
https://www.hdforums.com/forumid_314/tt.htm
Rob .....
Tourer
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From: Cal., work in Saudi
RE: Love Hate may be gone
I had the chance to spend all of 5 minutes on an LT a month or so ago. It is a big bike, seemed much bigger than my Ultra. I liked it except my legs felt like a Thanksgiving turkey after the wife gets it all folded up for baking. 5 minutes was enough for me.
Road Captain
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From: Chesapeake, VA
RE: Love Hate may be gone
I too have a love-hate relationship formy Ultra:
Love to get 'er outta the garage...Hate to put 'er away until the bugs are wiped off!
Love to get 'er outta the garage...Hate to put 'er away until the bugs are wiped off!
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RE: Love Hate may be gone
only thing I hate about my FLHX is what it has done to my bank account............
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Road Warrior
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From: Austin, TX - Some call it heaven.
RE: Love Hate may be gone
My buddy bought a BMW K1200 GT last year, traded in his 03 Fatboy. He didn't like the comfort level of the Harley and thought that some Harley riders were just posers. He also thought HD parts were too high.
Well, the bike is nice. We rode from Austin to Memphis last year, by way of northern Arkansas, and his bike really excelled in the twisties. But... he thinks the stock seat sucks, and he is disappointed in the level of accessories available for the bike. Plus, he needed an adjustment while on the ride, and found the dealers are few and far between.
People bitch about the cost of upgrades, but they don't understand how lucky HD riders are, we have a ton of stuff to choose from and get to set up our bikes exactly the way we want them.That's especiallyimportant to me because I'm 6'4" tall, and stock bikes just don't fit.
Well, the bike is nice. We rode from Austin to Memphis last year, by way of northern Arkansas, and his bike really excelled in the twisties. But... he thinks the stock seat sucks, and he is disappointed in the level of accessories available for the bike. Plus, he needed an adjustment while on the ride, and found the dealers are few and far between.
People bitch about the cost of upgrades, but they don't understand how lucky HD riders are, we have a ton of stuff to choose from and get to set up our bikes exactly the way we want them.That's especiallyimportant to me because I'm 6'4" tall, and stock bikes just don't fit.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 455
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From: Deep River ON
RE: Love Hate may be gone
Chose my EG over the K1200LT (GT) for following reasons. 1) better dealer networks and dealers. 2) Floor boards means I can move my legs around so much more comfortable on a long ride. 3) easier - relative - to do my own service work. 4) I now enjoy the ride as much as the riding. There is so much to see out there. No regrets except having to fork out to the HD or the aftermarket to make a good bike into a great bike. Note, I also still have my Concourse, its only worth about $3000 so why sell.