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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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Thumbs up RK 07 - long distance testride

Hi, the best selling motorcycle magazine in Europe -"DAS MOTORRAD"- recently published the results of an 50 000 kilometers/30 000 miles testride of a 07 ROAD KING.
The magazine says:
- outstanding reliability
- all bike components in excellent shape after disassembling
- very low costs per kilometer/mile
In the last years, they did a lot of long-distance testrides on many different motorcycles, but the ROAD KING has been the best performing bike ever!
Nothing else to say....

Greets from Germany
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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That is why I bought a 07 king
 
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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I only got 15K miles on my '07 RK test ride done so far. It's been perfect too.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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How many HD ads are in that mag.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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That's why I kept my RK.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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@ ken thompson: none !!
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 09:54 AM
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so much for all the negative comments some are making about the 2007 touring bikes, kinda fond of MY 07 FLHTC.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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Yep. The only part that has crapped out is the '08 part I added (IDS bearing failed) but my dealer replaced it free (good dealer - Space Coast HD in Palm Bay FL).
 
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My '06 RKC with 26K miles gave me no problems, but gave me thousands of reasons to sport smiley grin from ear to ear. I now own '09 Ultra and hope it does the same as RKC's performance.

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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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Nice to hear Grav... glad you're enjoying some good old Yankee engineering!
 
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