Road Glide vs Electra Glide
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Near Raleigh N.C.
I took both a 09 Road glide and a 09 Ultra Classic on a test ride last week. I put about 40 miles on each and took them on the same route. A little freeway and some curvy back roads. I feel that the Road Glide handled much better than the UC. It was a windy day and on my return trip I was hitting headwinds. The winds hardly affected the RG but made the UC feel unstable. I didn't like looking through the windshield on the UC. On the RG I was looking 3 or 4 inches above the windshield. I am biased. I currently have a 06 Road glide and am used to it. My main complaint with the RG was that I had to stretch to reach the handlebars. I somewhat corrected this on my current RG by putting on Wide Glide bars. I was really hoping I would like the Ultra better. I do like the extra bells and whistles. But I’m going to stick with the red headed step child. IMHO the RG is the best value that Harley makes.
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: North Carolina
with counter-steer being what it is,,,,,, u like looking where you're not going????
Novice
Joined: Dec 2007
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UUUhhh.... If your front tire is turned in a curve your probably driving a little faster than idle where the the headlight won't make much difference, otherwise your actually countersteering into the curve where the headlight (un-noticeably) will be pointed in the wrong direction... Think about it...
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