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This weekend I plan my first trip over a series of cattle guards with my road glide. I have never done this before and would like to hear any comments regarding how to or not to from those who have experience with cattle guards.
Thanks
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Ah, here's my 07 103. It's pull the front wheel off the ground a few inches, drag floorboards in the mountains, and gets 42MPG running 80-85. I got no complaints whatsoever. I got one of those cheap aftermarket trunks on a detachable rack in one of the photos.
Minimal angle of course...just like you would handle a big set of RR tracks. Nowhere near as scary as any of those big (20' x 20') steel plates that cover road repairs in some parts of the country!
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