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Mar 20, 2010 | 11:22 AM

#11

6023zub

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Welcome to the Dark Side. I picked one up last Saturday. Love it!

Mar 20, 2010 | 11:31 AM

#12

rerb95

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From: the frozen tundra of the "Windy City"

welcome back

Mar 20, 2010 | 12:29 PM

#13

Phat09flhx

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From: Arkansas

Love it, same color and model I keep lookin at when I go into HD. My wife has to drag me away from it since I just purchased my 09 SG. One day, oh yes one day I will own a RG.

Mar 20, 2010 | 01:26 PM

#14

09streetbobber

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From: Small town New Mexico

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phurion

Sold my '07 FLHX w/103" and boat-load of other upgrades back in November thinking I was done with riding. Should have known it was just boredom with a 3 year old bike, cuz "once a rider, always a rider".

This time I crossed over to "the dark side" when I walked into my local shop and saw the new 2010 FLTRX Custom in Denim Black. They also had a 2010 FLHX in Black Denim, so I was somewhat torn on the decision, so I slept on it. The next day (yesterday) I went back in and took 'em both for a spin. I'd never ridden a fixed fairing bike before, but absolutely fell in love with it once I did.

She's mine now boys! Introducing "Dark Side", my new toy. Unfortunately thanks to Texas weather (first day of Spring, < 40* temps + rain after being in the mid 70's just *yesterday*...GAH!) I had to just snap a couple of quick pics in my garage.

i know what you mean! im in southeast new mexico with the same weather!! it even snowed last night! then the rest of the week its suppose to be mid 70s!! wtf??? sweet bike man!!!!!!

Mar 20, 2010 | 01:44 PM

#15

shortride

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From: 46th State, USA

First time I've seen a Jiffy Stand pad used on concrete. May as well get use to it. It will get rusty on the bottom soon enough. It looks like something I would do.

Mar 20, 2010 | 01:50 PM

#16

Big_Al47

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From: Fort Worth, TX

Awesome dude! Welcome back

Mar 20, 2010 | 02:40 PM

#17

leohd

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sure does look fugly

Mar 21, 2010 | 07:46 AM

#18

Phurion

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From: Melissa, TX

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp

Funny...the RG is the latest thing around here! I bought a vivid black 10 in the fall and the next month or so two buddies got rid of their EGC and SG for RGs. These are dudes that previously made fun of the RG. Converted!

so...nice bike! You're going to love the Dark Side.

lp

Oh yeh. I'd done my share of poking fun at RG's a while back, but later began to really dig the sportier elongated look of the sharknose. The real sincher was riding a batwing, then sharknose, then batwing, then sharknose again, one right after the other. Just simply no comparison. It was a bit on the windy side Friday evening as this front was rolling in, so I was able to feel/see a real difference in the way each one performed in strong head/back/cross winds. While the RG still got pushed around a little, at least it wasn't jerking the handlebars left/right the way it did on the batwing. Oddly enough, I found myself liking the open/uncramped feeling (as someone else put it) of the the sharknose being further away from me. Very refreshing, but taller shield will definitely be ordered soon. =)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikes

First time I've seen a Jiffy Stand pad used on concrete. May as well get use to it. It will get rusty on the bottom soon enough. It looks like something I would do.

ROFL!

Long-story-short: Had just purchased that thing a few weeks before I sold my '07 FLHX, tossed it in the saddle bags and forgot about it. Emptied the bags when I sold it, then again proceeded to forget about everything I'd just dumped on a shelf in the garage. After I brought the new bike home Friday evening I remembered that pile of stuff (tire repair kit, rain gear, wrench set, etc) and just tossed it down on the ground next to the bike. Put everything back in the bags, but since the pad was still a virgin I just slid it under the stand for shitz-n-grinz. It's back in the bag now.

Side note: SNOW IN TEXAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING?!?!?!

W?!
T?!
F?!