Best of all worlds, without all the excess!
Street vs. Electra - Form vs. Function? - Regrets? One experience...
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Joined: May 2007
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I've been on both sides of the fence with turning one bike into another bike.
Had a Street Glide and added a king tour pak, passing lamps, front and rear traditional style floorboards.
Had an EG Classic and stripped off the bag guards and bumpers, added a low smoke windshield and front and rear bullet lights and the rear bullet light bar.
Now I have an Ultra. And have pretty much decided to keep it an Ultra. The only thing I have done to un-Ultra it is take off the front and rear bumpers and add an 8" smoke shield. Keeping pretty much everything else the way it is. Which actually surprises me because I was always the minimalist, monochromatic type.
Had a Street Glide and added a king tour pak, passing lamps, front and rear traditional style floorboards.
Had an EG Classic and stripped off the bag guards and bumpers, added a low smoke windshield and front and rear bullet lights and the rear bullet light bar.
Now I have an Ultra. And have pretty much decided to keep it an Ultra. The only thing I have done to un-Ultra it is take off the front and rear bumpers and add an 8" smoke shield. Keeping pretty much everything else the way it is. Which actually surprises me because I was always the minimalist, monochromatic type.
Good lord, did you change bikes AGAIN??
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 18
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From: Texoma
This is exactly my confusion - you statement is 100% correct - all you have to do is add those parts...
at msrp
tour pac = $724
detachable kit = $550
vented lowers = $650
$1924 added to the cost of the SG (which is the same price as a EG Classic) and your good to go..
at msrp
tour pac = $724
detachable kit = $550
vented lowers = $650
$1924 added to the cost of the SG (which is the same price as a EG Classic) and your good to go..
I think in used prices. If I were buying new logic would probably win and I'd go with the classic. It would have to be a solid color and I'd probably spend much of my time removing all the little trim pieces and guards that imho add a lot of clutter that I'm not ready (old enough) to accept.
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Joined: Sep 2010
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From: St Augustine, FL
This is a work in progress ~ I will to post some updated pics ~ 2010 Ultra Limited ~ With Removable tour pac ~ No Cat HD Header ~ Jackpots ~ PCV ~ Autotune ~ Bullets Front & Rear ~ Pipes have been Powder coated ~ not in this photo ~ and SG Rear Fender added ~ Front fender lowered 2". Bullets Front & Rear. The final pics are not on here yet. I bought the LTD after looking at the SG for the 103 and other features. 30 - 40 k per year requires a tour pack at some point each year. So I did the removable thing SG rear fender treatment ~ bass boat lights front & rear are gone with the bumpers and bullet LED's front & rear. I love the bike in either dress. But seems to be more nimble without the tour pack... I considered the SG but when you start adding it was easier for me to stomach the ltd. I had an 06 SE Ultra that I traded on this one ~ 93k on the clock and could not mentally justify the extra 10k for the SE version...
Last edited by mitchdm; Oct 9, 2010 at 05:36 AM. Reason: add information
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From: Grays Creek, NC
Before i bought my street glide i had a nightrain. I needed a more comfortable bike for my back and was looking at the ultra and SG. Every ultra or classic i saw driving around or in the showroom looked the same to me and only the limited and se ultras stood out. Every time me and my wife went to a rally or out riding and saw a SG it caught my eye and thats what i knew i had to have. So when i bought mine last March it came with $1000 worth of free parts so we also ordered the king tourpac for it. Then my wife wouldn't ride it with the stock seat so i had to get a sundowner. Then i got a driver back rest for me and a 6.5 windshiel for when the wife was on so she could hear the radio better at highway speeds. I think my bike looks naked with out the vented lowers so those are on my list as well as rear spearers for the tourpac. It takes about 20 mins to change it from full tour back to SG but now that i look back and with the money i've spent (brace your selves), I wish i would have just bought a limited and left it at that. There it's out! Still keeping the SG because it looks so bad a$$ stripped down!
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Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Texoma
Before i bought my street glide i had a nightrain. I needed a more comfortable bike for my back and was looking at the ultra and SG. Every ultra or classic i saw driving around or in the showroom looked the same to me and only the limited and se ultras stood out. Every time me and my wife went to a rally or out riding and saw a SG it caught my eye and thats what i knew i had to have. So when i bought mine last March it came with $1000 worth of free parts so we also ordered the king tourpac for it. Then my wife wouldn't ride it with the stock seat so i had to get a sundowner. Then i got a driver back rest for me and a 6.5 windshiel for when the wife was on so she could hear the radio better at highway speeds. I think my bike looks naked with out the vented lowers so those are on my list as well as rear spearers for the tourpac. It takes about 20 mins to change it from full tour back to SG but now that i look back and with the money i've spent (brace your selves), I wish i would have just bought a limited and left it at that. There it's out! Still keeping the SG because it looks so bad a$$ stripped down!
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Yeah you missed that??? Wow lp was all over it. LOL With the new seat design and the introduction of the Progressive 940 shocks all is good now. Just wish these options were available before I gave up on the 09. Gotta admit I missed the handling of the new frame. Lovin' the Ultra.
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Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Wisconsin
In 2006 I really wanted a Streetglide but I did the 'sensible' thing and bought the EGC instead. Loved the bike but totaled it out. In 2008 I went to the dealer to buy the 'sensible' EGC but that thought went out the window when I saw the Black Ice/Blue Ice Streetglide on the floor. I couldn't be happier. Oh yeah, I also bought the lowers and the pizza box. I've got one trip to Sturgis on the pizza box. The rest of the time it sits in the garage. Best bike I've ever had.