Letter I wrote to Baggers Magazine
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 767
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Road Glides are hands down bad ***... If I ever pull the trigger on another bike I would highly consider it...
But, I got way too much dough in my bike to even think of another one.... At least now... I have to give my wife a kid first... hahahaha at least thats what she says.
But, I got way too much dough in my bike to even think of another one.... At least now... I have to give my wife a kid first... hahahaha at least thats what she says.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,067
Likes: 60
From: Chesterfield, VA
The superiority comes from the fact that there is no fairing weight on the the forks which improves handling and the shark nose is way more aerodynamic.
The look has grown on me. I will never part with my RK, but may get me a Road Glide after the King is paid off.
The look has grown on me. I will never part with my RK, but may get me a Road Glide after the King is paid off.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 108
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Hey, what gives?
It used to be that I could throw on my full face and dark glasses and ride my "Ugly Shark nosed You'd never catch me dead on that turd" Harley Davidson's step child of a bike, the Road Glide, to the local bar and hope no one was looking when I arrived, so no one knew I rode the Ugly bike in the lot. Now when I show up there are three or four in the lot all decked out and chromed with custom paint schemes shining in the sun, as if they were a road king or even a street glide. Before I had to wait until closing time to leave so that everyone left was either too drunk to care how ugly it was or wouldn't remember it in the morning anyways. Now I have to actually remember where I parked it because there are more than one in the lot. There is one on every page of your magazine. I was told that this would be an exclusive club, that there would rarely ever be another Road Glide at any of the poker runs or Toys 4 tots runs. Cause no one would be caught dead on one. Used to be on the rare occasion I make eye contact with someone at a light or a parking lot, They would ask what it is, and I'd say it was an experimental bike HD was trying out, Kind of like the McRib, I was a test rider for Harley and they were making me ride it for being late too many times to work..What Gives, is Disco coming back?
It used to be that I could throw on my full face and dark glasses and ride my "Ugly Shark nosed You'd never catch me dead on that turd" Harley Davidson's step child of a bike, the Road Glide, to the local bar and hope no one was looking when I arrived, so no one knew I rode the Ugly bike in the lot. Now when I show up there are three or four in the lot all decked out and chromed with custom paint schemes shining in the sun, as if they were a road king or even a street glide. Before I had to wait until closing time to leave so that everyone left was either too drunk to care how ugly it was or wouldn't remember it in the morning anyways. Now I have to actually remember where I parked it because there are more than one in the lot. There is one on every page of your magazine. I was told that this would be an exclusive club, that there would rarely ever be another Road Glide at any of the poker runs or Toys 4 tots runs. Cause no one would be caught dead on one. Used to be on the rare occasion I make eye contact with someone at a light or a parking lot, They would ask what it is, and I'd say it was an experimental bike HD was trying out, Kind of like the McRib, I was a test rider for Harley and they were making me ride it for being late too many times to work..What Gives, is Disco coming back?
Everyone had their own style. You can keep your ugly shark nose. I prefer my batwing!
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Club Member
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,633
Likes: 54
From: GA
I don't think the Sharkies are anywhere near in number the batties are and probably won't be anytime soon. I like it that way. For me if it weren't the Road Glide it'd a been the Road King.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 6,146
Likes: 471
From: along the Front Range in Colorado
........ i'm thinkin' that if i had, ........ my life'd be way different right now ...... ............ ............ no, really.
