Put my 2012 Road Glide Custom up on a jack to do a thorough job of cleaning the wheels and I was amazed at how much the brakes seem to drag while rotating the front wheel. I give the front wheel a hard spin and no way will it turn a complete revolution ! My 2000 RK spun much easier - MUCH EASIER
I can see the fluid level in the sight glass of the master cylinder - What could be wrong? Not an ABS model.

 

You could have a caliper not retracting fully or a warped rotor. Another possibility is a tight or bad bearing.
The calipers are very easy to remove. Pull one caliper at a time and rotate the wheel to see it the drag goes away. If the drag is still there with both calipers removed, there might be a bearing issue.


Report back with findings please.

 

Good Idea - I'll do it this weekend when I've got some time.

 

also .removed one caliper. at a time and spin the wheel . so you can tell witch one is dragging . and if it is warped. it will only dragg a portion of the rotor . good luck

 

welcome to the warped rotor brake dragging club.

 

My abs equipped '12 does the same thing. Probably just needs the front wheel centered better than what the factory does.

I forget how the Harley front end goes together as far as what type of ends are on the axles and if one end floats but I'll get into it when I have a little time to make sure everything is centered equally.

May have to shim one side or the other but having the front wheel travel freely is kind of important.

 

It is the left caliper assy - way less drag with it off - now to check disc runout.

 

Disc has .0005 runout so it is not disc. When I remounted caliper and tightened down the problem seems better. The extreme dragging of a couple days ago is gone - have no idea what happened - not going to worry about it now.

 

I see where you have a new bike. Those brake pads will loosen up a tad when you get more miles on it. I would worry more about the damn voltage regulator going out if it was mine. Ride more...worry less.