rented a fugly
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: ST. Louis
The road glide isn't a bad bike-------------It just takes me back to the vetter fairing that all the guys had in the 70s,you know the ones that the only modification they could do is the fairing.Most of them also drove a pinto or a vega in the winter.I just can't get thru that.If you were not around in the 70s it should be fine.But I was and seeing a cookie cutter fairing on a 750 supersport honda parked by a harley both sporting vetters just ruined it for me
Road Captain
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 710
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From: Colorado
The road glide isn't a bad bike-------------It just takes me back to the vetter fairing that all the guys had in the 70s,you know the ones that the only modification they could do is the fairing.Most of them also drove a pinto or a vega in the winter.I just can't get thru that.If you were not around in the 70s it should be fine.But I was and seeing a cookie cutter fairing on a 750 supersport honda parked by a harley both sporting vetters just ruined it for me
The Road Glide is the only fairing-equipped HD bike I would buy. The batwing is just a glorified windshield and from an engineering perspective, the worst place to throw 30-40 lbs on a bike. There, I said it
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 312
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From: Michigan
to the OP, please post a picture of you new bike when you get it this Friday so that we can get another round of enjoyable comments.
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Tourer
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Illinois
Well, I was around in the 70s and you wouldn't catch me dead in a pinto, GREMLIN baby, AMC was 20 tears ahead of their time. Vetter sold the patent for the Gremlin and the Pacer to AMC, with that pedigree in am all in.
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