2014 wtf?
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Michigan/Florida
Rats... spell check did it to me .... offered "pothead", i ignored it...
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2007
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From:
So many of these post remind me of my 83 year old dad. I remember him saying that things like power windows in cars would never catch on because it was one more thing to break. Same with fancy car stereos, air conditioning, cruise control, and on and on. Well they have become so common I don't know if you can buy a car off the lot without these items. The same will happen to Harley. Once you get used to the changes you will wonder how you ever lived with out them. Remember fuel injection? Who wants to go back to a carborated bike where you have to rev it at red lights in cold weather to keep it running. Kudos to the MOCO for dragging us into modern times, or close to it. I can hardly wait to see what the 2015 RG looks like!
It will never work out!
By some of the comments I'm reading, I can only assume some of you guys are about half or at least partially retarded.
I checked out a '14 Street Glide and a 14' Ultra today and they are nothing short of beautiful. (But not really much different looking, overall than previous years.)
Of course, everyone will need to do something to it to make it their own, but that's what it's all about.
The radio and dash set up, in conjunction with the new switch housings are far more intuitive. The dash has a much cleaner look. If you use a GPS, you won't need a separate unit mounted to the handlebars or dash.
I could live without the liquid cooling, because I know how to make my bike run cool as a cucumber myself.
That being said, when they put out a wet head 120R, that will get my attention.
The hard bags and tour pack are a light years ahead improvement. You may not like the shape, they don't necessarily look modern, but sitting next to a '13 or earlier, makes the earlier bags and tour packs surely look outdated. The easy, 1 hand open latching mechanisms are a thing of beauty. They work so nice.
The linked braking system is a straight up safety improvement that some Harley simpletons just won't get. They don't have the mental capacity. It's not their fault.
Overall, the 2014's IMO feature the best updates in recent years. I'll be holding out for a CVO Street Glide, but only when I can also buy a wet head 120R to stuff in it before it leaves the shop.
I checked out a '14 Street Glide and a 14' Ultra today and they are nothing short of beautiful. (But not really much different looking, overall than previous years.)
Of course, everyone will need to do something to it to make it their own, but that's what it's all about.
The radio and dash set up, in conjunction with the new switch housings are far more intuitive. The dash has a much cleaner look. If you use a GPS, you won't need a separate unit mounted to the handlebars or dash.
I could live without the liquid cooling, because I know how to make my bike run cool as a cucumber myself.
That being said, when they put out a wet head 120R, that will get my attention.
The hard bags and tour pack are a light years ahead improvement. You may not like the shape, they don't necessarily look modern, but sitting next to a '13 or earlier, makes the earlier bags and tour packs surely look outdated. The easy, 1 hand open latching mechanisms are a thing of beauty. They work so nice.
The linked braking system is a straight up safety improvement that some Harley simpletons just won't get. They don't have the mental capacity. It's not their fault.
Overall, the 2014's IMO feature the best updates in recent years. I'll be holding out for a CVO Street Glide, but only when I can also buy a wet head 120R to stuff in it before it leaves the shop.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2008
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And maybe just put a simple radiator up front? Anyone else think that the hoops to avoid a small radiator do not justify permanent lowers and hoses all over the place? I mean, really?!?
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: null
Well said! I'll keep my two 2010's but I will add a new ultra to the stable
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 693
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From: Lafayette, In
The reason Victory and Indians and the metric V-twins and even the VRod make more ponies are there not 45 deg. The Vrod is like a 62 deg or something along those lines. Pistions are not working as hard. Everyone flips out when Harley tries to keep up with the times because it might not look the same as the last 30 years. How many people have seen or heard of the Nova Touring or seen it at the HD Museum? It was a modern day GoldWing back in 1981. Harley shelved the idea because of funding back then when Willie G bought back HDMC. Could you imagined how people would have flipped out over that. A good majority of HD owners hate change.
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 239
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From: Castle Rock, CO
2014 Ultra
I had an '09 Ultra - loved it, great bike, put 40k miles on it, rock solid mount. Now the local HD made me a deal that I could not walk away from on a 2014 Ultra - not the Limited.....went for a test ride with OL on back, and went home with it!
I don't have or want the touch screen as it adds functions that I really don't care about but the new stereo works flawlessly and is, as far as I've tried, totally controllable by the thumbs. As a test I bluetoothed my phone to it..just because I can...according to my buddy who I called, he could not tell I was on the bike...doing 65...but it's not something I'll use very often as the dangers involved could be quite...challenging!
As to the new batwing...my bike is blackened Cayenne so the black vent looks good....and it does reduce buffeting by around 30% and, which I found really cool, they shortened the windshield a couple inched so I easily look over it...the 09 stock windshield was right in my line of vision...
The seat height is about an inch lower...that took a sec to get used to as I was used to being on the ***** of my feet - I can now be flatfooted....pretty cool..
The latches on the saddlebags and TP are frigging great!!
the glove box (in the lowers) has a push-to-release door...what a milestone improvement over the piece-of-crap-push-snaps!!!!!
The OL is happier with more room and louder stereo...
And one last thing...the DayMaker lights...absofrickinglutely awesome!!
nuff said
I don't have or want the touch screen as it adds functions that I really don't care about but the new stereo works flawlessly and is, as far as I've tried, totally controllable by the thumbs. As a test I bluetoothed my phone to it..just because I can...according to my buddy who I called, he could not tell I was on the bike...doing 65...but it's not something I'll use very often as the dangers involved could be quite...challenging!
As to the new batwing...my bike is blackened Cayenne so the black vent looks good....and it does reduce buffeting by around 30% and, which I found really cool, they shortened the windshield a couple inched so I easily look over it...the 09 stock windshield was right in my line of vision...
The seat height is about an inch lower...that took a sec to get used to as I was used to being on the ***** of my feet - I can now be flatfooted....pretty cool..
The latches on the saddlebags and TP are frigging great!!
the glove box (in the lowers) has a push-to-release door...what a milestone improvement over the piece-of-crap-push-snaps!!!!!
The OL is happier with more room and louder stereo...
And one last thing...the DayMaker lights...absofrickinglutely awesome!!
nuff said
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From: along the Front Range in Colorado
....... next year's CVO ............. w/a Sharknose !
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From: San Diego
Most people do not buy Shark nose bikes due to their looks. Most buy it for the better aerodynamic as it seems to punch it's way smoothly down the highway
Expect the next generation to be even more aero, have better lighting, more power, have the same upgrades as the Rushmore project, and take full advantage of the frame mounting for the fairing.
Maybe one stripped down model with air/oil cooling and another with twin cooling, upgraded electronics and upgraded suspension.
Expect the next generation to be even more aero, have better lighting, more power, have the same upgrades as the Rushmore project, and take full advantage of the frame mounting for the fairing.
Maybe one stripped down model with air/oil cooling and another with twin cooling, upgraded electronics and upgraded suspension.