I'm starting to notice the same people keep voicing how they are not impressed with 14

 

I looked and wasn't impressed..sorry.not bitching just voicing my opinion....
don't care for the fairing or trunk, don't care for the dash layout, don't like the looks of the vent in the fairing. I love my windshild bags, very useful...not on the 14's...I like saddlebag guards...no CB standard??? WTF? Colors...naw...

Stereo? OK it's cool and all but that will wear off soon enough...headlights are very nice and I would like to have them. One handed bags? OK nice I guess...no removing the trunk anymore because of the turn signals in the trunk only...????

But a lot of other improvments could have been done...electric windshild, vent? put it in the windshild...center stand standard, electric reverse would have been useful..

No bitching, just my opinions....nothing more.

 

I truly hate the vent, i sort of liked it in the matte black fairing but i wish it was at least painted. Visually it bugs me a bit. I also don't like the layout inside the fairing. I think I could enjoy the infotainment system, the stock radio on my 12 isn't the sexiest thing, i might look for options one day.

One handed saddle bags, sweet but not worth getting sad about mine.liquid cooled, couldn't care less, period. I don't like the lowers that much so i never put them on my bike but i just really don't care for the look on the street glide.


Now for styling. I hate the shape of the bags, yeah i'll get used to it like i always do but it's lost the classic look, the new top box isn't my style at all. Congrats Harley, you finally built a Victory. I've had mine for 15 months and 4 months ago added a street bob, so i'm set anyway, but this time(and i love all new stuff) i think the styling is just a wee bit to roundish.


Love the new SG wheels though, very cool

 

Couldn't agree more...it's not that I hate the new styling ( well the vent I hate) but its just not right, I look and something's not right...to rounded, maybe I'm just an old fart and like the older look...I still think a 57 Pan Head is the sexest thing.....but others will love the new look.....and good for them...

 

I'm not sure why some of these guys even ride Harley. They just seem to **** on every thread. The world need Goldwing owners too.

 

And yet its this very "catching up" that bothers a ton of people.

I dont understand it either, but like I said in another thread:

"I'm sure you can buy plenty of used 1969 Chevelles, but to expect GM to keep making them is a bit nutty"

 

Really? I was thinking how little complaints there are about the water cooling change. Based on the past I would have thought the howling would never stop.

 

I'm not going to bitch, I'm just going to say that the waterglides are here to stay. If you like them, go buy one. If you don't, like myself, then don't buy one. I'm not going to say that I will never own one, but I would never purchase a first year model with this many changes. I'm in the car biz, and I've seen this too many times. New designs typically hit the showroom way before they have been tested and proven. So you waterglide lovers enjoy your new job as harleys t and e engineers. I'll be waiting and watching....

 

change,who invented the Swiss watch,................It was not the Swiss!

 

My thoughts on it.. Everyone is entitled to an THIER opinion. And we all know about opinions. Some are going to bitch just because they can. Some like the changes some don't and thats cool. As for me I was impressed enough even though its long overdue. Apparently they are more popular with people than not because dealerships here in MD can't keep them on the floor long enough for anyone to really make a true assessment on their own.