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Hughlysses
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 12:26 am: |
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Softtails and Dynas combined into softtails. New mono shock frame that is 30-something percent stiffer, cheaper to build and lighter. All big twins now use the new 8-valve engines. The V-Rod is gone. No Sportster changes to speak of. No changes of note to the newish 500/750 watercooled bikes. They're actually bragging about things like improved handling, increased lean angle, and lighter weight, which is fairly amazing. Nothing that excited me, but I do kind of like the new Fat Boy:
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Two_seasons
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 01:10 am: |
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Solid wheel in crosswind is no fun. |
Figorvonbuellingham
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 01:20 am: |
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Fugly |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 06:40 am: |
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Solid wheels don't make a lick of difference. Ride a solid wheel bike back to back with a spoke wheel bike in the same conditions. I have. No difference. The fatboy looks like a vrod with a big twin engine. Not my cup of tea but not hateful. |
Pwnzor
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 06:45 am: |
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meh... |
1313
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 06:56 am: |
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Joe, What took you so long to comment on Two_seasons post? |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 07:57 am: |
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Sorry Brankin. Didn't know I was on a deadline |
Oddball
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 10:39 am: |
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Dyna people are fuming it appears. They should have given the new bike a new name and not stolen Fat Bob from the dynas. Now dealers can bend over any desperate Dyna people for "one the last Dynas ever". |
D_adams
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 12:58 pm: |
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Increased lean angle to 31% was a thing to get excited about? Lol, ok. EBR has a 48% lean angle. |
Two_seasons
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 01:22 pm: |
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Ratbuell: You ought to try that for multiple hours on end with solid wheels! Do you know how difficult it is to light a smoke when you are going straight down the highway, in Kansas, with a lean angle of 20+ degrees |
Glitch
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 01:23 pm: |
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Increased lean angle to 31% was a thing to get excited about? It is if yer onna hog ! |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 03:19 pm: |
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I was shock at how light the old "fatboy" wheels were when I picked one up at a dealership. They only look fat. They are actually pretty much hollow like a Rokon. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 03:41 pm: |
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And like a rokon, the new fatboy won't fall over. 160 FRONT and a 240 rear!! |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 03:46 pm: |
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I'd love to hear the theory of how a couple square feet of wheel side surface can multiply the effect of crosswinds, compared to the more-than-ten-times the area of the side of the motorcycle itself. I've had more crosswind effect from a WINDSHIELD because of buffeting transmitted to the steering head. Tell a democrat. Have them start protesting solid wheels and stage some demonstrations. It would be about as worthwhile as tearing down all these statues...but it might make someone *feel* better... (Message edited by Ratbuell on August 23, 2017) |
Zac4mac
| Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 03:12 am: |
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I have a bicycle I ride every now and then. 1985 almost state of the art - Dura-Ace, not Campi.
The wheels have "bladed spokes" and in a stiff crosswind have moved me a foot sideways. They also "sing" at speed. Notice radial lacing on the front and single-cross on the rear... (Message edited by zac4mac on August 24, 2017) |
Tootal
| Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 12:27 pm: |
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I put 22,000 miles on a 1989 Heritage Softail Classic. Beautiful bike! Candy Bronze and Cream two tone. Loved it! Well, until I rode it a while!! No lean angle, I was constantly dragging things. It vibrated so bad it cracked the belt guard and my floor board flew off at speed! Two years later I sold it and bought an Electra Glide Sport. Wow, what a difference! I put 156,000 miles on that one! I had to totally restore it at 100,000 miles by building a new engine. The only thing left stock were the cylinders and the carb! Harley made a lot more improvements after that and the 2002 was solid. After that they started to cheapen the bottom end and they have not impressed me since. |
Panhead_dan
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 02:22 pm: |
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That Fat Bob has a radiator. |
Oddball
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 08:42 pm: |
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oil cooler |
Thumper74
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 10:39 pm: |
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I really like the new FatBoy, but also the Road King Special. |
Aesquire
| Posted on Thursday, September 07, 2017 - 06:36 pm: |
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http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/the-idiots-guide- to-all-eight-new-harley-davidson-cruis-1798636758 |