| Author | Message | ||
     Hughlysses |
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:  | ||
| Two_seasons |
Solid wheel in crosswind is no fun.  | ||
| Figorvonbuellingham |
Fugly | ||
| Ratbuell |
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 |
meh... | ||
| 1313 |
Joe, What took you so long to comment on Two_seasons post? | ||
| Ratbuell |
Sorry Brankin. Didn't know I was on a deadline  | ||
| Oddball |
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 |
Increased lean angle to 31% was a thing to get excited about? Lol, ok. EBR has a 48% lean angle. | ||
| Two_seasons |
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 |
Increased lean angle to 31% was a thing to get excited about? It is if yer onna hog ! | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
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 |
And like a rokon, the new fatboy won't fall over. 160 FRONT and a 240 rear!! | ||
| Ratbuell |
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 |
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 |
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 |
That Fat Bob has a radiator. | ||
| Oddball |
oil cooler | ||
| Thumper74 |
I really like the new FatBoy, but also the Road King Special. | ||
| Aesquire |
http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/the-idiots-guide- to-all-eight-new-harley-davidson-cruis-1798636758 |
