Road Glide vs. Bat Wings

I wouldn't discount your eyes. Why do you think that they stress to look through the turn. Wherever your eyes go, the bike will follow... In simplistic explanation of course..

So when you move a cheek to fart you crash???

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And we're off again:fight::roflmao:

:gah::gah::roflmao::roflmao: Butt Job Gone Wrong.....:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Good lord!!! How much does someone get to degrade themselves like that?

Off that subject, but maybe of some use to folks if you don't mind reading this long post: A while back I replaced my Michelin Commander tires with some new Bridgestone Exedra Max (BT 45) tires and have had a revelation of sorts.

The Michelins and Dunlops gave satisfactory performance and I was happy with them, but wanted to try something diff. After running these new tires for 5,000 miles, I'm blown away with how different the bike feels. I think I may have accidentally stumbled onto a major breakthrough.

These tires aren't even recommended for Harleys, so they don't show up in any of the catalogs selling tires for H-D's. They were developed for the big Kawasaki cruisers which are even heavier than Harleys. Load ratings are the same as Michelin and Dunlop.

H-D recommends MU90-16 for rear (about 140mm wide) but there is lots of extra room for bigger, so I tried a 170-80-16. Still plenty of clearance.

For the front tire I couldn't find the right size, so I got another BT 45 REAR tire that would fit (150-90-17). Again, this is much bigger than the 130-90-17 H-D recommends, but it fits with ease. I know some say not to use a rear tire on front, but I disagree.

Man, my bike rides wayyyy better, even 2 up; tracks like an arrow at 100 and actually feels rock solid with NO vibration. Rear view mirrors stay sharp and clear; and the biggest surprise came in the high-speed curves over 90--NO WOBBLE at all. The difference is so dramatic that I wrote a letter to Bridgestone telling them what I experienced, and asked why they don't have Harleys listed for fitments.

They said they do tire testing on their race track in Japan and don't use foreign brand bikes, but these are OE tires on the biggest Hondas, Suzukis and Kawis.

Maybe nobody here cares about these qualities, but thought I'd mention what I discovered.

FLHT when you corner like that at night,do you notice your headlight point to the left then come back right??

Point I'm trying to make is the front wheel barely turns when we corner,so whether its a fixed fairing or rotational fairing the headlight turning is a very, very small amount on the rotational fairing(batwing) none on the fixed fairings,we barley turn the wheel at all...some people don't even know they are counter steering,when they are...if the fixed headlight on a RG was an issue,it would have been addressed by now,the only time you would notice the difference would be in slow speed parking lot maneuvering...

Y'all just ain't right.:rant:

Now that I agree with. It looks / feels weird having the bars turn and fairing not... I think mostly because I'm not used to it....maybe if I rode fixed fairing bikes more I wouldn't even notice it....

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When I was out test riding many bikes, and I test rode many E-Glides, and Street Glides before the Road Glide, I was never comfortable on them. Now when I was getting ready test ride a Road Glide, I thought back to all people who said how strange it is to have the bars move and not the fairing. I was happy to discover that they were wrong. At least in my case. I found it much easier to handle. For me, the stationary fairing forced me to look through my turn because I couldn't just follow what was in front of me (Fairing or front wheel). When I turn, I have to look through the turn so I can see what is going on. There are other things that I like better of the Road Glide over the Batwings. Another thing is that it is a much more stretched out feeling. When I get on a batwing, I feel cramped as hell, things are just too much in my face.

Yes FLHT, I can reach all necessary controls when on my Road Glide..:gah::roflmao: