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Road Glide vs. Bat Wings

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by JohnnyBiker, May 4, 2012.

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  1. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Ignorance is bliss :rolleyes:
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    JohnnyBiker Well-Known Member

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    It's not the fairing (now this is JMO but I did sleep at a holiday inn express last weekend, and it was next to a dealer so I'm probably right :roflmao:) but the configuration of bulbs that makes the difference.

    On an RG you have two forward facing headlights. The angle and design of light disbursment is the same as the single headlight on your batglide.

    The Batglides have two fog /driving lights, which generally have a wider spread light pattern. So Batglide 3, RG 2 lights.

    My professional guestimation is that you are seeing the light from the spots
    not the fixed vs rotational faring design, and if you turn the bars too far into the turn you're gonna see sparks... :eek:

    Next time you are out in the evening turn off the spots in a corner
    hotroadking, Jun 4, 2012
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  5. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Don't care where you slept last night but the fact is I put 100,000 miles on the Goldwing and hated the fact that the visibility at night sucked because of the fixed front. Where your front wheel is pointed on the batwing so is the headlight, fact.:banghead:
    FLHTbiker, Jun 4, 2012
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    When you're cornering on a motosickle, don't you turn the front wheel to the left to turn right??(counter steering)So if that's true wouldn't you be turning your headlight away from the turn on a batwing sickle.....:D
    Lucifer, Jun 4, 2012
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    Comon Man............
    cardboard, Jun 4, 2012
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  8. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Push left go left, push right go right :rolleyes:
    FLHTbiker, Jun 4, 2012
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    If you push or pull what is the difference. The wheel has to turn to the left to go left.
    cardboard, Jun 4, 2012
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  10. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    That's correct but it's easier to push on the left grip to go left.
    FLHTbiker, Jun 4, 2012
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    Sleepy, Jun 4, 2012
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  12. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I think at least I hope that he was thinking of pushing on the left or pulling up on the right to go left. :eek: I hope that is what he meant.
    FLHTbiker, Jun 4, 2012
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    I don't care what he meant. I started riding a bicycle in like 1954 when I was 4. I rode by pulling he handle bars to the left if I wanted to go to the left when I go slow.

    When I am moving I steer the bike with my butt. The bike goes where my butt goes.
    When I started riding a motorcycle in 1964, I drove with my butt.

    Regardless to what anybody says, I have talked to 3 Harley DAvidson riding instructors at Harley Dealerships.

    All 3 said to me and my wife, if you have been riding a motorcycle as long as you have, and you are still here in front of me with one.
    No way would I ever want to change anything you have learned in yer life spand.
    What you are doing has to be workin very good for you.
    Keep up doing whatever you are doing and glad you enjoy riding yer motorcycle.
    cardboard, Jun 4, 2012
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    And if you push on the left grip,what direction do the handle bars turn??
    Lucifer, Jun 4, 2012
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    not buying into this, your butt maybe be moving the mass around but it's what your shoulders, arms and hands do to the handlebars determines what the front end..and eventually the rest of the bike does

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering
    Sleepy, Jun 4, 2012
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    When I'm moving down the road, I do not move the handle bars
    I lean the bike .
    When I used to run dirt bikes. If the front end of the bike come up, i moved my butt forward. If the front end dropped I would slide my butt backward.
    If I went into a turn I would slide my butt to the direction of the turn.
    If I was in the air and the bike leaned to the left. I would turn the handle bars to the right to correct the weight and straighten them up before I hit the ground.

    And I ain't got no money so you ain't buying nothin.

    [​IMG]
    cardboard, Jun 4, 2012
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    funny how your hands seem to be moving the bars around..after you move your butt of course ;)..there is a pattern here
    Sleepy, Jun 4, 2012
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    try closing your eyes, :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
    HarleysLR, Jun 4, 2012
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    That would be a site, a blind JB and a big guy wiggling his butt back and forth on their bike. :eek: What a sight that would make. :roflmao: only here on Bike Talk could this happen :roflmao::roflmao: I would pay to see that one. :D
    FLHTbiker, Jun 4, 2012
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    :fight::Yoose guys is funny:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::fight::fight:
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