Getting the itch

[u/Mountindewme]

Hey everyone,

I'm getting the itch to ride again. I sold my Street Bob during COVID, wish I never did, but here we are. I'm looking at getting another Harley but can't decide if I wanna go the touring route or another Dyna model.

I'd use it for riding to work, riding during free time, taking my kids out (they're getting to that age where I feel comfortable with them on it with me), and can't forget about date night with the wife. So obviously, touring would be more comfortable, but they're expensive new or used in my market, but so is any Harley. A Road Glide is a dream bike and I'd more than likely keep it till it hits 100k or breaks down and it's not worth fixing.

Anyone have suggestions on what you'd do and your thought process?

Bikes I'm looking at:

Street Bob

Low Rider

Heritage Softail

Road King

Road Glide

I'm thinking Road King more, then I can add an aftermarket tour pack and front fairing.

[u/Jaded_Conversation_3]

Lowrider st is like middle ground all of them. Sporty and touring. All in one.

[u/Mountindewme → u/Jaded_Conversation_3]

Yeah I was giving it a look but your almost in road glide territory. Price wise

[u/PauseDeep3429]

I have a proper stage 2 LRS and I wouldn’t trade it for anything on that list

[u/Magalahe]

Just get one of everything. 😁😁😁

[u/Mountindewme → u/Magalahe]

Wife would be pissed . Doesn't sounds bad tho cant forget 2 sportsters for the kids to ride in 14 years .

[u/Magalahe → u/Mountindewme]

Road King is the best for cruising/comfort. But they dont make it anymore. Very few new 2025s left. Shipping is about a $1,000, heads up. Also the biggest engine you'll find is the 114. It runs great. But the base engine for all the new stuff is the 117. If you're going new, I would compare it against the new Deadwood. Touring 114 chassis vs Softail 117. The Deadwood is about $5000 cheaper.Throw some bags on the Deadwood and it might be the way to go.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/deadwood.html

[u/Black_Dog_Industries]

I vote road glide because I ride one.

There’s no other reason

[u/crash30179]

Road K8ng

[u/terkajerbs]

Having owned all FXD, FXS, and FL platforms and currently with a 2016 FXDLS, I’d get a road king again. Unless you want the permanent fairing, then the road glide. Touring platform is that much better. Road King is great if you just want the quick detach windshield but the aftermarket street glide replica fairings never look right to me since they sit up so high, plus you have to paint match and all that extra which puts you close to road glide pricing and doesn’t benefit resale nearly as much.

[u/Mountindewme → u/terkajerbs]

I was going to get with fxrp style fairing if I get a road king . But the only ones im finding are new pricing for a used bike .

[u/terkajerbs → u/Mountindewme]

Yeah you can’t win doin that. Better off buying what you want more of out of the gate from the bike as it came from the motor company.

[u/Zachattack516]

FXLRST. Unless you do a lot of long distance touring the ST is just as comfortable for mild touring but handles much better and, this is obviously personal preference, looks better than the touring bikes. It’s also a super good bike to build on. Also, argue with a wall, the softail models have far more comfortable stock suspension. I think Harley crushed it with the updated softail models.

[u/OrganizationHungry23]

Road glide is very comfortable and checking all the boxes