Another Harley Thread

[TXBikerGuy]

Why do Harley riders always disparage the Sportsters?

Re: VLJ's comments on wind "protection": in 2018 three buddies and I rented two Road Glides and two Street Glides in Texas. All four riders of greatly different statures experienced horrible buffeting from their bikes. The fairings and windscreens were worse than worthless. I was annoyed because I had reserved a naked Fat Boy but was handed a Street Glide. I also tried every OEM windscreen on my Triumph Thunderbird and none of them were satisfactory. The tallest screen was the least offensive in terms of buffeting but it was terrible in hot weather (no air flow) and disastrous in rain (again, no air flow to clear your visor).

I just rode 1200 miles on a naked bike and had no problems with or annoyance from the slipstream, even when passing slow traffic at >90 mph.

You mean the girl bikes? I’ve always wondered that myself. I had a VROD for a number of years and had Harley guys tell me it wasn’t a “real” Harley because Porsche designed it. There’s an intramural hierarchy in the HD world for sure.


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