HiTiredImJ
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- Joined
- May 18, 2015
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- 6
- Ride
- 2005 Rocket III
most of the big Harley s are very good handling bikes, now power and speed that is something else
Come on now, low-speed/counterweight handling is very different than at-speed counter-steering handling.
I was a brand new rider and I could scrape the floor boards on a Fat Bob going around a traffic circle at 25mph. If I had mid controls, I might have gotten 30mph by standing up and shifting off the seat. On the Fat Bob Lo, I'd be lucky to do that circle at 22mph. On the Street Bob, the combination of the higher maximum lean angle, mid controls, the smallest rake of all the Dyna models, and relatively skinny (at least compared to the Fat Bob) set of tires meant I could do that circle at a higher speed before scraping my pegs.
As for power and speed... the 103 Twin Cam isn't horrible, though I'd have preferred to get one of the CVO 110 cubic inch engines in there. I don't understand why Harley hasn't made the 110 Twin Cam their new standard when Indian and Victory are already up to 111 and 113 cubic inches respectively.