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Lol I did with my detachable king tour pack. It's nice to have extra storage when you want. The only thing left to get for it is the solo mounting bracket so I can use it as a backrest.
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The bike looks good! How tall of a windshield did you go with?
I like the look of the 13 inch, but the functionality of the 15 inch is better. I had both. The one in this video I believe is the 13 inch.
Great video. Just out of curiosity how old are you and what bike do you risde as I am curious about the weight you can comfortably lift up. I turn 62 next month and have NOT rode a bike since I sold my StreetGlide 17 years ago. Now I see the Low Rider ST with that sweet M8 117 inch but still weighs 727 lbs which is heavy but 100 lbs less than StreetGlide. MY first bike was an 883 Sportster, Wide Glide, Softail DeLuxe and finally a StreetGlide. I loved the heavier bikes with the fatter tires. Just felt safer. Now at age 62 trying to lighten the load and God forbid buy a Trike so wondering what you would recommend? Ands yes, new subscriber. Safe travels my friend🙏
Thank you for watching! I’m 51, and I ride a modified 2021 Road King special. It’s all the add-ons I put on it. It’s close to 1000 pounds. I do have to be cautious about the weight, but as long as the bike is moving, it’s effectively weightless. My recommendation would be to rent a bike for a few days from EagleRider and just have fun with it and see what you think. Stay safe.
it's the evolution of the VROD. As a proud owner of an ironhead and an Evo Sportster, calling the new bikes "Sportster" is an affront to Sportsters (and flathead K's) and a marketing blunder. I think I might like the Sportster S if only it had a different name (or at least one side of it)
Thank you for watching, I do appreciate your comments. I personally do not feel that it’s an evolution of the VR. The bike is too small too flimsy, and just not good. I would love to hear your feedback if you have opportunity to ride one.
wait - $17k?! Nevermind . . .
lol! I agree
Harley just seems to have a problem with keeping up with the times.
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P.S. 1st 2 shown look like plastic model kits. Wouldn't even consider them at all. Most every bike built today has this appearance. Will not even ride them. No, this substandard manufacturing. I'm like Dale Earnhardt Jr. // If it don't look right, I'm not driving it. His words on an interview & I totally agree with him. Everybody has their standards. The Sportster S sounds just like a Singer Sewing machine at idle.
I agree 100%. Thank you for the comments.
They actually sound pretty decent with aftermarket exhaust. Still not a Harley sound, but decent
It's a V Rod wearing a sportserer name. H.D. quit trying to reinvent yourself & just make great bikes you're capable of. No, H.D. is never going to equal a Jap Crotch Rocket. Make those Dynas, the Deluxe/best looking real motorcycle ever/, & Sportsters that we love. Quit screwing around. Plus, H.D., if you made it, you service it, no matter what year it is and where the rider bought it from. That makes a good company awesome. Stop all of the arrogant macho crap. That right there is a sales killer. Great video.
I also had a Fat Bob (M8) and immediately regretted it when I traded it in. I bought a used one a few months later and I won't be letting this one go.
I feel you. Thank you for the comments.
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I am a new rider, My buddy GAVE me a 98 electra glide classic. Its such a great looking bike i hate to learn on it as the inevitable will happen often. Not sure what to do to be honest. ever heard of people using these as "starter" bike?
@@Artoconnell I would recommend that you use the bike that you ride to learn on. That way you won’t have to learn the dynamics after you have learned on a separate bike. Just be prepared to replace your engine guards. As long as you have the right protection it’s no big deal. Engine guards and set a bag guards are cheap.
@@simplybeingshipley Thank You
We’ll see. And yes, I love my custom Fat Bob 114!
Thank you for the comments, ride safe!
I have to disagree with your opinion on the vrod vs . The new 23 breakout and newer I own both a 2005 vrod and a 23 breakout of course I did some changes to the breakout to a stage 2 with a 516 cam intake exhaust and tune and a bunch of oil system upgrades and I've gotta say it's a really close second to the vrod except for the power I wish it was as violent but another 40 hp and tq and it will be there. the breakout has a few things I wish the old vrod had bigger fuel tank, cruise control, leds, adjustable suspension. what I wish the breakout had was more power and liquid cooling, only one of those things can I change. And if you wanna make the trip to indiana I would have no problem loaning you my breakout for a real ride review if your interested
Thank you for the reply! It’s always good to hear from somebody that owns both. Ride safe!
HD needs to fight diavel and triumpg triple
That would be awesome!
Dude. Just buy a KLR650
Thank you for commenting. Unfortunately, although the klr is a great bike, it’s definitely not comfortable for the thousand mile plus trips I’d like to take.
Even een JAWA is better than a Harley
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…I found out this week that a fully optioned R1300 GSA 719 will cost Australia dollars $44,000 ride away (including taxes and charges).
Thank you for the info
Agree with you on the $. R1300 GSA will be a top bike I’m sure; notwithstanding the odd (to me) looks. But it’s a lot of coin to put down on the motorcycle.
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Great discussion and video. I ride a 23 GSA and love it! No issues so far. Wind protection, all day comfort, tons of power, and good off road. It's an incredibly well balanced bike, low center of gravity, and very nimble for its size. This new one looks like an evolution that riders will accept in time. It's pretty different looking, and kind of growing on me. I'd love to add a Harley bagger to the stable someday. Agreed, it's all about the ride!
Thank you for the feedback in the comments. Right safe!
I bought a new GSA1200 in 2007. I did a lot of miles trough Norge and all off-road and gravel. You can put it on one crashbar and drag it underneath a bombardier for instance. I sold it after 50.000 km and I still regret it. Now I drive a Road King Special 2023 and stay on tarmac. This GSA is really ugly...this metal lunchbox is back,...that big hole on the side?! The ugly headlight....my2cts
Thank you for your comments. It’s good to hear from somebody with your experience.
The alreadybout and redesigned GS has pretty close to the same wind protection as the 1250GSA. Also has the electric wind screen. Plus the GS also has the Adaptive Ride Height. Difference between the Harley system on the Pan America and the BMW is that the BMW lowers front and rear where the Harley just lowers the rear.
Good info. Thank you.
All that and you didn’t crank it up?
Thank you for watching and commenting. I was new to taking videos back then.
I own 3 harley’s currently and have ridden in clubs for years. Thanks but I respectfully disagree with the majority of what you said. I appreciate your work but think you might be stating more of your opinions and likes/dislike than facts. cheers.
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It's BS
Thank you for watching. I do realize there’s a difference between hopes and reality lol
Harley needs a bigger fuel tank and Bark-buster quality hand-guards. I love your take on the new GSA.
Thank you for the support and the comments!
@@simplybeingshipley you are most welcome. Have a blessed day.
Interesting viewpoints…it has made me pause and 😊think more about adventure bikes…thanks great video. 👍
Thank you! I appreciate the support!
What will happen if Harley-Davidson went out of business, because of a success of a Chinese motorcycle brand? Well I see Xi Jinping as Adolf Hitler when comparing of what Hitler’s hope of copying a car from the Czech Republic known as Tatra and then creates Volkswagen that in German it stands for people’s car and Volkswagen becomes a successful brand for selling a knockoff of a Czech car; to what will happen to CF Moto creates Reminmotochu that is a knockoff of a V-Rod that is a more reliable product that it’s engine is German engineered by Mercedes Benz and it rides smoother than the Harley-Davidson V-Rod, just like the Volkswagen Beetle that is knocked off from the Tatra Model 97 but CF-Moto in Chinese is called the People’s Motorcycle to say it in other words a Mercedes Benz in two wheels, that everybody could afford. That way CF-Moto knocks off other Harley-Davidson models as to let CF-Moto put Harley-Davidson out of business and Xi is happy because of China’s version of it’s Punch Buggy is a very successful MF-Moto motorcycle that is a Mercedes Benz in two wheels as in China it mocks Harley-Davidson in commercials and CF-Moto will outsell Harley worldwide? Where would you see Adolf Hitler in comparison with Xi Jinping that a copy of a Tatra model 97 car from the Czech Republic come out to the successful Volkswagen Beetle towards a Harley-Davidson V-Rod from the US comes out a successful CF-Moto model with lots of quality awards that even Consumer Reports put it into higher standards than Harley-Davidson being cheaper as the result of the creation of the people’s motorcycle. What will happen if Indian will be the only American brand of motorcycle while CF-Moto copies the V-Rod and how do people live without Harley-Davidson?
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I had a Honda it was a great bike but when i got the Harley i said im gonna keep my Honda cause im still gonna ride it 3 years later still haven't rode my Honda yet
I feel you!
Great video thank you for sharing
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One can only IMAGINE how much further along Harley Davidson would be, Had their partnership with Porsche not been INTERRUPTED. Harley riders need to (RECOGNIZE) that with Time, and Technology comes CHANGE! Either get with the PROGRAM, or CONTINUE to be BROKEN DOWN on the SIDE of the ROAD with your DRACONIAN MINDSET!🤔
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Exactly 💯
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V-Rod Porche did a great job on the Engine, but the frame was heavy ill handling with poor Brakes. R.I.P. Project Nova
I agree. Thank you for the comments.
Love my 100th Anniversary 1130CC VRod! Original owner and it runs great! It was well ahead of it's time. It is unfortunate most HD riders did not appreciate it. Now we see it coming back and for good reason.
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The HD V-Rod is definitely one of my favorite bikes. I was looking at one for a very good price but unfortunately I was talked out of buying it bc my dad and brother both told me it’s difficult to get parts if anything were to go wrong with the bike.
I wish they would use the motor and make a sport bike
I understand your sentiment. I do not think that they will venture into that space until they secure their hold on the adventure market first. If you see the 975 pan America baby come out, and the Bronx, I believe sport bikes will be next. thank you for the comment.
I can't believe people are buying this ! It's a photoshop of the FXDR with the Sportser S / Pan Am engine ...
Thank you for the comments! I did discuss that very thing in the actual video. The AI part.
V-ROD well competition is fierce or to say CF-Moto will be Harley’s nightmare; this will be if Elon Musk wouldn’t buy Harley-Davidson and kills jobs in America and shift production to China. To say Harley-Davidson fierce competition to say also happens to what happens to Tatra Czech Republic and then the Volkswagen Beetle came along and improves the quality of the original Tatra car they imitated, but yet this could also be working with Daimler(aka Mercedes Benz) in developing a V-Rod knockoff to say the motorcycle version of the Volkswagen Beetle to say people’s car but this time the people’s motorcycle. Design cues of affordability and reliability with a smoother ride than the Hyosung Aquila from South Korea to have some certain name probably in Chinese meaning for the people that is cheaper than a V-Rod. Probably it will be called Reminmotochu the CF Moto Reminmotochu as to what it gets from the Volkswagen meaning in German People’s car with the Beetle out of the Tatra but the Reminmotochu out of the V-Rod will be very reliable and more affordable than the V-Rod. Just saying this is where the US government where to ban CF Moto to sell the Reminmotochu in the United States for being a better quality motorcycle than the V-Rod the one that the Chinese copy. Just to say if it where to China’s gain with CF-Moto over Harley-Davidson that what the Chinese do with Reminmotochu over the V-Rod and selling it in the USA without the trade conflicts then CF-Moto will come out and copy other Harley-Davidson models at these economic crisis times and Harley-Davidson goes out of business and Indian will be the only sole American motorcycle company. Yet history repeats itself with what the Germans did in World War II with a car from Tatra to come up with the Volkswagen Beetle to knockoff a Czech car to say Volkswagen means People’s car in German; well then CF-Moto will create the Reminmotochu out of a Harley-Davidson V-Rod with Mercedes Benz technology to make a it a smoother and more reliable than a Harley and put Harley-Davidson out of business. That is for a reason why CF-Moto is Harley’s boogie man yet CF-Moto will work with Mercedes Benz to make a V-Rod knockoff. The same way Volkswagen knockoff Tatra from Czech Republic and creates the Beetle. To say it all the Chinese Punch Buggy is a V-Rod knockoff from CF-Moto.
Thank you for the comments. Very informative.
The rake is wrong for a Harley. Stretch it out and ruin the handling. A must
lol!
Let’s prey they will rebuild it, that way we won’t have to scrounge for parts, then we can buy the original vrods at a fraction
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The Sportster-S is literally a "modern V-Rod." In the opinion of this old-school rider, giving it the "Sporster" moniker was a huge marketing blunder and they should have just called it "V-Rod" or "V-Rod2"
I would agree with your statements to appoint. The sportster S is more of a sport bike unless of a cruiser. It is designed to go after a totally different market. It’s also on the smallest frame. The would hope the reincarnation of the v-rod would be a midsize bike, cruiser with performance added in. Thank you for your comments!
If they do it I hope they put a 5 gallon fuel tank on it...fuel capacity is a deal breaker for me. I had 2 Nightrods...loved those bikes
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Starting in 2007, all VRODs came with a 5gal tank. Several aftermarket options for the 02-06 models.
If this is real, I'm trading in my 2022 Street Glide Special.
Awesome
Would be cool. Need to build something that competes with the Buell Super Cruiser. Give it 180 HP. Mid controls.
I like where you’re going
Basically a Sportster-S with different bodywork. HD will tune the Revolution Max engine for more HP and torque to beat out the Sportster-S and Pan America. I betcha that engine can be bumped up to over 150hp easily. Definitely will get one of these if HD makes it. I had a VRod Nightrod Special back in the day.
That was my favorite VRod. Thank you for the comment.
11:16 Harley ever makes this, I'm definitely getting one. I had a 2008 Night Rod Special and regret having ever sold it years ago.
I completely get you. It’s exactly how I feel about my 2020 Fat Bob
Save a boat load of money and buy a Yamaha Warrior 1700. A bike that has everything.
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I had a 2003 VROD. I would buy another but keep my Streetglide. VROD is a great city bike, but for long trips useless!
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The V-Rod was discontinued in 2018.
@@RonInNapa sorry my mistake 2003😂😂😂
The concept bike at 7:08 is definitely cool looking. If HD makes a Muscle Cruiser cooler than the competition even die-hard Harley Haters and traditional Harley freaks might be won over. Good video!
Thank you! Ride safe
There is no new VROD coming out. There has been some images and videos floating around the internet depicting a new VROD but it's all AI generated and not sanctioned by HD. They can't even get the spelling right. What I would like to see is the Rev Max engine in a softail or touring frame or it's own new muscle cruiser model. The latter would be more likely but I'm not holding my breath.
I would love them to bring back the Softail fat Bob, have the rev max engine in it and a bigger fuel tank
Let the boys dream. But lets be realistic EU market loves V rod. And get ride of the old sportsers its because of the EU emissions.
Here's what I want to know. When is harley going to go UNWOKE, drop the FAILURE SHOE SALESMAN CEO and put out motorcycles that DO NOT QUIT WORKING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE COMPUTERS NEED REFLASHING FROM THE FACTORY BUT DON'T CARE AND SHIP ANYWAY. It's become a loathsome symbol of American engineering.
I definitely feel your pain. Thank you for commenting
Well Elon Musk is an asshole for the people that works at Harley-Davidson; he would say to improve the bikes is better off to shift production to China to say that the Chinese are more capable of making quality than the Americans. To say it all if Elon Musk where to take over Harley-Davidson he says if the first digit of your Harley-Davidson starts with an L its’s quality or if it’s starts with 1 it’s garbage. To say L means quality, 1 means garbage to say it all in the lack of a better word Elon Musk is the biggest asshole to own Harley-Davidson. So here the first digits of a VIN to say the country of origin of the bike. Yet 4, and 5 as the first digit of the VIN is garbage too in Elon Musk’s eyes. Then hearing Musk saying that a Harley-Davidson that is made in China has the same quality as a motorcycle that is made in Japan while a Harley-Davidson that is made in the USA is of inferior quality compare to a motorcycle made in Japan. To say the Musk will say an American made Harley-Davidson will not equal the quality of a Japanese made motorcycle only a Chinese made Harley-Davidson could only equal the quality of a Japanese made motorcycle. Yes VIN code details: First digits beginning with 1, 4, and 5 is Made in The USA First digits that begins with the L is made in China. L means quality 1, 4, and 5 means piece of shit. Anyway Consumer Reports will praise Harley-Davidson of having equal quality with their Japanese branded counterparts, but their bikes will not be made in America but imports from China thanks to Elon Musk. As Musk will say shitty workers from Wisconsin and quality workers from China.
One omission is the 05-06 CVO Vrods.
You’re absolutely right! I did miss that.