Sold the Harley

[Freebird]

So the 2022 Road Glide Limited is gone.  I had strongly been considering saying goodbye to my riding days for some time now.  The Road Glide Limited was a great long range touring manchine but now that I've turned 70, it sure was feeling heavy on these. short rides around home.  So it was time to let it go.  So my riding days are over.

But Nay Nay say I.  Today I picked up a slightly lighter bike.  It is still HEAVY but feels 300 pounds lighter than the limited due to having no tour pack and them lightening the fairing by about 20 lbs.  One test ride was all it took and I was sold.  It has three factory ride modes.  Sport, Rain, and Highway.  Plus another one that you can customize to your liking.  The salesman told me that in sport mode, Harley has everything dialed up to about 80%.  He created a custom mode for me where he set throttle response and everything to 100% and the performance was amazing.  It is really too much unless you really want to play hard.  I actually put it back into Sports mode and even highway mode on the way home.

So what did I buy?  A 2025 Harley Road Glide and I have to say I love this thing.  It has the new 117 Cu In motor with 105 HP and 130 lbs of torque.  It actually feels even stronger.  All the modern goodies.  ABS, Traction Control, etc.  Apple car play, navigation, etc.  12" digital screen that you can customize to your liking.  They upgraded the front and rear suspension and added an additional 3 1/2 " travel to the rear.  I am just completely impressed with this bike.  I got them, to throw in a passenger backrest and a taller "Klock Werks" windshield.  Since taking these pictures, I added a riders backrest and the nearly new highway pegs that I took off the '22.  I also took the nearly new Vance and Hines mufflers off the '22 and put the stock mufflers on it.  The Vance and Hines are the same for this bike also.  It is surprisingly loud as is but I''ll probably swap them tomorrow to see how they sound on this bike.  I think they had a deeper tone.  I went back and forth on the color but ended up buying Iron Horse Metallic.   

[N3FOL]

Nice Don!

 

[RDawson]

Enjoy it!!! Get some riding time with your son.