Our Tony has been out at the world launch of the new Sport Glide in Tenerife and after a full day in the saddle of the bike, he's filed this report. He likes it. A lot. Harley 2.0 he says.
Fabulous motorcycle that is a true Sports-Tourer.Crap for pillions though-fixed with the touring seat and backrest for $800! Ordered mine after my first test ride around a few corners! Best ground clearance yet after 42 years of new Harleys.Perfect bike for my Aussie Bike Tours!
Great review! Word on the Street from a number of Australian Journalists that the Sport Glide is H-D's best release yet! I'm yet to ride one myself but I'm very keen. Cheers, from the Aussie Bikers team.
I love this bike, even though I don't own one or ridden one (perhaps one day!), but a couple of things that come to mind; the front mudguard / fender is too short (oil cooler is in the firing line of road debri) and for the price, it should have come with heated grips.
Doc. From San Fran, just bought one from San Francisco Harley-Davidson and it does everything all the reviews say it does. It's a bad ass bike hands down
You can upgrade the pads and they improve. If you want to spend more you can put a larger disc and or extra disc to make it twin. Please note the extra disc is more for heat dispensing then actual braking improvement. To the most as extra disc improves braking by 5%.
thanks a lot! any particular suggestions when it comes to pads or disc? dont want an extra disc though, it'll kill that mantis wheel, which is key design element of the bike.
If you want to go pads only, Organic will improve the front braking. But if you have a Sport Glide I heard the front brake is pretty good on the new models, with the rear not so much.
Try the organic ceramic pads. If that fails go for an enlarged disc. I would still wait a bit as Harley brakes do improve after a couple thousand miles. Do you have a Sport Glide?
