What to know before buying a Harley Davidson Softail Low Rider S - Plus Giveaway 

Sold my 2020 Fat Bob just now. LowRider S is in my sight now always been the dream.

I just joined the Harley family with a 2021 Street Bob. I've ridden my whole life but this is my first Harley and I am absolutely ecstatic!! I really appreciate your videos man, I have shared them with a lot of my friends and family and got a few of them to subscribe. Thanks for always being so honest. Keep pumping out awesome content and I'll keep bringing new fans!

All in all my '23 LRS 117 with CR483 cam and 2BR 2-1 pipe is about as much as I could ask for. Have a lot of scooters, but this one makes you feel alive. Very, very happy.

Amazing points and all very true. The biggest thing that most people fail to do with purchasing a motorcycle is the research on third party purchases and issues with the motorcycle they want to purchase. Keep up the good brotha!

I ended up scooping a 2021 low rider s when I went in last week. He gave me a solid deal. I also like how you plug someone else’s channel every video it seems like. Keep up the solid content tho!

The LRS was the first bike I rode after buying my Iron1200 and I IMMEDIATELY fell in love. I love how you kinda sit in the bike. I really wanted one but I'm probably gonna go with a touring bike next.

I think the Low Rider S is really a beautiful bike no matter what year or weather it's a Dyna or Softail. Congratulations on your channel growth. You are growing because you put out videos that people are interested in watching. 👍🏻😎

Your channel popped up on my "recommended videos" list. I'm glad I found your channel. I'll be buying one of very soon. Just waiting for my local dealer to get one in Vivid Black.

Thanks for the information, I always like to hear the good the bad and the ugly.

J the editing of this episode was amazing! Also great points of the bads/uglies. Not many people know about what voids the warranty. Cheers!

Enjoying the video and then I'm like hey man that's Rockville. I'm just north in Gaithersburg. Great channel and content. Currently riding a CVO Pro Street Breakout which I love but I still can't stop admiring the LRS.

One of my Favorite Movies!! LOL I've got a softail, a 2018 Heritage, and I just love the looks and ride of the softail frame. You've done some nice mods to yours...great looking bike!

Thought about giving up my road glide for the low rider s that’s actually how I found your channel so thank you sir!

What i love about low rider s, is you can do what you like in terms of cosmetics as well as performance on the engine. To me, this the right choice for those who just want to own a motorcycle, and believe me, you will forget about other brands of motorcycle after you ride them. For you Mr. Ironbornrider, you have great taste, this low rider s is what really translates to you.

Bro, thanks for the shoutout. That's so dope ! I'm STILL waiting over 130 days on the cruise control unit. No tickets yet though. Haven't had to do any warranty work (yet) but I might have just lucked out with my unit. Lord knows the other two harley's in my driveway are leaking. I'm only at 3500~ miles though, so time will tell. Love the high quality of your videos as always.

After many test drives including the Low Rider S I ended up buying a Ducati Multistrada and trading my Sportster Content is great, keep it up.

Low Rider. It's on my Future Harley research list. Thanks for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly info. Excellent video. You have an Awesome Cruiser !

Great video man. Good to know about the tuners as most people will assume it’s a Harley there has to be a ton of tuners out there. Well done.

Excellent vid. Yeah the risers are the goods. Sweet ride mate.

Love it brotha! I actually copied some of your mods on my 883.. I like your style so I may go with the low rider s as well for the next one. Keep it up!

Nice video and good sound advice, I totally understand where you are coming from, I think the Low Rider S, is like a Swiss Army Knife, jack of all trades.

Damn good video, helped make my decision to pickup a Low rider S

Still shopping for a new ride. Low rider S is a top runner. Thanks for video.

Just got a FXLRS last Sunday. I'm a special snowflake as well and have been searching for something other than the standard road warrior fairing. The RWD TXR fairing is pretty sick and looks good on a few builds I've seen. Looking forward to more content from you!

Good and useful review. Thanks!

I just got my 2021 Low Rider S here in Australia. I enjoyed watching your take on your LRS! One comment which might not apply to let's say California, is here in Oz we can get and under the law be covered by warranty even with a tuner. In my case the tuner is a Maximus Technoresearch. For my riding style I like torque so I went with the S&S SuperStreet 2-1 exhaust that is 50 State legal for 2018-2020 Softail models! CARB EO# K-010-13 (I don't know about CARB & the MY21 LRS). My bike has been Dynojet tuned with just the exhaust and Maximus by my dealer (Australia compliant and legal with the DB noise reducer). When the K&N airc learner arrives from backorder I will not need another dyno run but would expect about 3hp and torque increase. Currently I have 111 torque at 2,700rpm and at least 100 from 2,200 to 4,300rpm. "Only" 87HP at 5,000rpm which gets me around town okay. Again, I enjoyed your review and channel.

Keep ripping on the bike bro! Loving it

Finally a decent Motovlogger that’s not from California!

Love this bike. I've been waiting 2 weeks for my dealer to get it in. Seems like everyone is buying it cuz its hard to get.. Anxiously waiting for the call to pick it up. In the meantime I've ordered the Bung King crash bar, TBR Turnout Stainless 2-1, and screamin eagle tuner. Luckily I was able to find everything in stock. Been watching a lot of your videos. Thanks for the insightful content and keep em coming!!

I am actually looking into upgrading from the 883 to the low rider s. And I love the look of your bike especially the risers and pull back. I haven’t sat on one since I’m deployed but I’m hoping this is low enough for my 5’5” with a 28” inseam to at least put both feet down. Haha. Great review. I needed the everything review. I’ve been researching this bike for a long while now.

Yes, here in AU we can get our cars and bikes serviced by anyone as long as they comply with the Australia Design Rules. And the cops can give you a ticket and send you to the state testing station for verification. So you still have to comply with all the noise and polution requirements but don't have use only "Harley" parts to do it.

Nice vid bro! I feel the same way about mine, Its an awesome bike!!! :)

Great info!

I’m glad I saw your video! I just put a deposit on a 2021 Lowrider S. I was wondering how come you were already looking for tires? I don’t want to have issues with that later on.

Good video man!! Nice to have a pro and cons video to look into before a purchase. This will probably help quite a few people! Don't enter me in the drawing, as you know I don't ride a Harley, so it would be wasted on me.

I have just joined the Harley family with my Sportster S. This bike (lowrider S) is gorgeous. I choose the Sportster because I enjoy spirited riding and cornering. This bike however just looks stunning

Really enjoy your channel & nice mods. I would love the Low Rider S with a little more chrome, like a Standard, but with the Low Rider engine and handling. Wanna trade up from a Sportster!

Luv your videos and your Lowrider s bro

With your fairing, would you be comfortable running 75 mph for a solid hour? Thanks love the channel!!

Currently riding a streetbob 107 stage 2. Tomorrow going for a new low rider s 117. 😊

Great video

I had the FP3 on my Iron. I loved it! So I'm so frustrated that I can't get the FP3 for my 2021 LRS. Great bike, but I just want to open it up a bit more. I can confirm that an aftermarket tuner will void the warranty. At least that's here in Madison, WI according to the sales dude here.

I have a 2020 and was thinking of doing a video like this... good thing I didn't cause your B-roll would've blown mine out of the water, lol

I like the bike. One is in my crosshairs as a daily driver.

Digging the NIN vibe for the intro, sweet looking low rider *cough* pick me, lol

Sick ride ill own one oneday. With the front end bouncing. If suspension an everything checks out? But still doing it. Change your tubes over. I ride a kx450f. I went from heavy duty tubes to tubeless. And it bounced badly at higher speeds. Might help someone out who's scratching there heads trying to figure it out.

Awesome

Did you put the iptional cruise control on the bime and how is it for long trips do you see yourself going cross country on it ?

Great video. I’m looking to get a Fat Bob.

Are these mid-controls in standard position or did you take them more forward?

Sup yeah im new here ..what a good weather to ride

2021 is same as 2020 my man so tuner on either will work.

I had a 2020 cool FXLRS I just bought a 2023 FXLRS 😁 I'm waiting 3 weeks for the bike customized.

thanks for sharing , true, parts are having huge delays ( heard from another friend ) , also if you could minimize the camera movement and speak slower especially when explaining the ugly points if would really help ppl having English as second language. have 2013 XLC 1200 Sportster , wanting to upgrade to something similar, please keep the videos coming in , ride safe everyone , God bless

I'm so close to pulling the trigger on a new 21, it's an awesome bike. I just wonder if there will be some kind of deals or better financing the closer to winter it gets 🤷‍♂️

Sweet bike :)

That is my dream bike as well just different colors

I agree with what you said about the seat, it puts the rider up a couple inches higher and they aren't comfortable in my opinion.

Looks sweet!!!

There’s a fp4 tuner available for the 2021 model and 2022 model as of today.

Check out the information from DK customs about the tune on the M8 engines! They DO NOT require a tune for a stage 1. The stock tune is good. It is not too lean like the Evo and the Twin Cam engines. The whole point in tuning the bike with a stage 1 is air fuel mixture. The stock tune on an evo or twin cam is too lean for the additional air supplied by a stage 1. Not the case with the M8 platform. They are rich enough from the factory to accommodate the additional airflow provided by a stage 1. DK has multiple videos and reports showing their findings. A tuner will “optimize” your air fuel mixture, but then again a dyno tune will “optimize” even better than a tuner so that’s just quibbling over leftovers really. Where you really “must have” a tuner is with anything beyond a stage 1. Stage 2 and above because you’re changing the timing and everything at that point. But no tune is required for a simple stage 1 on the M8.

nice bike!

Finding parts is the hardest right now.

Yeah its a good looking bike

Hey man! I have a ‘21 low rider s with the same set of pipes. I noticed that at 2500rpm with light throttle I hear a weird echo noise coming from the exhaust. It only happens under load while riding, and continues on till about 3000rpm. Have you noticed something similar?

How tall are you? I'm 5'5 150 pounds and ride a 2010 Forty Eight. Want a lowrider S but not sure if its too big.

3:11 how's the banking with those mini floor boards?

Did you have sumping issues on your bike? I ask because i know someone with a 2021 that keeps leaking oil from filter pretty bad and dealer is actually looking into sumping issues they thought they over filled the oil but it still did it.

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You can tune a 21 model with a Techno Research Direct Link Tuner key.

TTS Master tune is available for 2021 M8's.

So you have SE HD tuner with TBR pipes?

Oil sumping, yeah! My brothers 2018 Street Glide just blew a head gasket and puked oil out because of this issue. 100% stock bike with only 6800 miles on it and Harley wouldn't help out a bit even though they Know the M8 has this flaw. Aftermarket companies are making a fix for the problem, but HD pretends like it's not their problem. If they had any honor whatsoever they would recall all those bikes and upgrade the components to resolve this issue.

The whole thing about warranty is they want your money. Meaning you want warranty have them sell you the parts and do the work.

What type of bags do you have on it?

Enjoyed the video I have the 20 Low Rider S great bike I do enjoy the bike I live in Canada so my bike is in kms 11700 for mileage my ugly for this bike is the brakes rear being mostly non existent been to 2 dealers have been told thats the way they are pretty sad now just last week having to grab a handful of brake as a 4wheeled idiot pulled out in front of me on a 2 lane highway Im doing about 90kph 55 mph any way when I grab the brake hard my whole bike shook like crazy pulled over to chk everything out all good & tight but now my bike has a pulsation when braking took to the local dealer was told my rotors were warped which I kinda figured but the dealer has told Harley will replace the rotors but not the pads so needless to say Im not a happy camper plus having to wait 3 weeks for parts & then to get in for repairs This is totally unacceptable as far as Im concerned That the rotors are warped with so little mileage & then they will only cover certain parts Total BS on Harleys part Anyway just my 2 Cents Other than that great bike Keep Ridin in the Wind

Aye bro let's ride one day!

Needs an awkward police solo saddle seat. 😆

What mini floor boards are you running on it?

Whats the licence plate holder you got

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Intro was tight. Thought for sure the prize would be the bike itself. SAD!

Great video. Have you noticed any oil consumption issues?

No Tuners..... Denied

I have DYNA Lowrider s. If anything happened to it. If it was stolen or written off. I wouldn’t have a soft tail. Not for me.

Cosa sapere prima di comprare un Harley-Davidson ??? Si sì ho capito tutto e ridicolo scrivere il titolo in italiano e avere un video in inglese . Sarà stato anche bravo il collaudatore ? non lo sapremo mai noi poveri italiani che parliamo la nostra lingua . 🤦🏻‍♂️

any update on 2021 model tune ? can we get something other than screaming eagle ?

I’ve bought new quads new bikes and new cars I was always told if anything is done it voids warranty, but I’ve never tested it I know dealership management loves to push any work thrown their way, I’m about to buy a 23 I’ve been trying to watch read listen to anything pertaining to the 23 low rider even, it’s good to know how it got to what it is

As far as tuners go, stop thinking about plug and play. Most real deal shops who have dyno's will have the licensing to get through those locks in the ecu. And you get a more thorough tune specific to your bike and upgrades. A tune is not one size fits all. And not all motors come factory with the same numbers. There are differences between 2 of the same.

I just bought this bike BONE. STOCK w/ 2 mi. On it. This was a great vid, man. Thanks!