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Originally Posted by 911boost
While I have not had as many as Jeff, I put 30k on my 2006 88” Electra Glide and have close to 13k on my 2018 117” Road Glide with more miles going on as my kids grow up and there are less sports on the weekends….
I’d say anything with a 103” is a win, you don’t need the power my 117” has but I like it for altitude. The handling and braking are excellent and between the Electra and Road Glides it’s a tough call but I’d go with the RG but that could just be because of the power. I have enjoyed 2 up riding on both. My RG handles the wind better than my EG did. My longest day with mountain riding has been 600 miles and it handled it with ease.
And before everyone thinks I am a HD fan boy, I sold my 1150GS to get the ‘07. The GS was a bike that was trying too hard to be two things and did not do either great, so I got the HD and a dirt bike and have never looked back for street riding. For a big touring motorcycle I don’t think you can beat a HD, mine have been dead nuts reliable.
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Very limited H-D experience myself. But I agree, if I wanted a mile munching big tourer, I'd buy some newer version of Road Glide. 100%. In fact, that will probably be my next bike after the next one. Not quite ready for that much of a relaxed style of riding yet.
Gotta say being forced to put several hundred thousand miles on BMWs, I didn't care for them till about 2010. I thought the 1150 sucked and i put 115K on one of those. I literally wondered the whole time why anyone would buy one of those....When the LC models came out, I actually spent my own money on one and I still think it's the best all around bike you can buy. In fact another new one is actually going to be my next bike.