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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins View Post
Oh, and as far as that Street Glide - it follows the H-D pattern of taking a great bike (the Electra Glide) and compromising it for "the look". The rear suspension has been substantially lowered on it as well. The standard Electra Glide, Road Glide, and Road King all have the full travel, full height rear suspensions. Not that an aggressive rider still won't scrape the floorboards (I do it daily when I'm on my Road King alone, especially after having spent time on that old Duc...), but they are far better.

Jeff, Have you ridden a Road Glide? Most people say they are better handling bike because of the frame mounted fairing. I've seen a few of those that I thought looked pretty good. Although I don't think that dual headlight fairing is very popular.
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