I had a pleasure of riding the Electra Glide Classic for about 500Km with my wife as a pillion. It does shake a lot on idle, but those are wobbly shakes, not jerky ones if you know what I mean. Here is my seat of the pants impression:
- Seating position, seat itself and the controls are much more comfortable than I expected. Nothing felt awkward and nothing got sore.
- As someone said before: "most fun you can have below the speed limit". You don't need to ride fast to get pleasure from it, although it's quite capable of cruising two-up at about 140-150.
- Handles well in sweepers. No wobbles or steering vagueness. Cornering clearance is limited, but enough.
- Pulls like a bull. Plenty of passing power, although chasing cages is not what it is about.
- Shifting is clunky, but positive. I just hit the shifter and ignored the sound.
- Technically and aesthetically speaking the whole thing looks like someone added a lot of quasi-modern bling and gadgets on an old tractor. Almost everything looks like a poorly executed afterthought - from that ugly ignition key/switch, to stupid side case covers!
- Surprisingly, none of the above have adverse effect on the ride feel. I could pretty much ignore the bike and enjoy the ride/scenery.
- The heel/toe shifter would be a great idea if it will allow you to move your foot back and forth more. The vibrating heel part scuffed my boot!
- It's friggin' heavy! Don't drop it where there are no other people to help you pick it up. Surprisingly, all that bulk pretty much disapears at speed.
- Suspension does not have enough travel to suck up rough pavement, so I had to aim a little.
- The engine guards are doing a great job protecting it in a tip-over :>.
Vlad on Electra Glide
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