Wide glide/ Low rider question

[swodo]

Looking at a new bike. Undecided between Wide Glide and Dyna Low Rider. I have test driven them both and am leaning toward the Wide Glide, although its pretty much a toss up. Generally, short hops of 50 miles or so with the occassional 300 mile day.

Like to hear your thoughts on which bike you might buy.

[tomv]

the one that you like the most. theres gotta be something about one of em that floats your boat. low rider has always been a looker in my book.

[LwRdr]

I ride a low rider and its the best bike ihave ever owned..

I would go wih the lowrider

Gina

[Bot]

Originally posted by LwRdr
I ride a low rider and its the best bike ihave ever owned..

I would go wih the lowrider

Gina

I ride a wide glide and its the best bike ihave ever owned..

I would go wih the wide glide

Bot



OK all joking aside...They are basically the same animal. (IF you're talking about a Dyna WG, as opposed to the Softail WG) The WG has wider front forks. Some people thinks this looks better. Some don't. Some people think there is a handling issue with the WG, correctable with a fork brace, which I do not have on mine. For the riding you described, I don't think its an issue at all. Mine handles just fine, thank you very much.

[TufBoy]

My legs are on the short side, so I would go with the Low Rider.

[Bot]

Tufboy- Bet I'm shorter than you. Not a deal-breaker.

Swodo- Go with the WG, or maybe go with the Low Rider. Thing is, you can't lose either way.

Biggest differences are seat height and forward controls. The Wide Glide is a tiny bit longer and holds a tad more gas.

Either one will do, sit them both and take the one that makes your heart go pitter-patter. Nice thing is you can lower the Wide Glide if you need to, or you can put a Wide-Glide front end and forward controls on the Lowrider if you want to.

[deb93fxlr]

hey, just get one of each!lol We have both. I have a lowrider and the OM has a wideglide. He likes to ride mine on occasion and says there are things about each of them that he loves. You can't really go wrong either way.

[jrrhdmust]

I like them both, but when push comes to shove, I like the tack on the low rider. I would hate a tach on my handlebars. I also thought the low rider was a little cheaper.