cmarider said:
i have been looking for 3 years at HD, i have narrowed it down to the roadking and the hertiage softail, my question for you all is which is the better bike for short rides to longer 500 mile rides. I'm 6'3 - 260 lbs, my woman is 5'10 and guessing 160lbs, but she has a 36 inch inseam long legged gal, i like the way the softail sits, but concerned about the suspesion, compared tio the roadkings air susp.
The roadking is a great bike... for sure. You said you were interested in riding two up .. .while the road king does share the same platform as all the FLH bikes ,,, for two up ,,, take a very very serious look at the electra glide classic .... the money isnt that much different and your wife will love the tourpack and great backrest .....if you really want to extract utility out of your motorcycle ,,, the tourpack is somthing that will do that ,,, its just so much more simple to toss somthing in if you use your bike for running around town or going to work....... of the roadkings ,,, get the standard ,, i think the hard bags are better than the ones on the classic......add the cruise control when you buy the bike ,,, it does come standard on the custom ,, but i just dont like the bags on the custom as well as the traditional hard bags .....rat