Love my switchback. Handles like a Dyna with better comfort. Riding the mountains is a blast with it. Traded my RK in for something better in the curves and this bike nailed it. Bags are perfect size for day trips . Did change the bars, pipes and added DJ 9:36 tuner. Seem to a
Its a great bike. The bags falling off is mostly operator error, ask me how I know. The issue is people keep mucking around with them and screw up the bushings or slide it on and forget to turn the lock. I've had mine for 1 year and a half and put 11K on it cruising the PCH and have no issues. The bars are upgraded though, but everybody upgrades the bars. I saw a guy that put T-bars on a breakout once.
That's awesome yeah it's not for me but for people who like it they are getting alot of bike for the price. I would also rip anything up and down the pch
That saddlebag issue was a 20 dollar fix for my Dad's FLD. Conely's has a bracket that locks it to your bike from the inside of the bag. Gotta be honest with you a couldn't disagree more on this bike and I feel like people always tear down anything Harley does that doesn't fit the Harley mold. I like how Dynas feel better than Soft tails too, always have for some reason. I like the aggressive feel over the smoothness of the soft tail. One big thing I like about the Switchback is that it gets better gas mileage than any other HD I have ridden and it still has balls. IDK I think you are wrong on this one but opinions are opinions I'm not mad about it. Stay up!
Ant nothing wrong with that. I think it should have been a touring frame with a dyna front end. The dyna is more prone to be wobbly with a clunky front end. Wish they did the opposite.
Road from Pittsburgh to Sturgis on mine in 2 days. Pushed the stock bars forward for a better angle and removed the stock quick detach windshield. Bike has treated me very well.
Why do I always meet fat guys 4” shorter than me talking about how Sportster/Softail/Dyna are too small for them. Then they go hop in their lifted Silverado and drive off.
Idk lol but in stock configuration this thing is a little tough for me to ride at 6 foot tall. Now with a bar change alone it would be a whole different bike.
They knew what they were making, you have to get a bike that fits you. Customized a few things to fit my style and BAM! My switchback is the sh!t.. No issues, maybe a one off but a 2 for 1 bike. You gotta know what you’re buying. Mikey Loco from DirtBags California has one. Very true on finding parts for it tho’ gotta do your own work.
So I just got my first Harley it's a 12 switchback which is great for me cuz I'm only 5 foot 8 135lbs I have to say I love mine so far expect I keep running into small issues and I also hate those bags mine r hard to open with that old flip style one is almost impossible to open when u want and after u give up and start riding u hit a bump and it flies open
Love my switchback. Handles like a Dyna with better comfort. Riding the mountains is a blast with it. Traded my RK in for something better in the curves and this bike nailed it. Bags are perfect size for day trips . Did change the bars, pipes and added DJ 9:36 tuner. Seem to a
What is a dj 936 tuner?
@@wretchednation3557 lol! I don’t know where that came from. Dyno Jet
@@Jeff-tt4ytok cool lol
Its a great bike. The bags falling off is mostly operator error, ask me how I know. The issue is people keep mucking around with them and screw up the bushings or slide it on and forget to turn the lock. I've had mine for 1 year and a half and put 11K on it cruising the PCH and have no issues. The bars are upgraded though, but everybody upgrades the bars. I saw a guy that put T-bars on a breakout once.
That's awesome yeah it's not for me but for people who like it they are getting alot of bike for the price. I would also rip anything up and down the pch
That saddlebag issue was a 20 dollar fix for my Dad's FLD. Conely's has a bracket that locks it to your bike from the inside of the bag. Gotta be honest with you a couldn't disagree more on this bike and I feel like people always tear down anything Harley does that doesn't fit the Harley mold. I like how Dynas feel better than Soft tails too, always have for some reason. I like the aggressive feel over the smoothness of the soft tail. One big thing I like about the Switchback is that it gets better gas mileage than any other HD I have ridden and it still has balls. IDK I think you are wrong on this one but opinions are opinions I'm not mad about it. Stay up!
Ant nothing wrong with that. I think it should have been a touring frame with a dyna front end. The dyna is more prone to be wobbly with a clunky front end. Wish they did the opposite.
Road from Pittsburgh to Sturgis on mine in 2 days.
Pushed the stock bars forward for a better angle and removed the stock quick detach windshield.
Bike has treated me very well.
Nice. Yeah I think Harley gave this bike the worst stock bars out of any modern bike. I think it really ads to the lack of confidence while riding it.
Why do I always meet fat guys 4” shorter than me talking about how Sportster/Softail/Dyna are too small for them. Then they go hop in their lifted Silverado and drive off.
Idk lol but in stock configuration this thing is a little tough for me to ride at 6 foot tall. Now with a bar change alone it would be a whole different bike.
They knew what they were making, you have to get a bike that fits you.
Customized a few things to fit my style and BAM! My switchback is the sh!t..
No issues, maybe a one off but a 2 for 1 bike. You gotta know what you’re buying. Mikey Loco from DirtBags California has one. Very true on finding parts for it tho’ gotta do your own work.
Cool I'm glad your enjoying yours
Looked at those, since I have an 01 Dyna, but ended up buying a RK...
Came down to comfort! And bags..
Switchback bags were way to small vs the RK's..
Yes the road king is far superior in my opinion.
So I just got my first Harley it's a 12 switchback which is great for me cuz I'm only 5 foot 8 135lbs I have to say I love mine so far expect I keep running into small issues and I also hate those bags mine r hard to open with that old flip style one is almost impossible to open when u want and after u give up and start riding u hit a bump and it flies open
Awesome congrats on the first Harley. Yeah these bags are a pain to open and latch unfortunately.
Guy just hating hard😢
Love the direction. But they should have used a touring frame and a dyna front end not the other way around
Nah it's a great bike my Dad has one and I love borrowing it for going camping.
@@Doobie603moto camping is always fun
I keep looking at it and I think you could make a nice cholo out of this bike.
You definitely could