It's called trail braking! Dragging the rear brake through corners improves stability and helps maintain a steady line. Those who ride for precision rather than pride know exactly what I'm talking about. Ask any LEO who rides. Anyone who's been on 2 wheels longer than 10 minutes can negotiate a moderate lean in and out of turns. Doing it with a large cruiser and carrying a passenger is a completely different task. Those bashing this guy for riding the brake are the same ones who need 4 or more parking spaces to turn around.
Racing bikes are not made for long trips. They are made for speed. Sport touring is very comfortable for long distances. I have a sport touring and I love it and don't have any problems with distance, corners and speed.
Hey, I liked the music. It was great seeing how I grew up in the Hippie and Flower Power era. I still live in the sixties and IMO we had the best music ever.
***** The music actually makes me want to go find some seventies porn with bush as far as the eye can see. I'm now thinking about growing my mustache out again.
The EVO powered FXR was a great bike, best bike frame ever on a big Twin Harley, great looks and great maneuverability and handling characteristics and they are worth a lot of money. People are looking for that machine, so, they have held up their resale value remarkable well. Great bike, great ride, and great loos and performance. A true Harley classic,
tomcata1467 I love my FXR. The big twins got a lot bigger and heavier over the years. Looking at Harley's current motorcycle lineup, the Sportster with a big gas tank looks like the closest thing to an FXR, now that the engine is rubber mounted, and the Sportster engine is more reliable than the twin cam. I made this video to compare them: ruclips.net/video/lJ6sUuHok4c/видео.html
What makes that frame better than any other Harley frame? Harley hasn't had frame problems since they went to rear suspension. FXR?? It's just a glorified Sportster, Just slower. Worth a lot of money?? I see them all the time for 2-4 thousand bucks.
Trail braking is performed w/ the front brake. Hard cornering w/ a Harley bagger will eventually cause the floorboard mounts to drag which will lever the rear tire off the road.
I currently have an HD but have owned several sportbikes over the years. They don't even come close as far as cornering and acceleration is concerned, but I can ride my Harley for longer periods of time and hell its a Harley it doesn't need to go any faster !
These Dentists are on the way to the Harley store to pick up the decorative " Willie G" self stick Chrome Front Fork Reflector available for only $379.99!
Harley's don't ride or handle like "crotch rockets", but they're not supposed to. Ever since 2009, when they redesigned the frame, they handle much better. If you want them to handle better still, there's a pretty affordable fix. The "Touring Link" from Progressive Suspension. I have a 2013 Ultra Limited with a 103 Stage IV race kit, the touring link and I hammer the mountain curves pretty good, as do many of the folks I know. Just remember the lean angle on a Harley is only 30 degrees, not 60 degrees like you see on race bikes.....
I got a Special last Saturday. Haven't been able to put many miles on it yet 'cause it's pretty cold in NYC right now. Was out today though and couldn't believe it when I looked at the speedo and saw I was doing 80. After 5 1/2 years on a '08 Softail Custom it didn't feel over 60. Got V & H 2 into 1's and she just flies. Handles amazingly well.
Harley did a great job of making the Street Glide a really functional all-around motorcycle. A lot of people like the style but don't appreciate how well-engineered it is and how well it works.
***** Thanks for the link , now these street glides do handle great, actually they're a surprise packet . Good road clearance and they go through the twisty bits out here in Aus quite well . I may sound a little fussy here , but all the instruments look to much in the fairing for my liking , but a nice looking bike just the same . I have rode one they seem to have a slight rake or front end difference to other HD's not sure? I did have a 1998 Harley Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide foot pegs in the middle mid glide front end and that bike stuck to the road like it was on rails , It did have cruise pegs further up the front on the frame but i never used them (i sold it) silly man .that i am . Now i will be making the transition to floor boards whatever i choose.wanting one of the bigger cruisers , that should be interesting / Nice little bit of banter with the young girl (woman ) You: So can these go around the corner :) Her: arms folded Hell Yeahhhhhh they can ;~ / with a friendly laugh You :Sure I'll believe it when i see it "chuckle chuckle" Nice upload Thank you have a safe and happy weekend
After 2008, when they changed the frame and made it STIFFER, the handling improved 10 fold. Had a 2006 Road King, which handled very well considering how heavy and huge it was, but my 2012 CVO Street Glide put it to shame. The bigger back tire helps too.
That's good to know. I ride an FXR, which handles great because the frame is ridiculously stiff. It's nice that the engineers at Harley Davidson are always improving their bikes. The Street Glide looks like a pure cruiser that can't really corner, but looks are deceiving.
It's always been my doubt about HD getting into the corner. How fast did you guys go? It's kinnda one of the deal breaker for me, but I def like the Street Glide.
Our street glides are basically limited by how soon the hard parts of the frame, floorboard brackets, and exhaust hit the ground and start to lever the wheels off of the ground. Rider skills among Harley owners is spread around about as evenly as the sport bike crowd.
That very first part starts way up past the Rock Store where they started from. They'd already ridden up and turned around before the video started. That very first turn is posted: "15MPH". Oh, I almost forgot. I used to COAST my Harley (engine off) down from the video's starting point and go just as fast.
Ok, did you get that song off the Magnum PI soundtrack album? Sure Harleys can corner, but had you been leading on your Buell, I'll guarantee they wouldn't be able to keep up because you can take the corner at a higher rate of speed without dragging parts. Depends on the skill of the rider too. the guy in front could take those turns faster than the guy in front of you.
Pretty sure LEOs use street glides. So I’m gonna guess they are able to corner, in fact if you know how to ride one they handle very well. I have a 21 and it’s actually pretty nimble for a big bike.
Porno music aside, the Street Glide has decent lean angles *for a Harley* at 29 deg left and 31 deg right. The Ultra is a bit better at 31 left and 33 right. Some mistakenly think the Sportster would do better, but the 1200C has 26 deg right while the Super Lows have a miserable 24 deg left and right.
I have a 2012 Street Glide. They are no sports bike for sure. I previously had a Kawasaki vulcan and although a great bike the Harley out handles it by a country mile and is comfortable as hell.
Thanks. Yes. If you slow down before the turn and accelerate through the turn, the front end raises up, giving more ground clearance, so you can lean farther and carry more speed through the turn.
I ride a Dyna Super Glide, and I typically take corners at 15-20 mph faster than the little yellow sign recommends with zero trouble at all. Not sure why there would be a question of "will it go around a corner?". Like it was a straight shot from the Harley owner's house to that place!!
Any bike can go in a corner, one week ago a couple of friends make a 1000km in 2 days travel here in Panama, from Panama City to David-Chiriqui and back, (1176km), and some big bikes like a 1900ish cc Big Bagger Harley come with us, here in panama you don't have to much big and wide open roads like in the US, you have corners, dangerous corners, that close or opens in the exit... the way that we can make all the route was using "sport-bike" style riding, taking corners at 100kmh leaning the body more than leaning the bike, so the bike don't scratches the ground and the gravity center was going down anyway, but with our bodies...
I see a crap load of braking in the curves!!! I'm still a new rider myself but that was something my MSF instructor drilled into us. "Brake BEFORE the curve not it the curve" I have heard a little light rear brake action can help with cornering but I'm so programmed to stay off the brakes in a curve I'd be scared to try. Lol
Tar snakes on twisty roads will shoot anyone's confidence to hell. Those thin over pave strips that leave a small ridge down the center of your lane are fun too.
On most roads in the U.S. there are something called speed limits and I seriously doubt there is a road anywhere in the U.S. where a Harley or a school bus can't negotiate the road at the speed limit. How far above the speed limit you can safely negotiate a particular road is a different conversation. I've been riding for 40 years, all types of bikes and currently ride a Harley Street Bob. I have total confidence I can ride the bike at or somewhat above the speed limit on any road. Can I stay with a competent rider on a sport bike? Probably not. Do I think that's a drawback in owning a cruiser? Absolutely not. Neither would it if I owned a bagger. The whole discussion of how far above the speed limit you can push a bike is childish banter.
The most pathetic arguments I see is when sport bike guys call Harleys crap because of their performance. Both bikes are fantastic when used in their intended roles. Yes, on the track, or dippin' and divin' the twisties with the other power rangers, a Harley is crap. But, can you ride a Sport bike for 6 or 12 hours only stopping for fuel? Nope. Apples to Oranges. Its like saying a Ferrari is crap because it can't haul a load of wood, or calling a pickup truck crap because it can't hit the racetrack and be competitive. It's just nonsense.
Posture is critical to correct cornering. If the rider and passenger would lean their upper body slightly more into the curve. They would increase ground clearance and make their ride safer. But whatever. They are riding and having fun. More power to ya'll.
Yes. Just looking at it, you wouldn’t think that it would be so functional, or that it could corner so well, but they did a really good job making it work well in a lot of different conditions.
Hi Y'all, Not sure, but, if these riders, in this clip own those "Beautiful Street Glides"? The Mercedes of motorcycles. But, they diffidently do not know how to ride !!!!!! I own a Street Glide, and these guys do not know how to ride and should not be on a Street Glide. Maybe, a moped?? If you watch the guy in front he rides his brake through the corners. Thats accident waiting to happen. The HD-SG, can do 80-85 no prob through those corners in this clip. They were poorly driven maybe doing 40???. Sorry guys. Learn to ride before you do a poor video clips of your poor M/C skills Bro. Just saying. peace Ewo2truth.
i own a road king and a sport bike. cornering on the sport bike is exciting. cornering on the harely is 'exciting' too but for very different reasons ;) throwing the sport bike into corners is warm butter on bread. throwing the hog into corners is climbing the empire state building with vascaline on your hands and plucking a hair out of king kong's forehead without him noticing. it's thrilling because it takes way more skill
I,m looking at a 2016 Dyna wide glide its great looking bike but not much fun to ride ,I currently ride a Aprillia Tuono 1100rr which is super comfy for me and is as much fun as you can stand ,I,m working on the Mrs to see if I can keep both LOL as I really fancy the summer cruise,s on a Harley to the coast with said Mrs but don,t want to give up the scary fun bit ,first world problems can be a bitch LOL.
Harleys are built to run forever. They're overbuilt and understressed, which means you can buy one that's 10 or 15 years old with low mileage to ride across the country and still keep your Aprillia. My FXR is 25 years old and still running fine, and the engine has never been apart.
I have the Cyclone as well and like it very much. It feels responsive and has good breaking. My brother does have that red white and blue Wille G factory tribute Dyna and I feel very uncomfortable on that. It's fine going straight, but I feel frame flex when turning and the front wheel doesn't feel connected to the road and about to wash out. Then braking, I had to do the death grip on the lever because I thought I was going to eat the trunk of the car in front of me. So not my cup of tea. He also picked up a HD XR1200 a few years ago and it's absolutely outstanding. Really nice suspension, great power, and brakes. I'd give it a 9/10. I do like the Cyclone better because of the lower weight and low mass centralization. I notice the XR carries it's weight well, but it's more fatiguing on the arms to get it to lean over time.
This is the part of Mulholland Highway called The Snake, right above The Rock Store in the Santa Monica Mountains. It is our local racer road. If you watch the videos on the rnickeymouse RUclips channel, you can see lots of bikes going fast on this road.
Forget the cornering aspect of all Twin Cam engines, and be more worried about the fatally flawed design of all Twin Cam engines produced since 1999 to the present. Here is why: 1. Flywheel assemblies are only pressed together at the factory with a 400 ton press. They will come out of true, sooner, rather than later, and the primary shaft and pinion shafts will wobble out of run out specs and which should be no more than 0.001", any more than 0.003" and they will begin destroying the shaft bushings and bearings and eventual catastrophic engine failure. The only solution is to tear engine completely apart and take the flywheel assembly to a performance specialty shop to have it dynamically trued, plugged and welded. Unlike older Harley engines produced till 1998, which had a crank pin bolt and nut to hold the two flywheel halves together, all Twin Cams are held together by a wing and a prayer. 2. All Twin Cam engines have two silent chain drives with PLASTIC cam chain tensioners which are rubbing against a METAL chain. Imagine the rub at 3,000 revolutions a minute. They must be regularly inspected and periodically changed out and you almost have to take the engine apart to due just that. Need special Harley tools to do the job and must also change out the stock junk INA CAM BEARINGS while doing so and replace them with Timken tapered roller bearings. The tensioners should be replaced at 50% wear or 3/32" of wear. If the break up into little pieces and get sucked into the oil pump and then the crankcase, and cylinders, catastrophic engine failure will occur and you can't even rebuild the engine due to extent of damage. Previous Harley engines used a single cam with no PLASTIC tensioners. Harley should have used reliable gear drive cams instead of the junk silent chains with a PLASTIC tensioner. Get ready to pay big bucks to have them regularly inspected at 10k miles or face a catastrophic engine failure. No solution to this problem, it's inherent in the design. 3. All Twin Cam engines run extremely hot and have caused 2and 3rd degree burns when riders pants legs have caught on fire. 300,000 Harley owners in California are suing THE MOTOR CO. cause of this defect. The oil pump is to small and at idle, Harley now has the rear cylinder shut off and notice all the rear cylinder heat shields now being used to protect riders from flawed engine design. THERE ARE MANY YOU TUBE VIDEOS POSTED BY HARLEY OWNERS ON THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH TWIN CAM ENGINES, ALL TWIN CAM ENGINES. CAVEAT EMPTOR- "LET THE BUYER BEWARE."
tomcata1467 And that's why I ride an Evolution FXR Low Rider and a tube-frame Evolution Buell Cyclone. Thanks for the specific info. I've heard that the twin cam engines have problems, but hadn't heard the specifics until now.
You are right. But with all the bad there is also good I have a 05 ultra classic 88tc with just over 73k runs as good as any evo I've ever owned. I just recently had It bullet proofed but it made it a long way and never failed me. But yes I just got lucky because I have seem them fail and when they do........ Yep done.
Hang on to that FXR Low Rider, worth some bucks to guys who know the best Harleys around. Best frame and ride design ever on a Harley with a sweet single cam EVO rocking your ears with that real Harley purr of yester year.
tomcata1467 I own a 2000 Screamin Eagle Roadglide. A couple years ago, I noticed a rattle in the Engine. I assumed it was the cam chain tensioners, so I replaced them. Did the whole adjustable pushrod replacement etc. still had noise. Someone suggested it was the primary chain tensioner, so I replaced it. still got the clackety clack. Someone said it must be the rocker arm bushings. Replaced those, still makes noise and has been for a year. I have vowed to run the shit out of it til it stops. I never considered the flywheels "separating". Now I have more options to consider. I think I'll take her to George Bryce in Americus, Ga. ( Star Racing ) and spend a buttload of $$ and get the ol Geezer Glide to Ride!! After 79,000+ she needs an update. Good to read up on info like this. Still got the old shovel as a back-up plan.
I wore the rubber on the pegs of my dyna fatbob to the metal, and even hit the bottom of the derby cover when I hit a bump in a turn. I have an 09 Electra glide now and I hit my floor boards all the time. Since the floor boards flip up their kind of your "O shit" alarm if your not expecting it lol now I try to without hitting anything else. I've hit the mount for the board and that was a little scary.
Mark Conde They really corner well for such big motorcycles. It is got that Harley-Davidson considers this when building bikes. I wish they would bring back the Dyna Glide Sport.
Love my fat bob. Its my first cruiser and I'm pretty hooked. Been riding sport for years and I finally took one for a demo ride to kinda kill some time. Right away I knew I had to have it. The 103 has some nice punch and I was grinding pegs on it the first day I had it.
Sure, Harley-Davidson motorcycles corner pretty nice for what they are. Any bike can IF you know how to ride, which these guys don't. Any braking should be done BEFORE the curve and accelerate though it, keep your head and eyes up and look through the curve, looking where you want to go. Chrome doodads and loud pipes won't help if can't ride...
Harley's have clearance issues, they are a tractor not a sportsbike. With a bit of work they can be a lot of fun. With a few riding courses under your belt your Harley can be a real Sleeper, just waiting for a vulnerable Sportsbike rider. ruclips.net/user/harleyfatboyiamwoz Harley's don't corner,part1,2,3.
It does not matter since there is a H-D dealer at every corner. We just stop, walk in and walk out with a new H-D. We are rich American's so we do this at the end of every strait road right in the corner. If it rains we get a new bike too! Anyway, what kind of stupid ass question is "can a H-D Street Glide go around a corner"?
Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica mountains in California. It's the part of the road above the Rock Store called The Snake. rnickeymouse shoots his videos there. I wonder if we were in one of them.
Yes, unless you count the Buells. I had a 1996 Sportster and put longer shocks on the back and Progressive springs up front, and it handled great. I sold it and bought a Buell Cyclone, which handles even better.
Would anyone ride from Northern California down to Arizona V-Rod with a passenger? I'm thinking of going down to AZ next summer for spring training but I've been told the V-Rod is not to comfortable.
I just got my Street Glide Special last month, handles great. Think about getting Screamin' Eagle slip ons with everything else stock, any suggestions? You guys should check out the video Street Glide vs Indian Chieftain.....really good comparison test on Motorcycle.com
Both of the bikes in the video have stock bikes with louder slip-on mufflers, and the guys are happy with the way their Street Glides perform and sound. I read a comparison between the Chieftan and the Street Glide in a magazine this month. Harley has some serious competition!
hey if u havent bought them yet. look at the cfr pipes. sound amazing. a buddy or mine works for the parts dept at Harley Davidson farrows and told me to try them along with fullsac headers
If THEY knew how to ride they wouldn't need to brake in a curve. Braking in a curve will put you down eventually especially on wet pavement. A riding course may be of help
Of course the bike can corner. If the rider can corner it using common sense. Just don't lean too much. Seen lots of bikes go down because the ppl were leaning like they were sportbike racers. Hook a peg or floorboard and go down for the count.
Yes. Technique and practice have a lot to do with it. Throttle control too. Stay on the gas through the corner to keep the weight on the back wheel which raises the forks up, to gain extra cornering clearance.
It's called trail braking! Dragging the rear brake through corners improves stability and helps maintain a steady line. Those who ride for precision rather than pride know exactly what I'm talking about. Ask any LEO who rides. Anyone who's been on 2 wheels longer than 10 minutes can negotiate a moderate lean in and out of turns. Doing it with a large cruiser and carrying a passenger is a completely different task. Those bashing this guy for riding the brake are the same ones who need 4 or more parking spaces to turn around.
Had to turn it down or my dad will think i got into his special vhs tapes again........
+Joe Dragon Ha ha!
LOLLLLL
HAHAHAHAHA......4 years late but the curves are still there.......
@@anonanon8227 lol i forgot i even made this comment. Glad the curves are still there anon!!!
Can practically hear the bush
Racing bikes are not made for long trips. They are made for speed. Sport touring is very comfortable for long distances. I have a sport touring and I love it and don't have any problems with distance, corners and speed.
Hey, I liked the music. It was great seeing how I grew up in the Hippie and Flower Power era. I still live in the sixties and IMO we had the best music ever.
She said “hell yeah they can” Like they really ripping around the canyons🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Man thats some nostalgic music. All I can think of is the show CHiPs, love that show
Silent Killer That was my favorite show when I was a kid. I still sometimes sing the theme song in my head when I'm riding my motorcycle.
***** The music actually makes me want to go find some seventies porn with bush as far as the eye can see. I'm now thinking about growing my mustache out again.
Nice 70's porno music!!!
Thanks.
Just curious. What road were you filming this on?
Mulholland Highway near Cornel Corners. Apparently, hoohoohoblin hasn't a clue. His user name should be a "clue".
Let's let's take a cruise... Back into the 70's!!
Bob Frankenstein Sounds good!
My Sport Glide corners like a boss 🤘
The EVO powered FXR was a great bike, best bike frame ever on a big Twin Harley, great looks and great maneuverability and handling characteristics and they are worth a lot of money. People are looking for that machine, so, they have held up their resale value remarkable well. Great bike, great ride, and great loos and performance. A true Harley classic,
tomcata1467 I love my FXR. The big twins got a lot bigger and heavier over the years. Looking at Harley's current motorcycle lineup, the Sportster with a big gas tank looks like the closest thing to an FXR, now that the engine is rubber mounted, and the Sportster engine is more reliable than the twin cam. I made this video to compare them: ruclips.net/video/lJ6sUuHok4c/видео.html
What makes that frame better than any other Harley frame? Harley hasn't had frame problems since they went to rear suspension. FXR?? It's just a glorified Sportster, Just slower. Worth a lot of money?? I see them all the time for 2-4 thousand bucks.
Mine goes around corners all the time. It's lack of experience that causes them to NOT go around corners.
Trail braking is performed w/ the front brake. Hard cornering w/ a Harley bagger will eventually cause the floorboard mounts to drag which will lever the rear tire off the road.
I currently have an HD but have owned several sportbikes over the years. They don't even come close as far as cornering and acceleration is concerned, but I can ride my Harley for longer periods of time and hell its a Harley it doesn't need to go any faster !
These Dentists are on the way to the Harley store to pick up the decorative " Willie G" self stick Chrome Front Fork Reflector available for only $379.99!
better question is can the rider
was noticin this too. watch all 3 bikes.... all of them taking turns really badly.
Harley's don't ride or handle like "crotch rockets", but they're not supposed to. Ever since 2009, when they redesigned the frame, they handle much better. If you want them to handle better still, there's a pretty affordable fix. The "Touring Link" from Progressive Suspension. I have a 2013 Ultra Limited with a 103 Stage IV race kit, the touring link and I hammer the mountain curves pretty good, as do many of the folks I know. Just remember the lean angle on a Harley is only 30 degrees, not 60 degrees like you see on race bikes.....
+Bruce Silverman Yes. Everything is relative. They really did a great job making such a big bike handle so well.
I got a Special last Saturday. Haven't been able to put many miles on it yet 'cause it's pretty cold in NYC right now. Was out today though and couldn't believe it when I looked at the speedo and saw I was doing 80. After 5 1/2 years on a '08 Softail Custom it didn't feel over 60. Got V & H 2 into 1's and she just flies. Handles amazingly well.
Harley did a great job of making the Street Glide a really functional all-around motorcycle. A lot of people like the style but don't appreciate how well-engineered it is and how well it works.
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Thanks for the link , now these street glides do handle great, actually they're a surprise packet . Good road clearance and they go through the twisty bits out here in Aus quite well . I may sound a little fussy here , but all the instruments look to much in the fairing for my liking , but a nice looking bike just the same . I have rode one they seem to have a slight rake or front end difference to other HD's not sure?
I did have a 1998 Harley Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide foot pegs in the middle mid glide front end and that bike stuck to the road like it was on rails , It did have cruise pegs further up the front on the frame but i never used them (i sold it) silly man .that i am . Now i will be making the transition to floor boards whatever i choose.wanting one of the bigger cruisers , that should be interesting /
Nice little bit of banter with the young girl (woman )
You: So can these go around the corner :)
Her: arms folded Hell Yeahhhhhh they can ;~ / with a friendly laugh
You :Sure I'll believe it when i see it "chuckle chuckle"
Nice upload
Thank you have a safe and happy weekend
After 2008, when they changed the frame and made it STIFFER,
the handling improved 10 fold. Had a 2006 Road King, which handled
very well considering how heavy and huge it was, but my 2012 CVO
Street Glide put it to shame. The bigger back tire helps too.
That's good to know. I ride an FXR, which handles great because the frame is ridiculously stiff. It's nice that the engineers at Harley Davidson are always improving their bikes. The Street Glide looks like a pure cruiser that can't really corner, but looks are deceiving.
My father in law had a 2003 Road King, he wasn't a fan of it in the twisties, said it was too soft and dragged floorboards way too easy.
It's always been my doubt about HD getting into the corner. How fast did you guys go? It's kinnda one of the deal breaker for me, but I def like the Street Glide.
Our street glides are basically limited by how soon the hard parts of the frame, floorboard brackets, and exhaust hit the ground and start to lever the wheels off of the ground. Rider skills among Harley owners is spread around about as evenly as the sport bike crowd.
True.
Based on how often the brake lights came on for the bike in front, the answer seems to be not very well.
poor rider that's all !
That very first part starts way up past the Rock Store where they started from. They'd already ridden up and turned around before the video started. That very first turn is posted: "15MPH". Oh, I almost forgot. I used to COAST my Harley (engine off) down from the video's starting point and go just as fast.
Ok, did you get that song off the Magnum PI soundtrack album? Sure Harleys can corner, but had you been leading on your Buell, I'll guarantee they wouldn't be able to keep up because you can take the corner at a higher rate of speed without dragging parts. Depends on the skill of the rider too. the guy in front could take those turns faster than the guy in front of you.
Pretty sure LEOs use street glides. So I’m gonna guess they are able to corner, in fact if you know how to ride one they handle very well. I have a 21 and it’s actually pretty nimble for a big bike.
Porno music aside, the Street Glide has decent lean angles *for a Harley* at 29 deg left and 31 deg right. The Ultra is a bit better at 31 left and 33 right. Some mistakenly think the Sportster would do better, but the 1200C has 26 deg right while the Super Lows have a miserable 24 deg left and right.
That’s terrible. The sportster used to be sporty.
I have a 2012 Street Glide. They are no sports bike for sure. I previously had a Kawasaki vulcan and although a great bike the Harley out handles it by a country mile and is comfortable as hell.
The guy in the middle needs to learn how to downshift. He shouldn't be braking so much. Love the music. Good video.
Thanks. Yes. If you slow down before the turn and accelerate through the turn, the front end raises up, giving more ground clearance, so you can lean farther and carry more speed through the turn.
+sfoluxury Anthony How drives is his problem, no one likes some who sits in front of a screen and nit-picks
I ride a Dyna Super Glide, and I typically take corners at 15-20 mph faster than the little yellow sign recommends with zero trouble at all. Not sure why there would be a question of "will it go around a corner?". Like it was a straight shot from the Harley owner's house to that place!!
Any bike can go in a corner, one week ago a couple of friends make a 1000km in 2 days travel here in Panama, from Panama City to David-Chiriqui and back, (1176km), and some big bikes like a 1900ish cc Big Bagger Harley come with us, here in panama you don't have to much big and wide open roads like in the US, you have corners, dangerous corners, that close or opens in the exit... the way that we can make all the route was using "sport-bike" style riding, taking corners at 100kmh leaning the body more than leaning the bike, so the bike don't scratches the ground and the gravity center was going down anyway, but with our bodies...
nice video. like the 70s background music! sweet..
+Dave Nichols Thanks!
That song... really?
Cant be good for the engine riding around in 1st gear all day.
I see a crap load of braking in the curves!!! I'm still a new rider myself but that was something my MSF instructor drilled into us. "Brake BEFORE the curve not it the curve"
I have heard a little light rear brake action can help with cornering but I'm so programmed to stay off the brakes in a curve I'd be scared to try. Lol
The lean angle on a base model Street glide is 31 degrees; about the same as the sportster.
Sounds like porn music. LOL. If I ain't dragging floorboards then u ain't riding.
Not bad for a bagger with 2-up. I had an old top heavy Moto Guzzi that didn't handle well at all.
Yeah. It's great for such a big bike. They worked pretty hard to get it to corner that well.
Tar snakes on twisty roads will shoot anyone's confidence to hell. Those thin over pave strips that leave a small ridge down the center of your lane are fun too.
On most roads in the U.S. there are something called speed limits and I seriously doubt there is a road anywhere in the U.S. where a Harley or a school bus can't negotiate the road at the speed limit. How far above the speed limit you can safely negotiate a particular road is a different conversation. I've been riding for 40 years, all types of bikes and currently ride a Harley Street Bob. I have total confidence I can ride the bike at or somewhat above the speed limit on any road. Can I stay with a competent rider on a sport bike? Probably not. Do I think that's a drawback in owning a cruiser? Absolutely not. Neither would it if I owned a bagger. The whole discussion of how far above the speed limit you can push a bike is childish banter.
I'm a rebel, look at me and all my leather, hear my super loud pipes. Better do the speed limit.
The most pathetic arguments I see is when sport bike guys call Harleys crap because of their performance. Both bikes are fantastic when used in their intended roles. Yes, on the track, or dippin' and divin' the twisties with the other power rangers, a Harley is crap. But, can you ride a Sport bike for 6 or 12 hours only stopping for fuel? Nope. Apples to Oranges. Its like saying a Ferrari is crap because it can't haul a load of wood, or calling a pickup truck crap because it can't hit the racetrack and be competitive. It's just nonsense.
Exactly!
Ever see a school bus go down the Tail of the Dragon......?
> I'm a rebel, look at me and all my leather, hear my super loud pipes. Better do the speed limit.
Yeah, I hate those idiots on Gixxers too!
He rides the break all though the turn.
you're right ; get on the brakes before the corner and then let off and speed up when your about 2/3rds thru !
@@DLN-ix6vf probably trail braking
@@vadidithy trail braking ? what's that
$20000 Harley and a $5000 trailer house
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Posture is critical to correct cornering. If the rider and passenger would lean their upper body slightly more into the curve. They would increase ground clearance and make their ride safer. But whatever. They are riding and having fun. More power to ya'll.
Music sounds like i'm watching an episode of ChIPS
You know what would have been better than that music? No music at all.
Ha ha!
My SGS gets nasty, Street glides have a great blend of riding capabilities and comforts.
Yes. Just looking at it, you wouldn’t think that it would be so functional, or that it could corner so well, but they did a really good job making it work well in a lot of different conditions.
plus isn't it dangerous to apply the brake in the turn?
+Ray Flores Yes. It is better to brake before the turn and accelerate through it.
+Ray Flores yep, shows how lame he rides
Send them all back to the driver's school: you don't "cut" curves and lean on the opposite street side!
Christian Fischer Your an idiot if you don’t you will tip over the bike waits over 800 lbs my dad his this same motorcycle
@@nateweingust8393 you are fucking disgustingly stupid. You do not put your head into the lane of oncoming traffic. Simple.
Hi Y'all, Not sure, but, if these riders, in this clip own those "Beautiful Street Glides"? The Mercedes of motorcycles. But, they diffidently do not know how to ride !!!!!! I own a Street Glide, and these guys do not know how to ride and should not be on a Street Glide. Maybe, a moped?? If you watch the guy in front he rides his brake through the corners. Thats accident waiting to happen. The HD-SG, can do 80-85 no prob through those corners in this clip. They were poorly driven maybe doing 40???. Sorry guys. Learn to ride before you do a poor video clips of your poor M/C skills Bro. Just saying. peace Ewo2truth.
Tractors can go around corners. But they don't go around them fast. Even if the driver has a big tashe!
i own a road king and a sport bike. cornering on the sport bike is exciting. cornering on the harely is 'exciting' too but for very different reasons ;) throwing the sport bike into corners is warm butter on bread. throwing the hog into corners is climbing the empire state building with vascaline on your hands and plucking a hair out of king kong's forehead without him noticing. it's thrilling because it takes way more skill
True. Well said!
I,m looking at a 2016 Dyna wide glide its great looking bike but not much fun to ride ,I currently ride a Aprillia Tuono 1100rr which is super comfy for me and is as much fun as you can stand ,I,m working on the Mrs to see if I can keep both LOL as I really fancy the summer cruise,s on a Harley to the coast with said Mrs but don,t want to give up the scary fun bit ,first world problems can be a bitch LOL.
Harleys are built to run forever. They're overbuilt and understressed, which means you can buy one that's 10 or 15 years old with low mileage to ride across the country and still keep your Aprillia. My FXR is 25 years old and still running fine, and the engine has never been apart.
salisburyplain998 those wide forks look like they'd handle like crap.
rickdafrog I ended up buying a 2017 fat bob
Not only can my HD go around corners...it can climb hills too...
Nice Route.... where are they located?
This is Mulholland Highway in Malibu California.
I have the Cyclone as well and like it very much. It feels responsive and has good breaking. My brother does have that red white and blue Wille G factory tribute Dyna and I feel very uncomfortable on that. It's fine going straight, but I feel frame flex when turning and the front wheel doesn't feel connected to the road and about to wash out. Then braking, I had to do the death grip on the lever because I thought I was going to eat the trunk of the car in front of me. So not my cup of tea. He also picked up a HD XR1200 a few years ago and it's absolutely outstanding. Really nice suspension, great power, and brakes. I'd give it a 9/10. I do like the Cyclone better because of the lower weight and low mass centralization. I notice the XR carries it's weight well, but it's more fatiguing on the arms to get it to lean over time.
I agree. That Dyna is a lot heavier, and the Sportster is 100 pounds heavier than the Buell. The Buell is a great all around real-world motorcycle.
So the answer is yes, very slowly.
F-it!! their riding!!! But whats up with the 70s. .porn music???
the viking pretty sure it's vigilante 8 theme music lol
hehe had me leaning in my recliner
+John Hall Awesome!
Landscape mode on an iPhone... I was turning into the corners👍
LOL.. "Can A Harley Davidson Street Glide Go Around A Corner?" WTF kind of question is that?
Street Glides are front end heavy ; if that bothers you get a Road King or Road Glide problem solved !
Please tell me where this road is...
This is the part of Mulholland Highway called The Snake, right above The Rock Store in the Santa Monica Mountains. It is our local racer road. If you watch the videos on the rnickeymouse RUclips channel, you can see lots of bikes going fast on this road.
Forget the cornering aspect of all Twin Cam engines, and be more worried about the fatally flawed design of all Twin Cam engines produced since 1999 to the present. Here is why:
1. Flywheel assemblies are only pressed together at the factory with a 400 ton press. They will come out of true, sooner, rather than later, and the primary shaft and pinion shafts will wobble out of run out specs and which should be no more than 0.001", any more than 0.003" and they will begin destroying the shaft bushings and bearings and eventual catastrophic engine failure.
The only solution is to tear engine completely apart and take the flywheel assembly to a performance specialty shop to have it dynamically trued, plugged and welded. Unlike older Harley engines produced till 1998, which had a crank pin bolt and nut to hold the two flywheel halves together, all Twin Cams are held together by a wing and a prayer.
2. All Twin Cam engines have two silent chain drives with PLASTIC cam chain tensioners which are rubbing against a METAL chain. Imagine the rub at 3,000 revolutions a minute. They must be regularly inspected and periodically changed out and you almost have to take the engine apart to due just that. Need special Harley tools to do the job and must also change out the stock junk INA CAM BEARINGS while doing so and replace them with Timken tapered roller bearings.
The tensioners should be replaced at 50% wear or 3/32" of wear. If the break up into little pieces and get sucked into the oil pump and then the crankcase, and cylinders, catastrophic engine failure will occur and you can't even rebuild the engine due to extent of damage. Previous Harley engines used a single cam with no PLASTIC tensioners. Harley should have used reliable gear drive cams instead of the junk silent chains with a PLASTIC tensioner. Get ready to pay big bucks to have them regularly inspected at 10k miles or face a catastrophic engine failure. No solution to this problem, it's inherent in the design.
3. All Twin Cam engines run extremely hot and have caused 2and 3rd degree burns when riders pants legs have caught on fire. 300,000 Harley owners in California are suing THE MOTOR CO. cause of this defect. The oil pump is to small and at idle, Harley now has the rear cylinder shut off and notice all the rear cylinder heat shields now being used to protect riders from flawed engine design.
THERE ARE MANY YOU TUBE VIDEOS POSTED BY HARLEY OWNERS ON THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH TWIN CAM ENGINES, ALL TWIN CAM ENGINES.
CAVEAT EMPTOR- "LET THE BUYER BEWARE."
tomcata1467 And that's why I ride an Evolution FXR Low Rider and a tube-frame Evolution Buell Cyclone. Thanks for the specific info. I've heard that the twin cam engines have problems, but hadn't heard the specifics until now.
You are right. But with all the bad there is also good I have a 05 ultra classic 88tc with just over 73k runs as good as any evo I've ever owned. I just recently had It bullet proofed but it made it a long way and never failed me. But yes I just got lucky because I have seem them fail and when they do........ Yep done.
*****
Hang on to that FXR Low Rider, worth some bucks to guys who know the best Harleys around. Best frame and ride design ever on a Harley with a sweet single cam EVO rocking your ears with that real Harley purr of yester year.
tomcata1467
I own a 2000 Screamin Eagle Roadglide. A couple years ago, I noticed a rattle in the Engine. I assumed it was the cam chain tensioners, so I replaced them. Did the whole adjustable pushrod replacement etc. still had noise. Someone suggested it was the primary chain tensioner, so I replaced it. still got the clackety clack. Someone said it must be the rocker arm bushings. Replaced those, still makes noise and has been for a year. I have vowed to run the shit out of it til it stops. I never considered the flywheels "separating". Now I have more options to consider. I think I'll take her to George Bryce in Americus, Ga. ( Star Racing ) and spend a buttload of $$ and get the ol Geezer Glide to Ride!! After 79,000+ she needs an update. Good to read up on info like this. Still got the old shovel as a back-up plan.
My SG corners better than my Breakout.
looks like a road in Virginia up near the Shenandoah !!!
There are some great roads out there. This was shot on Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica mountains in California.
Cool !!!
***** ON your way to the Rock Store?
It's NOT "if the bike can corner", it's "can the fool on it corner ?"
Watched to whole video, where's the cornering ?
Can a school bus, dump truck or semi go around a corner? Yes!
Where was this filmed?
Jacob Sanders Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica Mountains in California. The section of the road above The Rock Store called The Snake.
The music to this video is hilarious
Thanks! I thought it fit perfectly.
dude are you riding a Suzuki vx 800 ?
Close. It's a Buell Cyclone.
I wore the rubber on the pegs of my dyna fatbob to the metal, and even hit the bottom of the derby cover when I hit a bump in a turn.
I have an 09 Electra glide now and I hit my floor boards all the time. Since the floor boards flip up their kind of your "O shit" alarm if your not expecting it lol now I try to without hitting anything else. I've hit the mount for the board and that was a little scary.
Mark Conde They really corner well for such big motorcycles. It is got that Harley-Davidson considers this when building bikes. I wish they would bring back the Dyna Glide Sport.
Love my fat bob. Its my first cruiser and I'm pretty hooked. Been riding sport for years and I finally took one for a demo ride to kinda kill some time. Right away I knew I had to have it. The 103 has some nice punch and I was grinding pegs on it the first day I had it.
If you ain't scraping, you ain't riding.
Scraping is riding!
CHIPS!!!
Ultra classic could take them faster with 2 up and bags filled
Sure, Harley-Davidson motorcycles corner pretty nice for what they are. Any bike can IF you know how to ride, which these guys don't. Any braking should be done BEFORE the curve and accelerate though it, keep your head and eyes up and look through the curve, looking where you want to go. Chrome doodads and loud pipes won't help if can't ride...
Actually breaking into the curve and throttling out is correct
Does anyone know the name of the song?
I don’t remember the name of it. It is one of the free music tracks that RUclips lets you put in videos.
Dear Hoohoohoblin
Thank you very much for your kind answer. If you ever remember the name, please let me know. A big hug!
awesome!
Harley's have clearance issues, they are a tractor not a sportsbike. With a bit of work they can be a lot of fun. With a few riding courses under your belt your Harley can be a real Sleeper, just waiting for a vulnerable Sportsbike rider. ruclips.net/user/harleyfatboyiamwoz Harley's don't corner,part1,2,3.
Yes they can. Slowly I guess?
if you go 40-60 yes!
It does not matter since there is a H-D dealer at every corner. We just stop, walk in and walk out with a new H-D. We are rich American's so we do this at the end of every strait road right in the corner. If it rains we get a new bike too! Anyway, what kind of stupid ass question is "can a H-D Street Glide go around a corner"?
Ha ha! Brilliant!
***** Thanks. I figure most people would be thinking the same thing as what I wrote.
Eric Estrada would be proud.
Yes!
The world of hatred comments.
where is this at?
Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica mountains in California. It's the part of the road above the Rock Store called The Snake. rnickeymouse shoots his videos there. I wonder if we were in one of them.
Sportster is the best cornering Harley. I know because I used to own one
Yes, unless you count the Buells. I had a 1996 Sportster and put longer shocks on the back and Progressive springs up front, and it handled great. I sold it and bought a Buell Cyclone, which handles even better.
Alan Turnquist That's like saying "fastest dump truck" or "lightest barge".
What about the vrod
Vrod corners well but the Sportster and Buell are Harleys best cornering bikes. I may have to change that now that Harley is selling the 750 lol
Would anyone ride from Northern California down to Arizona V-Rod with a passenger? I'm thinking of going down to AZ next summer for spring training but I've been told the V-Rod is not to comfortable.
riding an 800lb bike with a passenger. it's not exactly nimble
I just got my Street Glide Special last month, handles great. Think about getting Screamin' Eagle slip ons with everything else stock, any suggestions? You guys should check out the video Street Glide vs Indian Chieftain.....really good comparison test on Motorcycle.com
Both of the bikes in the video have stock bikes with louder slip-on mufflers, and the guys are happy with the way their Street Glides perform and sound. I read a comparison between the Chieftan and the Street Glide in a magazine this month. Harley has some serious competition!
hey if u havent bought them yet. look at the cfr pipes. sound amazing. a buddy or mine works for the parts dept at Harley Davidson farrows and told me to try them along with fullsac headers
Steve fowler
Thanks I'll look into it, I saw some videos on RUclips recently on CFR pipes.
he said to check out full sac headers too
Apex braking, lol
+Gary Inman I noticed that too. Felt uncomfortable watching in places.
+Gary Inman They were trying out that new fangeld trail braking
If THEY knew how to ride they wouldn't need to brake in a curve. Braking in a curve will put you down eventually especially on wet pavement. A riding course may be of help
That was some bad riding, these are the harley riders that hold up the cagers in the twisties.
The guy in fronts cornering lines are all wrong by the way
He made it around the corner, didn't he?
If he got his line right, he wouldn't need to keep panic braking in the corner.
Answer: No.
Well, I ain't slow.....I ain't fast.....I'm kinda halffast.
but video I have ever looked up really dumb, these are not corners they are curves, I have road bike for 48 years
Of course the bike can corner. If the rider can corner it using common sense. Just don't lean too much. Seen lots of bikes go down because the ppl were leaning like they were sportbike racers. Hook a peg or floorboard and go down for the count.
Yes. Technique and practice have a lot to do with it. Throttle control too. Stay on the gas through the corner to keep the weight on the back wheel which raises the forks up, to gain extra cornering clearance.
Dont knock Harley-Davidson 98% of them are still on the road ! The other 2% made it home.
Ha ha!
Coulda passed them all in my Metro!!!
if you get a sporty yea bagger no
Passenger is leaning right in a left turn too...lmao (face palm)
Use the techniques taught to you in your basic motorcycle training course and ride like a pro.
Carl Arrington Yes!
Whats with the 1970s porn music?