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but that heavy thing just wasn't calling my name anymore. It was the most beautiful Electra Glide made in eons though. I sold it quite easily for what I paid for it. The new owner is thrilled and I am relieved that it is gone.
That bike was stunning. Pity they have gotten so damned heavy. I wish Harley would put some engineering effort into cutting the weight of their touring bikes like they did with the softale line a few years back. They'd sell more of them to old skinny guys like me that just can't deal with a 950 lb motorcycle any more.
To be fair the Revival was 862# Wet - though like my only 821# Wet FLHP I suspect the seat height makes it feel like more.And you're not wrong they would do well to look into lowering the weight a bit at least for older and smaller guys. And to some extent you could argue they are addressing it with models like the Street Glide ST at 814# Wet.It's funny how the current Softail platform (especially the Heritage) is arguably more comparable in size to what the FLH was back in the days of the EVO.The Heritage Softail is 728# Wet and the Low Rider ST with fixed fairing is 721# wet while other Softail models run as low as 655# Wet.
I'll take my 1989 FXRT at 685 lbs. any day. (And would still be riding it if not for a blind lady driving a Ford Taurus in Paducah, Kentucky back in 1999...Ouch!
I have looked at specs for all of the small blocks, they have a seat height of 30" or so. Also I want a touring bike with Windshield and Panniers. Originally I was looking at the California 1400, but the seat is a bit too high (I have photographic proof of this).The Harley Road King is heavy but I think it will check all the boxes. My riding buddy and I have put over 30,000 miles together over the last 13 years, I am impressed with his Harley and it has had very few problems.I have looked at the Soft Tail, but I don't like them, but they do have a low seat height. I need to have crash bars fore and aft. I pray I never crash again, but if I do, I want some kind of crash protection. I am feeling better every day. Last week I was able to work on installs 2 days and it made me very tired. This week I will install only one late in the week, hopefully I will be up to it by Thursday.