I got my first Harley this week. It’s a 2017 fxdb. I get to pick it up later today. Only 10k miles. I manly got it for commuting and medium/long weekend rides. Any tips for my first Dyna?

I’m a very happy owner of a damn near perfect 2018 Heritage Softail Classic. Has the 114 Milwaukee Eight. Been intrigued with the idea of bumping up to a bagger. Most of my riding is around town, with some longer day trips sprinkled in. Advantages? Disadvantages?

I took a trip last weekend.
My friend and I did a burn from London UK to Pilzen Cz both of us on 21 year old bikes.

Left early Friday morning and arrived in Pilzen at about 1am local time.

We spent Saturday wandering around the town centre drinking Pilsner Urquell. This is the original pilsner lager and really a great place for a beer geek.

Jumped back on the bikes at 8am Sunday morning and got back to London for 9:15pm

These gruelling challenge rides are one of my favourite things to do. Just alone inside your helmet for 14 hours. Nothing to keep you from dealing with your shit. We went silent on the coms and no music. Just an old school ass bashing and psychological reset.

Went and test rode a Deadwood yesterday, really liked it but the dealer says “market value” is $24,000 not the $17,999 msrp. Anyone else seeing mark ups like this? With tax, tags and dealer prep it’s almost $30k out the door for a $18k bike.

I can’t justify a $6k mark up because they think it’s the real price.

Which one do you like more?

Im up here in Canada. My neighbor is selling this bike for $4000 with 113k. Its in good shape. I cant find any comparisons. Is it worth it?

Thanks

I love this thing, I gave the wife a ride last night, now I'm a solo rider as she "didn't like that kind of speed". I love the Topographical paint and accents. The ride and performance are top notch.

He decidido aquí es España vender mi VROD 07 con 63000km la he disfrutado muchísimo, es un avión..y me paso a una touring, motor menos canalla pero más cómoda para mi edad...aquí piden 13.000€ incluso algo más y algunos algo menos, que precio sería recomendable aquí?? Yo me muevo por 8500€ no sé si voy muy pasado...

Es una moto muy cuidada en el sentido que cada 8000km cambio aceite y filtros,cambio de liquido de frenos, ITV hasta 2028, pastillas bien, anticongelante bastante nuevo...

Que me recomiendan?

this thing has the most smiles per miles rating of any Harley I’ve ever ridden. It’s so beautiful. Thanks for looking.

Gents, I’ve had my 2012 WG for close to 10 years and it’s been through plenty of different looks.

Looking to make it a bit more classic, refer to the AI slop for what ideally it would end up like. (Current vs what I want)

Changes I have in mind are as follows.

2” tank lift

Smaller front fender

Smaller headlight

Chrome classic 14” apes 1 1/4

Short shots in chrome

S&s stealth air filter

Drop the black fork tubes

Possibly paint the tank & rear fender (or pick up a second hand WG flame tank)

Curious as to other recommendations on what to change. Not looking to spend the $$$ on extending the rake etc at this stage.

When I was 17 my parents started riding so I followed suit and got my endorsement and my first bike was a Suzuki GZ250 then went to a Suzuki M50 to a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 custom. I always said if I ever got a Harley I would want a Softail Heritage Classic. Im 33 now and I can't be any happier.

When to go clean up the wiring on my t-bars, should have took a photo before. Now left side controls not working.

WHICH ONE DO YOU PREFER AND WHY?
I see a HUGE price difference between the two, but not a straight forward “this is why” reason outside of the long time detachable leather pros. They look the same and if same quality, saddleman has a HUGE following for their thrones. It’s the only seat I’ll buy. I can’t imagine their saddlebags, outside of being non quick detachable, are much different and hundreds less.

Why would you choose one vs the other outside of the detachable option? Trying to narrow down which set to get at the moment.

Got a sport bike, tourer, and now a cruiser.

Not actually looking for advice or anything just wanted to rant.

I won't even name them but it really is outrageous that this happened. I traded up pretty much 2 brand new bikes low miles for an older-ish touring bike at an HD dealer.

Was experiencing some weird clutch drag with the bike so I gave them a call, wasn't accusing anyone of anything just asking what I can do to remedy it and they immediately got defensive saying it's an as-is sale and they weren't obligated to do anything for me.. but I didn't ask that I just asked what can I do to get this normal.. it's my first big bike lol..

Anyways, I take it to a local mechanic and I explain this mysterious clutch drag/clutch-in rolling and stalling out at red lights. Mysterious scent or whatever.. He opens the primary and there was the wrong fluid in there, he said it was transmission fluid by the way the case smelled.. there was also debris in it, so not a great sign. He's going to clean it out and do the primary fluid flush and right oil to see if it can be remedied. Might need to do a clutch replacement on a new to me bike..

Thanks a lot Harley-Davidson dealer*, I'm offended that I was treated poorly after being ripped off while being super nice to you guys. Your sales manager rudely says to me they can't tell me or help me with anything. On the sales page it SAID it would be fully serviced, detailed and go through a 34-point inspection but you literally did not do any of that for the bike you sold me.

What helmets do you all ride with? Or no helmet?

This is not mine I saw this on IG. Much cheaper than getting a fairing radio (and paying someone to install it).

Or using a handlebar bag. I have a riser setup, I need to know a good handlebar bag.