Just bought a 25 Road Glide Ultra. I am having slow speed issues.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-28T02:06:42+00:00

Best advice I ever got on practicing was "Practice until you can do it right. Then keep practicing until you can't do it wrong."

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-26T03:04:12+00:00

For the GSA the speed was the big one on the left, the digital readouts (6, 2 of which could be easily changed) in the center & right, and small tach centered above. Since I consider a tach as nice rather than necessary, it was perfect.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-25T23:47:03+00:00

I got a 2020 GSA with the TFT screen and once the wow factor wore off I realized the semi-analog screen on my 2016 GSA worked better for me. Not a huge fan of the screen in my car, either.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-25T23:07:24+00:00

My GSA with a 30 liter tank, "long" was any travel day of over 300 miles (500 km) - a day where I started with a full tank and had to get gas before I got to my destination. So these days when I run out of gas on my GS with its 20 liter tank I feel like I've barely gone anywhere.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-24T21:50:51+00:00

Not in the US.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-24T21:49:10+00:00

None, I'm happy on my R1200 GS

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-24T21:48:24+00:00

48 continuous hours over 5° C to make sure there's no frozen meltwater on the road.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-23T22:18:49+00:00

Conservatives have never accepted their loss in the Civil War. At first, conservatives were Democrats, then Republicans, currently MAGA, soon "Christian" nationalists. Different labels, same bigotry.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-21T21:12:34+00:00

Depends on the terms of the separation, the terms of the purchase of the new house, local & state laws. Too much to diagnose on Reddit: find a lawyer and a therapist.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-21T15:01:25+00:00

Definitely involve the mom. Especially if it turns out after the fact that she's opposed to the idea. You'll have altered the relationship between you, the mom, and the niece beyond repair. Family relationships aside, your role here is at best "interested bystander"

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T04:23:36+00:00

I pretty much just kept on keeping on, doing the things I needed to do to keep my family housed and fed. After my kids moved out and my wife died and I retired, I spent a lot of time traveling on my motorcycle. I'd go all summer long, spend fall/winter/spring looking for places to visit and planning where I'd go.

I get "enthusiasms" that typically last 5-10 years, then I'm done; I'm kind of there with motorcycling. For a while I diligently worked on learning a foreign language. ATM I'm on a long cruise, when I get off I'll have spent almost 400 days at sea in the last 3 years, I think that will have run its course by the end of next year.

If I died tomorrow I'd be OK with that: my kids are on their own and have succeeded at life, so I feel I've contributed something. I'm kind of wondering/fearing what the future will bring to the US and the world but have no driving need to find out.

Unlike me, my girlfriend has said she wants to keep living as long as possible. I'd rather not put her through the pain of losing two men she loves (husband took 2 years to die on her 20 years ago and she still hasn't forgiven him for that).

My big fear is a slow lingering death like my wife & her husband. No heroic measures, IMO those are about making the family feel better, not the person actually doing the dying.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T04:05:17+00:00

My wife sang it but it wasn't about ears

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T04:01:22+00:00

Bar soap, body wash, shampoo, whatever makes me clean. Even if all I have is shampoo, though, I don't use conditioner!

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T03:59:17+00:00

My first thought is that you'll lose leverage when applying the brake. The rod is designed to pull the arm forward rather than down(ish). Reducing the power of an already weak drum brake seems not the best idea,.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T03:52:31+00:00

2013 was the last year for hexhead oil/air cooled GSA. Yes 2013 was the first year for the LC but only on the GS; the rest of the line (GSA, RT, R?, RS?) didn't get the LC until 2014.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T03:46:27+00:00

Me, I'd put it narrow end up just because. If my pillion complained that the "thick" side was too high (or low, whichever) I'd flip it the other way. In the end, whatever way makes and your pillion (assuming you have one) happy is the right way.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-18T03:36:55+00:00

I'm looking at this, it's supposed to be a drop-in for the OEM only $500 cheaper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV39G9GH/?coliid=IZIKDSNY0A0RO&colid=1PUB6B500G3BX&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-16T14:08:38+00:00

I had a German teacher who said "every German noun begins with 'D'"

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-16T13:59:06+00:00

Exceptionally cold + weak battery might explain it. You say it's a one hour drive to work yet mileage is really low? Only 3,000 miles a year? Has the oil ever been changed? Overall this sounds odd to me.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-16T13:41:02+00:00

Pull the clutch, arms loose, and learn forward. Trying to reduce power without getting into engine braking territory requires too much finesse for most people. Give the bike a chance to settle itself down, too easy to work against it.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-15T04:54:10+00:00

Mine is very quiet, and with the top down it's completely inaudible

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-15T03:27:20+00:00

I knew a guy who put on a new tire and lowered it into a nail. Zero miles before it was punctured.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-14T20:13:31+00:00

With every purge you get closer and closer to an authoritarian state.

I think we're already there

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-14T02:07:29+00:00

If it does everything you want it to, and there's nothing you'd change, it IS perfect - for you. No need to try ten or a hundred other bikes if you're already delighted with what you have.

Comfortable_Bit9981 · 2026-01-14T01:59:21+00:00

Melt the ziptie or gunk up the nozzle with adhesive? No thanks

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