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[Rickybobby]

I currently have a Screaming Eagle Road King and am thinking of selling it to a buddy and buying the 09 Screaming Eagle Road Glide.  With the RK, cross winds, head winds and swirling winds dont seem to bother it much at all.  I previously had a BMW K12 and that thing got move everywhere, particularly when you were in the desert or on the coast highways and hit any side angle winds.

So to you riders that have the Road Glides - how do they handle the side angle winds?  Do you get much buffeting or movement.   Would really appreciate any comments (particularly from those who have ridden both the RK and the RGs)

thanks in advance

[sblair]

You do catch wind probably a little more than the RK but this bike is very stable in the wind.  You will feel some chassis buffet but will not feel it in the steering.  I've been in the Palm Springs area of So Cal and winds there are very high on a continuous basis.  They have the wind power mills and we just ride along at a 30 degree angle!!!!

[Screamin]

Not expert by any means but my brief experience on the RG is that it is much more stable in wind, cross or head on, than my SEEG. I credit the frame mount fairing.

[customryder]

their is wind?     

[bbrown]

Help is right.... I just test drove the RG in  Sturgis and the wind turbulence is terrible.   I could not believe how bad it was....Will definitely need to replace the black wind deflector with a much higher wind shield....

Any ideas??   

[Robmay]

Help is right.... I just test drove the RG in  Sturgis and the wind turbulence is terrible.   I could not believe how bad it was....Will definitely need to replace the black wind deflector with a much higher wind shield....

Any ideas??   

Wind turbulence from that short shield on the 09's has nothing to do with what you will feel when you get the right height on there. My advice would be the keep it simple and least expensive to start with. My 2007 RG with a 13" shield is the smoothest riding bike i have ever owned. No wind buffeting for me.

[customryder]

add the "clearview" windshield its a HUGE improvment.. I already ordered mine for the 09 scrg I have comming.

[TN]

lowers make the bike for me. i ordered some... 





TN

[Twolanerider]

I've had the RG and the SEEG for direct comparison only this spring and summer.  Sometimes had them both out on the same windy days because I was curious about the comparison.

It's not that either bike is immune to wind.  They obviously both feel it.  Whether it be crosswinds on the highway or turbulence while passing semis.

In my limited experience with both bikes this year the difference is in how they react.  The wind hitting the Electra Glide shakes the bike.  It also shakes the front wheel; separately.   The wind striking the fairing moves the bars and wheels.  Sometimes the reaction there is slightly different than is the reaction at the rear of the bike.  It can even occasionally lead to a slight increase in the pucker factor when tucked between a couple of semis in the just the right (wrong) place.  It's not bad.  You get used to it.  But it can feel squirrely.

The RG, however, has only one reaction to whatever the wind might be.  It's not that turbulence or cross winds aren't felt.  The RG seems a bit more predicatable though.  And just generally feels a bit more stable in those conditions.

[bbrown]

Wind turbulence from that short shield on the 09's has nothing to do with what you will feel when you get the right height on there. My advice would be the keep it simple and least expensive to start with. My 2007 RG with a 13" shield is the smoothest riding bike i have ever owned. No wind buffeting for me.

Thanks for the advice.   Has anyone tried the Kuryakan deflector / shield?   

[Rickybobby]

DITTO  on the thanks for the advice.   Have pretty much made up my mind to let the SERK go (what a great bike) and get the SERG.

I appreciate the input.

[grandpadoc]

 They have the wind power mills and we just ride along at a 30 degree angle!!!!

...and rain grooves at the windmills !!  I've seen soft tails with those skinny 21's pull off the freeway there cause it sikes em out so much. You just have to ride it out and let those two big gyroscopes your sitting on get you through, but if you had a choice of bikes in that situation the RG wins hands down.  Doc

[bbrown]

add the "clearview" windshield its a HUGE improvment.. I already ordered mine for the 09 scrg I have comming.

Which clear view did you order???  Photo?

[FLSTFI Dave]

I am going to be watching to see what every one is replacing the wind deflector with on the 09 SERG.

I have a five months or so to decide before I get mine

[bbrown]

Lots of debate on this issue.....
this is bad enough  to go with the Ultra or not buy.  The wind turbulence on the 09 SERG is terrible.. The question is what do you use to stop it but not loose the looks?