Just seeing these for the first time now. Was really looking forward to really liking the new Road Glide. And parts of it I really do. But a lot of it I'm very cool on.
At least from the limited photo the graphics on the front fender didn't grab me. And the bird emblem on the front fairing? It's just a simple sketch? Nothing dramatic or powerful at all. Very simple. Not even a minimalist version of the old bird graphic or simply understated. Just something simple and easy. To me that's a very weak visual comparison to the predecessor.
And the rear. The bags and fender extension lock you in to the exhaust. Or at least to similar diameter exhausts. And at least in the photos I personally am not especially taken with the fender extension. Looks a bit Honda-ish. The mating lines between it and the saddlebags aren't sharp. The bags themselves aren't dramatic; just bulbous. And don't even ask me about that cheesy reflector.
It may grow on me. And to those that love it right off the bat congratulations. To my personal tastes, however, it's just not the dramatic statement that it might have been. Instead it's a stock Road Glide with a bird sketched on the nose with aftermarket copying extensions hung on the bags locking you in to never making an exhaust change.
Strictly for peoples' legs I like the new exhaust path. That's also a look I'm sure that will come to grow on easily enough. The functional improvement for rider and passenger comfort seem obvious though. Just wish the looks of the rest of reached out and grabbed me. Nothing even close to challenging the originals to me though.
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