How did I miss this thread? Hellyea longtime Harley rider. I was also a certified MC safety instructor State of Ct. up until spring '04. My current ride since '06 has been a Road Glide. I actually ride daily so long as there is no ice in the drive or severe winter conditions. I commute 67 mi. roundtrip per day . Use Gerbings heated gear, nothing but a T shirt on underneath even if the temps are in the teens. Had a '98 RoadKing before the Glide, sold it with 156,000 miles on the odometer. Did several X-country trips on that ol' gal. Went through a pair of dreadful Dyna Glides before I switched to the FLH-FLT. That experiment lasted roughly 60K each bike. That chassis design SUCKS. {FTF, yuppie money theiving bastards.} They should have stayed with the FXL frame. Before I went H-D in '91 I rode anything I could get my paws on. Had a Honda CM cruiser just before my first Lowrider that I wore out and some Kawi bucket of bolts from my brother-in-law before that. The irony of me riding Harleys is with the exception of a handfull of guys I ride with all the riders I gravitate towards ride touring Honda or BMW's. Nowadays you just cant seem to find fellow HD enthusiast who enjoy aggressive time in the saddle or a quick 10,000 mile trip. {garage,polish, bar down the street, back to garage.total 16 miles}
One pic is from the saddle of the '06 Glide I have from Rte. 129 "Deals Gap" the Tail of the Dragon". The 3 of us in Badlands NP August '05-me up front on my FLHR and one at Grandfather Mtn in NC.