The most worthless instrument
The 2006 Harley Davidson Streetglide has the following instruments on the fairing. Speedometer, Tachometer, Oil Pressure, Fuel Gague, Voltage and the most worthless instrument with potential the air temp gague. This would be very cool if it was accurate. This morning the temp was 48 degrees and i'm driving 70 mph, guess what temp my Streetglide thought it was, 68 degrees. On the way home the temp was 68 and I was driving 75mph yet the Streetglide thought it was 80 degrees. I'm guessing the sensor must be behind one of the cylinders or something so with a gague so worthless why bother. I'd prefer to have a gague for oil temp vs air temp. Oh well, its a great bike none the less.
Life Without The Antenna
The wife hated almost running into the antenna on my Streetglide and since I don't listen to the radio I removed it. Suprisingly the FM still works fine, AM does not so if you were wondering there it is. I do have a digital antenna I bought but is not yet installed that will likley bring the AM back but I wish I had tried the FM before spending $87 on the digital antenna.
Streetglide The Wife's Impression
First let me say my wife doesn't really care for my Streetglide. She loves my Springer Softail and doesn't want me to sell it to pay for my "Grandpa Bike". However today was the first time I got to have her or any passenger on the FLHX and here's what we learned. First, we had a great time listening to some Kid Rock on the Harmon Kardon stereo. She did call the stereo a piece of shit after the CD skipped a few times. I told her i'd be having the Harley Davidson dealer look into that once I had it in for the 1000 mile service. (550 miles to go.)
Oddly the passenger pegs when folded down hit the back of my calves when walking the bike around parking lots etc. Not a huge deal, just an unexpected nuiscense. She also mentioned that the hard bags hit her legs when riding also unexpected. Once thing is that she did like the Harley Davidson Reach Seat, nice and plush.
Would the downside of things cause me to not buy a Streetglide? Hell no, I still love the bike and enjoy riding it to work each day.
Opps Can't Pay
Visited a friend who has a new Kawaski Vulcan. Nice bike especially for the price. Anyway, we rode through some previously backwoods towns now budding with new home development. I'm enjoying the Street Glide especially since hooking my ipod to the AUX connector on the FLHX stereo. We stop at a small bar and get a great burger and beer. Turns out they don't take credit cards and my buddy and I have no check or cash. They say no problem, we'll "hold" the tab. We ride down the road a few miles and find a bank with an ATM. We're back in no time with the tab plus a nice tip. I enjoy places like that. Nice to have the Street Glide to take me there.
Hooker Tuned Flow Slip On Mufflers
When I bought my Streetglide I wanted different pipes but didn't know what to pick. This wasn't going to need to be overly loud and since its a bagger the look of the pipe isn't so much an issues as it would be on my Springer Softail. I went with the Hooker Tuned Flow Slip On Mufflers. They are about $460.00 and have a nice look on the FLHX. I believe they are good performers but since the Streetglide is not yet broken in I don't have dyno numbers. The sound is a mellow rumble, louder than stock but not nearly as loud as my Vance and Hines Big Radius pipes on my FXSTS. Overall they seem like a good choice. In hindsite I might have gotten the full system for just a few dollars more.
BTW: Happy
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