Greetings:
Longtime HD rider here, finally got weary (with my bad leg and advancing age)of dealing with a 900-lb 2014 Ultra Limited (which I loved to ride), I still have smaller 2-wheeled motorcycles that are not a problem, but the wife still likes a big HD for touring.
Saturday I made the 2+ hour ride to Timbertown HD in Salem, OR (used to be Salem Harley) and sat down with the sales manager (Jim) who I bought my last two Harley from...
He threw me the keys to a 2021 Tri Glide Ultra Classic and said “go have fun...see you after lunch”.
Needless to say I rode it home.Things I like:
Not worrying about tipping over in a gravel parking lot
Pushing it around the garage
Backing up
Controls in the same place as my Ultra Limited
Apple Carplay on the radio
Radio/Nav starts MUCH quicker
The bigger engine
ABS/Traction control
More cargo room the Ultra Limited
Things that are different:
Steering (well, duh - it’s a trike)
Lane position
Reverse and parking brake
The new GTS radio
Things I miss from the Limited:
Heated grips (easily remedied)Power port in the tour pak (again, easily remedied)
Luggage rack (installing this week)
My old paint scheme (the two-tone Red/Black Sunglo); the new Billiard Red is too flat, so I bought the Grey/Black two-tone.
The 2.5-hour ride home was the ‘long way’; no freeways, just state highways with light traffic...and the last 14 miles has 114 turns over the mountain so I had my ‘cornering clinic’ already LOL. Yup, turn entry speed is critical.
I think this is going to be a great bike....and looking forward to acquiring the ‘tribal knowledge’ that is shared here.
Ride safe!
Longtime HD rider here, finally got weary (with my bad leg and advancing age)of dealing with a 900-lb 2014 Ultra Limited (which I loved to ride), I still have smaller 2-wheeled motorcycles that are not a problem, but the wife still likes a big HD for touring.
Saturday I made the 2+ hour ride to Timbertown HD in Salem, OR (used to be Salem Harley) and sat down with the sales manager (Jim) who I bought my last two Harley from...
He threw me the keys to a 2021 Tri Glide Ultra Classic and said “go have fun...see you after lunch”.
Needless to say I rode it home.Things I like:
Not worrying about tipping over in a gravel parking lot
Pushing it around the garage
Backing up
Controls in the same place as my Ultra Limited
Apple Carplay on the radio
Radio/Nav starts MUCH quicker
The bigger engine
ABS/Traction control
More cargo room the Ultra Limited
Things that are different:
Steering (well, duh - it’s a trike)
Lane position
Reverse and parking brake
The new GTS radio
Things I miss from the Limited:
Heated grips (easily remedied)Power port in the tour pak (again, easily remedied)
Luggage rack (installing this week)
My old paint scheme (the two-tone Red/Black Sunglo); the new Billiard Red is too flat, so I bought the Grey/Black two-tone.
The 2.5-hour ride home was the ‘long way’; no freeways, just state highways with light traffic...and the last 14 miles has 114 turns over the mountain so I had my ‘cornering clinic’ already LOL. Yup, turn entry speed is critical.
I think this is going to be a great bike....and looking forward to acquiring the ‘tribal knowledge’ that is shared here.
Ride safe!
