Hi - Dose anyone know if the 2012 street Glide (103) has rubber mounts on the engine?? I had a friend who had a Dyna which had rubber mounts and it used to shake the handlebars!!
Cheers
Merlot
Hello Merlot,
I have had a few of the Twin Cam Tourers including a Road King and Street Glide, and from 2009 I think they are all rubber mounted. I seems to me that even the handle bar mounts were hard rubber mounted. The shake you are speaking of was only at an idle in my experience. As soon as you got rolling and rpm was up off idle, it all smooths out really cool. If you are just looking at the idle, I would not pay attention to it and here is why:
My current long distance ride, 6500 kms in 15 weeks since new, is the 2011.5 CVO Ultra "BIG BLUE" as it is called... Fully rubber mounted engine, tranny, and it feels like handlebars as well. Things move, mirrors and all, sitting at an idle. But on the road, silky smooth ride that could easily do 1000 kms non stop, no vibration, smooth smooth smooth... What you see at an idle is just the big motor turning over, but when it gets up over 1200-1500 rpm it feels factory balanced it is that smooth..
Hope this is a help. Cowboy
Merlot,
Take this to heart, I mean it well for you, after 40 years with HD and 9 Harleys counting the oldie I own and my new Ultra, I can tell you something that you will know for yourself when you take the plunge...... Once you travel with the big Tourer, you are going to say to yourself:
WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG TO FIND THIS OUT" ..
We are of the same vintage, I will try and help with my experience in the transition: The Tourers IMO really double your range, what ever wore you out hanging out in the wind, you can go half again to double as far with the Tourer.. But there is more: I can remember one day getting caught out bad in a downpour on my RoadKing in the winter. I was sitting in Church, water in my boots, legs and pants wet, sitting there shivering with my jacket spread over my legs, thinking to myself how good a Tourer would be.. heh he...
My switch was in the past couple of year when we got so much bloody rain in Queensland that my horses were almost getting webbed feet. The Tourer is not only a huge difference battling the wind, but also is a MAJOR difference in the rain, and I like to ride year around... Chance of rain, so what. I really think you are making the smart choice. Baggers are all the new rage in America and starting to be that way here a little. In my local H.O.G. Chapter it is maybe a third to half Baggers now. There are a couple of magazines to give you great ideas, that you can find here in Oz... "American Bagger" and the other one I see at Newstands once in awhile is "Baggers", you will get some great ideas in there like the IPOD coversion to the Stereo like the CVOs come with, all kinds of custom bits to drool over...
On Pipes, I may not be much help, because I trully believe "Loud Pipes Save Lives"... All three Baggers I have had, were all on the edge of illegal, running pretty loud. But in all fairness, there are NO blind spots, and they can hear you, feel you, even if they do not see you... On my first standatd Ultra, I ran Vance and Hines PowerDuals with Screaming Eagle slash down mufflers. It was nice. Then I got greedy and wanted more power, so I headed the idea of a building up the engine and adding more chrome. When my plans were added up, it was cheaper to go for the CVO's, already chromed to the max, chrome grips and controls, and the 110 c.i. engine. The only CVO in the country I could get was a StreetGlide, hence my experience with the streetie talked about above. Again I ran the V&H PowerDuals.. When I was able to order the Ultra above, I decided I not like the looki of the V&H crossover, and it is hung to low and scrapes once in a while, so I cleaned out the stock exhaust, and am running monster Ovals... Again, JUST legal, but pretty loud... Have a look at the Post here maybe ten down on the Suprising Dyno Results for the Catalytic Converter cleanout. That is what I did. Picture below...
I would go that way, stock exhaust with the Cat Gutted, and your choice of mufflers and while I like the S.E. slash downs, these Monster Ovals are what I chose now, and I like the best. They fill in under the bagger, and sound GOOOOD.. Anyway, maybe look at that post on the "Suprising Dyno Results for Cat Gut on Tourer" down this list maybe a half dozen places... Hope I have been a help to you... Cowboy
One more thing Merlot,
On the H.O.G. run today, looks like people are plugging in IPODS and IPhones like into an accessory jack, like a USB port on the Couputer.. This may be an easy way to integrate IPOD or IPHONE into your stereo system as an accessory input. Your Dealer may know of this..
It might be the easy way, rather than the full integration into the Stereo with all the readouts on the stereo screen like a CVO, that might be a bit tough and involved. The accessory jack allows the input as an outside accessory, and you use the screen of the IPOD or IPHONE as your read out, that looks a lot easier...
Hope this is a help.. And good luck with your new Street Glide, you are going to love the feel of an all weather bike... Kind regards, Cowboy.
Hi Merlot
Regarding an IPOD or IPhone I connect via bluetooth, I bought the Belkin Aircast Auto plug & play system it cost $125.00 from JB hi fi but I have seen it on special in other places. Its good as you can leave your phone in your pocket or mount it & power up as well through the USB jack.
