Ive been thinking of trading in the softail for a new road king for a couple of weeks now .a mate of mine reckons they are a old mans bike.im in my late 30s and that made me wonder what the average age of of tourer riders is?
I,m 47 . Ride what you want , don,t worry what your mate reckons .
Mate, age doesn't matter, it's what's your comfortable with.
I've had bikes since I could walk, swore I'd never buy a bagger, but the missus wanted to ride so got her a 883 custom. Whilst there took a Road King Classic out, bought it the next week and sold the CBR1100 Blackbird. That was 5 years ago when I was 40, done lots of mods since, chrome, stage 1, sundowner seat, just did 14" Wild 1 apes. It's a sweet comfortable ride with more then enough balls when you want to crank the throttle.
Couldnt be happier, wish I switched to the Roady years earlier.
66 now but I've only ever had Road Kings since I've been riding Harleys. I was 55 (EDIT: should read 50) when I bought my first one. I might add that I have two Gold Wings in the stable as well. I have a '95 GL1500 and an '05 GL1800. All three are great bikes to ride.
Don't let age colour your choice, mate. The Road Kings are a great ride whatever your age and will cover big miles more comfortably than some other models, so I'm told. As said above, I've only had Road Kings.
Well that,s just peaked the average age Spook .
Loved my old softail Heritage but th RK leaves it for dead. Rides like its on rails compared to the softy. Age has nothing to do with it. 52 now and can ride the RK harder (2 up mostly) and can still push most softies and dynas no probs. The new tourers are one of the best handling harleys by a mile. Cool or not. Who cares when its about the ride. Your only as old as you feel.
What ever you ride its got to suit you,not your mate,the tourers are great, roadkings awesome ! My next big one is 60yrs.You can take some inspiration from this lady ! 74yrs old I meet in Wyoming last year on a awesome 96 Springer.Age is in the mind,may get a trike at 70 ? Age is no barrier
Posted By keith on 14 Apr 2014 1:48 PM
Onto that, keith. I want to be still on my bikes when I'm up there. One of my basic plans is to live forever...............so far so good. Second plan is to find out where I gonna die then I'm not bloody going there............but you're right, age is no barrier, that is of course until the worn out body catches up with you.
Well i have bitten the bullet on the roadking will pick her up in the next two weeks.after going to 4 dealers to trade in my heritage and one dealer who failed to ring me back done the deal with phils garage albury.they gave me a trade in that was a couple of grand better than every one else.also a to be to be true deal on pipes air cleaner and tuner.any one thinking of upgrading its definetly worth talking to these people a plesure to with.
You'll love it, Snakeman. On mine I have the HD pillow look touring seat, rider backrest and sissy bar, forward controls, Flanders Road Glide bars to pull the bars closer to the rider (buggered shoulders). Gotta towbar too, for the occasional towing of the camping gear in my Classic trailer but with the bride not enjoying the best of health I don't get to camp much at all these days.
