The price point has it where mostly oldEr guys w/ some $ and good credit can own one. Most of the younger guys label things they can’t identify with for this reason. I wish i could have purchased this 22 cvo ultra limited 30 years ago and toured the whole country in better physical condition.
Great job with the history of the Road Glide! I sell these gems and they get seriously better every year! The engineering continues to develop the best selling bike in America and the Harley Davidson culture is second to no one! Thanks again!
The creation of 2022 dantes red fade cvo ultra limited made me jump in. The custom hand painted color scheme, and the fit & finish are all PREMIUM. Couldn’t find one when they came out so i bought a used 2021 cvo Black Hole. After 4k miles i ran into a DRF CVO and traded the Black Hole in. 26k Miles later….I’ve been to the Bronx bikes & breakfast to key west, Fl, and the mountains of W. VA, all from N. VA. The Adventures of owning the greatest American Touring bike are priceless! I Love my Road Glide.
@fq7879 all of the 1979 Tour Glides were titled as 1980 bikes. All of the castings used on the 5 speed bikes up until 1998 had a "dash 79" part number on them.
The first one I ever saw was in an ad for the 95th anniversary model. I loved it. It would be another 10 years before I could afford one and in 2009 bought one brand new. My riding buddies say I was an RG guy before it was cool, lol.
Per Corporate HD the production numbers for 1998 Road Glide bikes revealed the following. They made 421 carbureted Road Glides, 133 were Electric Fuel Injected. They also informed me that even though they made 800 Anniversary Road Glide's only 648 stayed in the USA, the rest were exported to Canada and other countries.
Like a chain drive!! Love tear’n that stuff up!! Got a bike for stunt and a bike I travel on!! Love this video! Appreciate the history of the road glide!! Thx for this!! 🤘🤘
Your very welcome!!!! Thanks for watching man. At the moment I'm only rolling my 05 RG set up for traveling yet I'm known to do some decent wheelies with it. I'm definitely looking for a stunt bike . Sooooon
I'm one of those new to HD due to the 2024 RG restyling. Was waiting for over a decade mainly because I thought the tech was always lacking compared to other manufacture offerings. Thanks for the history lesson and great vid 👍
I had two TG's , late 84 EVO with the enclosed chain and 88 .. Wish I still had either one .. Enclosed chain was the cats meow .. Put far side of 250k on the 84 and over 340k on the 88 .. The prototype some one mentioned below is the Liberator fairing made by Vetter , it was in the Harley P&A catalog for many years . Was a universal mount that would fit any big bike .. You see pics of Elvis' shovelhead , thats the Liberator .. I always herd ( been on HD since 1971 ) that the shark was to be the mainline touring fairing for Harley , but Vetter had a fire in 1977 and destroyed the molds ( they were supplying the fairing thru the P&A catalog ) . So HD went on it's own to develop the TG fairing ..
I have been riding an Electra Glide for years. Made the big mistake of stopping and looking at the 2024 Road Glide. Fell in love immediately. Now just got to convince the wife that I really need one.
Excellent video. Informative and entertaining. I've owned three touring models (2004 Road King, 2007 Street Glide and 2022 Road King (still own and love)). I considered myself a Street Glide guy until my son and I saw the 2023 1/2 CVO Road Glide. We are now Road Glide guys. I test rode a 2024 Road Glide a few weeks ago and it was amazing. My first bike was a 1999 Fatboy with an Evo, so I've been a Harley guy for a minute. The 2024 Road Glide is the best bike I ever rode. Like you and your dad, I am waiting for the 2025 because I won't buy the first year.
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience I rode through the shift from choppers and bobbers to baggers. I still have a Twin Cam Softail that I love riding. Baggers are beautiful in their own right and its great to see Harley leverage technology to make the best and best looking touring bikes on the planet. Stay safe and have a happy 4th of July.
Another factoid. In 1998 The Chopped Tour-Pak was an accessory item that was designed for the Road Glide bikes only. They could be ordered "color matched" from the factory or from the Parts and Accessories catalog.
I picked up a 24 RG. It's my first RG, traded my 20 SG for it, had a heritage before that. So far, it's one of the best bikes I've owned, just wish there were more accessories for it.
If one ever saw the prototype of the Tour Glide before it was ever released, YOU would NOT believe how BIG the fairing originally was. It was HUGE! Also, HD reversed engineered many Goldwings to develope the Tourglide, which went on to become the Roadglide.
my 86 was chain drive and had the air in the front engine case guard aka crash guard , AM FM with Cassette tape . the Highway light bar had the turning signals on my 86 , the Battery was under the right side saddle bag . Screaming Eagle Exhaust turn down like the Red Bike at 06:18 . It had the Oil from Engine to the Primary to filter I did not like the oil from my clutch going to the Engine I rerouted the oil lines and plugged the primary and filled it when I changed oil I still use 20/50 for the clutch . The Earley EVO got a lot of left over parts from the left over Shovel inventory .
As an ex auto mechanic and 49 year old. It will take a lot for me to like the new ones. From the front fairing that looks like they copied the evil robots of pick your favorite robot anime to all the electronic addons. One thing you learn is if you want to make more problems than necessary and guarantee failure- add electronics. I never could get into the road glide thing to begin with though. that fixed wing fairing with the exposed handle bars just gives the appearance when on it I am on a jet ski and not a motorcycle. They look great from a side profile - the older ones. But in the saddle just not my aesthetics.
I totally get that, not sure why exactly I switched over and started loving RGs but I sure do. I do agree from the saddle it does have a different look. Thanks for watching man, and more important thanks for your input.
💯 The Rushmore bikes are the best look IMO. And I need those OG gauges .. I do wish they kept the oil pressure gauge when they rolled out the Rushmore RG in 2015 I think is when it came out .. Rushmore was 2014 but idk if they did the RG that year
I never let the screen completely boot up 😂 I’m half way to my destination by the time my Apple car play connects to my 24 RG 😂. The standard 117 engine with cooled heads is the best part about the new RG. Seat sucks but if you get to your destination fast enough with the new engine you never notice your ass going numb 😂
I almost traded my 2023 rg with the 124 and put in 10k on top to get a 2024 But couldn’t part with my 2023 even tho the 27 OTD they were gonna do on the new one .. Took some of that money I was gonna put in and got a 2008 FLHRCI (33k miles and full service history), 555 cams and 16 Carlinis and tons of extras. So got two sweet bikes instead of one new one that is gonna leave me stranded (EVERYONE I know had it shut down on them and leave em fucked and not in a good way). The 117 with the new heads tho.. oh man. Liquid cooled WITHOUT lowers, springs can take a 515 lift cam from the factory, and the intake ports are wayyy bigger.. if I could get the wet heads on my 2023.. oh man
Sometimes coolness is because of the ugly, lately I've been catching myself looking at those kawasaki cop bikes from early 80s just because they have that rad fairing
I love my road glide more than anyone or anything on earth besides my ole lady (in case you’re watching .. I love u sweetheart .. no need to be jealous of a stupid hunk of steel that brings me more joy 🥹 than anything on earth .. except u of course.. yea ! Don’t let that silly card that u thought I wrote to the bike but was meant to u.. yea I know it was addressed to Valkyrie2 but it was just a typo)
As a Tour Glide / Road Glide nut, I was ready to pounce on your mistakes, but this time you took me to school ! BTW was that the soundtrack from the Pokémon movie ? 😂
Haha I did more research this time and practiced how to pronounce a few word before my audio!!! I learned from the last one lol. Man, I truly enjoyed the research on this one and was suprised by alot I learned. Weird enough, I'm starting to actually like tourglides because of this video....the one with the wood enlay was damn amazing...thanks for watching man, I'm tackling streetglide next. What's Pokémon? Hahaha
I said the same thing! I consider myself a subject matter expert in all things FLT/FLTR from 1980-1998 and this is the best Tour Glide video on UA-cam! Great job brother. You definitely did your homework and went above and beyond. 👏
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience Haha. Yeah man, I wondered the same thing. But like my Indian Scout, you can hear the pump kick on, 1 sec, you can start right up. And I like that the OS puts the gauges on within that same 1-2 sec, and it's the infotainment, and carplay connections that can take a goof 5-10 seconds. And they can be glitchy. That would be my only complaint with the system is the Carplay aspect of it can sometimes not connect automatically, or shut off on a trip. You never lose gauges though.
That’s an awesome history lesson. I think the bookends - ‘79 and ‘24 - are ugly AF. I had a ‘13 RGU that I liked, and now a ‘21 RGL that I really like. No plan to move out of this RGL to another HD for now.
Did u say one year has a 2-1 from the factory ??? Not a 2-1-2 but a legit 2-1 ?? *the TC103 is the best motor the Moco made yet .. yes nothing beats m8 power potential but I know so many guys with 103s that are bulletproof
Road sofa. Geezer glide. Old mans bike. Whatever ya want to call it they rock
I totally agree
The price point has it where mostly oldEr guys w/ some $ and good credit can own one. Most of the younger guys label things they can’t identify with for this reason. I wish i could have purchased this 22 cvo ultra limited 30 years ago and toured the whole country in better physical condition.
A dresser is it's "classic" calling
Great job with the history of the Road Glide! I sell these gems and they get seriously better every year! The engineering continues to develop the best selling bike in America and the Harley Davidson culture is second to no one! Thanks again!
The creation of 2022 dantes red fade cvo ultra limited made me jump in. The custom hand painted color scheme, and the fit & finish are all PREMIUM. Couldn’t find one when they came out so i bought a used 2021 cvo Black Hole. After 4k miles i ran into a DRF CVO and traded the Black Hole in. 26k Miles later….I’ve been to the Bronx bikes & breakfast to key west, Fl, and the mountains of W. VA, all from N. VA. The Adventures of owning the greatest American Touring bike are priceless! I Love my Road Glide.
Not many people think the 1979 was the 1st year. Thanks for capturing that 👍🏼
Year I was born, pretty epic year haha.
According to book about the history of hd the tour glide came out in 1980
@fq7879 yes, my research shows 79.
@fq7879 all of the 1979 Tour Glides were titled as 1980 bikes. All of the castings used on the 5 speed bikes up until 1998 had a "dash 79" part number on them.
@@kennethwise7108 your welcome. It's in the book titled the complete history of harley davidson. Darwin Holstrom , Editor.
The first one I ever saw was in an ad for the 95th anniversary model. I loved it. It would be another 10 years before I could afford one and in 2009 bought one brand new. My riding buddies say I was an RG guy before it was cool, lol.
Very awesome!!!
Per Corporate HD the production numbers for 1998 Road Glide bikes revealed the following. They made 421 carbureted Road Glides, 133 were Electric Fuel Injected. They also informed me that even though they made 800 Anniversary Road Glide's only 648 stayed in the USA, the rest were exported to Canada and other countries.
That's good info!!!
Like a chain drive!! Love tear’n that stuff up!! Got a bike for stunt and a bike I travel on!! Love this video! Appreciate the history of the road glide!! Thx for this!! 🤘🤘
Your very welcome!!!! Thanks for watching man. At the moment I'm only rolling my 05 RG set up for traveling yet I'm known to do some decent wheelies with it. I'm definitely looking for a stunt bike . Sooooon
I'm one of those new to HD due to the 2024 RG restyling. Was waiting for over a decade mainly because I thought the tech was always lacking compared to other manufacture offerings. Thanks for the history lesson and great vid 👍
That makes me happy to hear, what did you ride before HD
@Americanmotorcycleexperience Ducati, Triumph, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha. Still learning the quirks of the HD ways.
@sleepingpanda8927 I've allways wanted to ride a Ducati!!
I had two TG's , late 84 EVO with the enclosed chain and 88 .. Wish I still had either one .. Enclosed chain was the cats meow .. Put far side of 250k on the 84 and over 340k on the 88 .. The prototype some one mentioned below is the Liberator fairing made by Vetter , it was in the Harley P&A catalog for many years . Was a universal mount that would fit any big bike .. You see pics of Elvis' shovelhead , thats the Liberator .. I always herd ( been on HD since 1971 ) that the shark was to be the mainline touring fairing for Harley , but Vetter had a fire in 1977 and destroyed the molds ( they were supplying the fairing thru the P&A catalog ) . So HD went on it's own to develop the TG fairing ..
Bro, that is amazing history, thank you
I have been riding an Electra Glide for years. Made the big mistake of stopping and looking at the 2024 Road Glide. Fell in love immediately. Now just got to convince the wife that I really need one.
Take her for a test ride on one!!!! SoLD!
Excellent video. Informative and entertaining. I've owned three touring models (2004 Road King, 2007 Street Glide and 2022 Road King (still own and love)). I considered myself a Street Glide guy until my son and I saw the 2023 1/2 CVO Road Glide. We are now Road Glide guys. I test rode a 2024 Road Glide a few weeks ago and it was amazing. My first bike was a 1999 Fatboy with an Evo, so I've been a Harley guy for a minute. The 2024 Road Glide is the best bike I ever rode. Like you and your dad, I am waiting for the 2025 because I won't buy the first year.
Hurry up 2025!!!! Thanks for watching man, sounds like you've done alot if riding and that's rad!!!!
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience I rode through the shift from choppers and bobbers to baggers. I still have a Twin Cam Softail that I love riding. Baggers are beautiful in their own right and its great to see Harley leverage technology to make the best and best looking touring bikes on the planet. Stay safe and have a happy 4th of July.
@user-ew5xx8ut1m awesomely well written and you have a badass safe 4th also
Another factoid. In 1998 The Chopped Tour-Pak was an accessory item that was designed for the Road Glide bikes only. They could be ordered "color matched" from the factory or from the Parts and Accessories catalog.
Your like a encyclopedia of Harley, I'm running my videos by you to fact check before posting for now on...your awesome.
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience I'm really into Tour Glides and Road Glides
I picked up a 24 RG. It's my first RG, traded my 20 SG for it, had a heritage before that. So far, it's one of the best bikes I've owned, just wish there were more accessories for it.
The accessories will come:)
Bought a 2020 and absolutely love it. Scorched Orange
Good color!!!
Dope history lesson delivered with style sir!❤
Thanks a ton man, glad you enjoyed it.
My uncle had a radio caddy on his lndian back in the 1960's. Nothing new.
Definitely not new but super cool
If one ever saw the prototype of the Tour Glide before it was ever released, YOU would NOT believe how BIG the fairing originally was. It was HUGE! Also, HD reversed engineered many Goldwings to develope the Tourglide, which went on to become the Roadglide.
I'm looking uo prototypes now lol
I've owned 6 different Harleys from cruisers to baggers. The 24 CVO ST is the best Harley I've ever owned
That's Rad!!!
Cool video! What's there not to like, the performance and tech are pretty good. I've owned 8 Harleys since 2016. I enjoy this one the best.
That's awesome
my 86 was chain drive and had the air in the front engine case guard aka crash guard , AM FM with Cassette tape . the Highway light bar had the turning signals on my 86 , the Battery was under the right side saddle bag . Screaming Eagle Exhaust turn down like the Red Bike at 06:18 . It had the Oil from Engine to the Primary to filter I did not like the oil from my clutch going to the Engine I rerouted the oil lines and plugged the primary and filled it when I changed oil I still use 20/50 for the clutch . The Earley EVO got a lot of left over parts from the left over Shovel inventory .
I loved reading that!!! Thanks for sharing man
Would've been cool to have seen a 2013 Anniversary CVO model. Pretty rare bike and very sought after.
Your absolutely correct!!!
As an ex auto mechanic and 49 year old. It will take a lot for me to like the new ones. From the front fairing that looks like they copied the evil robots of pick your favorite robot anime to all the electronic addons. One thing you learn is if you want to make more problems than necessary and guarantee failure- add electronics. I never could get into the road glide thing to begin with though. that fixed wing fairing with the exposed handle bars just gives the appearance when on it I am on a jet ski and not a motorcycle. They look great from a side profile - the older ones. But in the saddle just not my aesthetics.
I totally get that, not sure why exactly I switched over and started loving RGs but I sure do. I do agree from the saddle it does have a different look. Thanks for watching man, and more important thanks for your input.
💯
The Rushmore bikes are the best look IMO.
And I need those OG gauges .. I do wish they kept the oil pressure gauge when they rolled out the Rushmore RG in 2015 I think is when it came out .. Rushmore was 2014 but idk if they did the RG that year
My first two baggers were Road Kings. Then a few Street Glides. I finally bought a Road Glide a few weeks ago. So far I really like it.
My next video is history of streetglide...what's your thoughts on the differences of them? What RG did you go with
Thanks for this video great information
Thank you very much!!! It was fun learning it.
Great history lesson. I own an 80 and 81
Thank you very much, that's awesome you have two of the early years. Hold onto them!!
GREAT VIDEO!!!! I have 2ea. 1998 Road Glides, one of which has been autographed by Willie G
Where was he when he autographed it. That's rad
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience daytona bike week 2018. I have a video of it on my channel
Rad!!!!
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience thanks, I actually think my carbureted "Standard" is rarer than my 95th Anniversary bike
I never let the screen completely boot up 😂 I’m half way to my destination by the time my Apple car play connects to my 24 RG 😂. The standard 117 engine with cooled heads is the best part about the new RG. Seat sucks but if you get to your destination fast enough with the new engine you never notice your ass going numb 😂
Everyone has said same thing about seat lol. Thanks for watching man!!!
Cool video , love my road glide , but love my electra glide to , hell love all my harleys
Excellent video
Thank you
There is so little info on the net about the RG history. Good work
You are so right about that, it was tough to find what I found and cross reference it three times. Thanks for watching man!!
I could have bought 2024 RG, but I bought 2023 RG Limited. That was the best decision ever.
Stoked your happy with it
I almost traded my 2023 rg with the 124 and put in 10k on top to get a 2024
But couldn’t part with my 2023 even tho the 27 OTD they were gonna do on the new one ..
Took some of that money I was gonna put in and got a 2008 FLHRCI (33k miles and full service history), 555 cams and 16 Carlinis and tons of extras. So got two sweet bikes instead of one new one that is gonna leave me stranded (EVERYONE I know had it shut down on them and leave em fucked and not in a good way).
The 117 with the new heads tho.. oh man. Liquid cooled WITHOUT lowers, springs can take a 515 lift cam from the factory, and the intake ports are wayyy bigger.. if I could get the wet heads on my 2023.. oh man
Here's a cool factoid. The FLTR has never seen police duty until 2024. HD now makes "Police" Road Glides!
Truth
2024 cvo/st the best bike Harley Davidson has ever built... there's nothing even close...
It is my favorite
I’ve got a 93 EG Police I converted to a TourGlide fairing I love it i think it’s so ugly it’s cool
Sometimes coolness is because of the ugly, lately I've been catching myself looking at those kawasaki cop bikes from early 80s just because they have that rad fairing
Yes! They’re like Japanese FXRPs I’m a fan as well 👍🏻
I love my road glide more than anyone or anything on earth besides my ole lady (in case you’re watching .. I love u sweetheart .. no need to be jealous of a stupid hunk of steel that brings me more joy 🥹 than anything on earth .. except u of course.. yea ! Don’t let that silly card that u thought I wrote to the bike but was meant to u.. yea I know it was addressed to Valkyrie2 but it was just a typo)
Love this!!!!
Very, very well done
Thank you! Cheers!
road glide started in 1990s. thousands of tour glides.
Yes!!!
Nice. More power is great. Technology not so much.
Well said !!!
As a Tour Glide / Road Glide nut, I was ready to pounce on your mistakes, but this time you took me to school !
BTW was that the soundtrack from the Pokémon movie ? 😂
Haha I did more research this time and practiced how to pronounce a few word before my audio!!! I learned from the last one lol. Man, I truly enjoyed the research on this one and was suprised by alot I learned. Weird enough, I'm starting to actually like tourglides because of this video....the one with the wood enlay was damn amazing...thanks for watching man, I'm tackling streetglide next.
What's Pokémon? Hahaha
I said the same thing! I consider myself a subject matter expert in all things FLT/FLTR from 1980-1998 and this is the best Tour Glide video on UA-cam! Great job brother. You definitely did your homework and went above and beyond. 👏
As a 2024 owner, the bootup is ONLY for tech. You wait no longer than my other bikes to start. Like 1 second..
And to add to that, only the audio/nav tech. Gauges actually come on in that 1 second.
Well then, I'm won over!!!!
@@Americanmotorcycleexperience Haha. Yeah man, I wondered the same thing. But like my Indian Scout, you can hear the pump kick on, 1 sec, you can start right up. And I like that the OS puts the gauges on within that same 1-2 sec, and it's the infotainment, and carplay connections that can take a goof 5-10 seconds. And they can be glitchy. That would be my only complaint with the system is the Carplay aspect of it can sometimes not connect automatically, or shut off on a trip. You never lose gauges though.
You skipped over my 22 CVO RG 117. Skipped screaming Eagle Stage IV. Skipped King of the Baggers.
Just covered the basic models, all those others will be covered in later videos...especially king of baggers, we're huge Kyle Wyman fans here at AMX
@Americanmotorcycleexperience well that's great news. Thank you.
That’s an awesome history lesson. I think the bookends - ‘79 and ‘24 - are ugly AF. I had a ‘13 RGU that I liked, and now a ‘21 RGL that I really like. No plan to move out of this RGL to another HD for now.
The 24 looks are growing on me
Wow, this is a very Nice video. question… At 13:20 did you mean the 2012 model or the 2013 year model?
2012, and thanks for watching !!!
I like everything but the nose on the 24
I can't help but love it
I love Road Glides especially the 1997 and the 2018 115th Anniversary model. Hard to find LOL
I've been riding over 30 yrs the new gen is superior in every way over the previous
RGs or the riders haha
Did u say one year has a 2-1 from the factory ???
Not a 2-1-2 but a legit 2-1 ??
*the TC103 is the best motor the Moco made yet .. yes nothing beats m8 power potential but I know so many guys with 103s that are bulletproof
Yes, I didn't know this either until my research. I agree about the TC103