I realize it's gonna be "whatever your preference" but can someone tell me the advantages and differences of each ?
I realize it's gonna be "whatever your preference" but can someone tell me the advantages and differences of each ?
Are you drinking again? Or just talking in code? WTF are those?
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
The major difference between the two is a Dyna has an "A" engine, no internal balancers and the engine is shock mounted with rubber engine mounts, and a softail, ala Fatboy, has a "B" engine with internal balancers, won't rev up as fast or as far and the engine is solid mounted into the frame.
Then a Dyna has two outside mounted rear shocks between the upper frame rails and the lower control arm and a softail, ala Fatboy, has a mono shock mounted under the frame to a one piece rear control arm. Then there's also cosmetic differences.
Softails, ala Fatboy, are for stylin'... Dynas are Harley Davisons big twin hotrods.
Last edited by High_Plains_Drifter; 05-26-2018 at 07:04 PM.
My 2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide 35th Anniversary collector...
Last edited by High_Plains_Drifter; 05-26-2018 at 07:07 PM.
You must have asked about the difference between a Fatboy, (softail), and a Dyna just to start a thread...
Must have been a test to see if I was really a Harley Tech...
You'd think I'd know more having worked in a biker bar for about 2 1/2 years before I joined the Marine Corps, but you can put what I know about motorcycles in a thimble. And probably have plenty of extra room
My rule of thumb about bikes is I usually back way off them on the road. I don't need any human-size bugsplat on my windshield. Seriously I just give them a wide birth because I know they don't have as much room for error as I do. That's like real bikers anyway. Can't do much about the crotch rocket riders that zip in and out of traffic and jump right in front of you or appear suddenly on your ass.
That is dangerous to do to my truck because it sits high enough I have a blind spot at my 6.
Last edited by Gunny; 05-26-2018 at 07:40 PM.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke