The OL just had to have a new 1200 Low, partly because the tank badge is likely to be a 1 year only thing because nobody likes it. It has a decent amount of power and handles reasonably well. Fact is, it could probably almost keep up with my Triumph now that it has aftermarket pipes and the intake has been opened up. It vibrates a bit at low engine speeds (as does her '05 Lowrider), but once you rev it past the point where it stops bottoming out the rubber engine mounts (around 2000 RPM) it smooths out. But, I will never get used to the air filter cover moving against my leg!
I think they finally got the redline up to something like 6200, a bit faster than the previous 5500. With all the lightweight parts in the blockhead piglets, I would have thought they'd be able to top the 6600 redline on my old 61 inch ironhead XLCH, at least with the 883.
Speaking of the HD belt drive, I saw a show on either Discovery or History channel about the Vrod factory. Seems that they use a chain drive on the beefed up screeching eagle version because it has enough poopy power to strip the teeth it of a belt. Too bad they didn't make those look like a motorcycle.
They cheated on the self canceling signals. They always used to self cancel when you let go of the button. Now, they use the digital speedometer. Seems the speedo drive is a shutter wheel (or magnetic equivalent) so they added a counter to the signals that counts out maybe 150 - 200 feet of movement and shuts off. To their credit, the digital to analog conversion to move the speedometer needle is reasonably accurate.
