this is a quick review of the new harley-davidson Road King 114 special
this is a lovely looking bike with the 1 1 4 cubic inch engine the pipes have got a really nice deep
Rumble to them a little bit of a nice backfire on the shut off they stylish like the blacked-out
look nice wheels very good-looking certainly good-looking bike so what's it like to ride
actually gone over the figures but it feels it feels shorter than the Heritage Classic which
is the one I have so the writing position feels a little bit more upright the foot boards are a
little further back than on the Heritage and like I say it feels it feels slightly shorter I don't
know if that's the case but that's how it feels I'd say I probably a little less roomy than my
current Heritage Classic actually it seems quite nimble in the corners so on the windy stuff I was
quite impressed I thought it might be hard at Apple but that's not the case it's quite nice
it sounds really nice it's got a nice deep tone to the pipe so you
probably wouldn't want to change the Minish you want something really loud
suspension wires I'd say it falls into the bumps a bit more than the
Softail so you get a slightly harsh a ride on the rough stuff at speed
it's quite stable I went along for the world at 70 miles an hour and
felt quite nice and comfortable so it would certainly be good on a cruising situation
so it looks wise it certainly ticks all the boxes very nice-looking bike what's
this here these are very spacious tons and tons of room in here that's really
useful backrest for the patterns there's a nice idea Minnie Apes quite comfortable
prefer them a little bit higher myself but you know it depends on the size of
the rider overall impressions are very very nice bike would I swap it for my Heritage
Classic no I wouldn't I think for me the Heritage Classic ticks more of the boxes
the bike looks bigger than it actually is I think I'm gonna check the figures later but as I said
it feels smaller than the Heritage to ride but it looks really big so interesting I do like the side
stand on this it's much better than the little stubby spring-loaded stand they've got on the
Softail so well done harley-davidson they're liking this on/off switch yeah really nicely
styled bike very very nice Road King special and gone buy one now I've got home just looking at
the brochures and the figures etc the road cakes special which are a test road is currently for
sale in the UK at twenty thousand four hundred and sixty-five pounds that's just over a thousand
pounds more than the Heritage Classic which is nineteen thousand five hundred twenty five who
go for the black one if we're looking at getting a touring bike it will be between the Heritage
Classic one more for the road cakes special sounds the pounds difference what what would you what
would you do I think the road can feel shorter because it's more accommodating for a passenger
so probably I haven't tried it with a passenger but if you're carrying a passenger that's probably
the one to go for and the saddle bags are bigger but I think the Heritage Classic is a nicer ride
so it kind of depends what you're going to do but then the road keeps special doesn't have a screen
and when you're travelling a long way especially in the UK and cold countries you know that wind
is an issue so I think the terabyte needs a screen unless you're on route 66 or something
I've looked at the figures online and I was right the wheelbase of the road king and Street Glide is
1625 millimeters and on the Heritage it's 1630 so the Heritage Classic soft Oh is a tiny bit longer
and I think the dimensions of other things come into play but the I think the riders slightly
more forward on the touring bikes to an hour for a passenger another thing to bear in mind perhaps
is the Heritage Classic has 155 Newton meters of torque whereas the Street Glide special and
the road king special have 163 Newton meters of torque so a little bit more there next week
the all-new fxd r11 for Harley Davidson comes out as you can see in the picture here we'll be test
riding that bike next week so please subscribe and don't miss the opportunity to watch that video