Of the Harley Touring line the Street Glide is probaly the least touring oriented. It's an Electra Glide stripped for bar-hopping.

The the Electra Glide or Road Glide are better suited for actual touring.

You'll probably get more Harley offers, it might behoove you to go down to the local Harley dealer to take advantage of their liberal test ride policy to see if it will be your cup of tea. There's not enough difference between a 2006 and 2012 to make any noticable difference to the casual test rider.

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DL650A K7 (Greywolf Moto Lab's R&D test mule) June 1, 2012 - present
DL650A K7 April 23, 2007 - January 6, 2012, RIP

"Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?" Frank Zappa, 1975

I had a 2006 Road King and now have a 2012 Road Glide I wouldn't buy anything older than a 2009 simply for the better frame. I didn't do anything to my 2006 other than put oil in it and tires it was very reliable and handled better than people on this forum will give it credit for. 2007 brought the 6 gal tank and 6 speed tranny so that leaves the 2006 lacking in both of those departments. 2008 brought the Brembro brakes I believe. I wouldn't touch a Street Glide with the lowered suspension. I don't think you would be happy with it.

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Present Rides
2006 V Strom
2012 Road Glide Ultra

As an addition, much is made of the problems with the twin cam tensioner issue. My FXD is an '01 and at 30k the tensioner shoe had begun to chip. This was the earlier design that was more prone to failure than the later hydraulic setup.
I did in fact decide to go gear drive because the labor to replace it with stock parts or the hydraulic upgrade was about the same. I did have Screaming Eagle cams in the bike and wanted a similar profile so the gear drives made sense in this way. I see no difference in noise in my bike and doubt I will ever touch the cam setup again.
My particular bike with the standard compression 1550 barrels and pistons (another story), 42mm Mikuni carb, Screaming eagle slip ons and this cam setup dynos just over 80hp and 95 ft. lbs of torque. I would expect similar out of a Street Glide with an ecu reflash, exhaust and intake opening.
I will say this of owning Harleys (4 of them). I've had this bike for 13 years and I've done all kinds of things to it. After somewhere north of 50 bikes over the last 43 years I know its not a perfect bike by any means, I know what its weak spots are and its not the best bike I've ever ridden but it is absolutely the most satisfying bike I've ever owned and will almost certainly be the last bike that leaves the garage. Hard to say more for something than that.

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'12 Concours
'11 DL650
'10 Tiger1050
'01 HD FXD
'09 HD XR1200
'79 BMW R100

If you are considering a bike for touring, do take a good look at the GL1800. My personal opinion is that there is no finer touring motorcycle on the market. It is a great combination of comfort, power, handling and reliability. It's smooth (no VTwin rumble) and shifts well. It's well balanced and handles a passenger as if the passenger wasn't there. While the Wing may not hold its value quite as much as a Harley, it hangs in there quite well. There's a zillion accessories out there for the Gold Wing as well. I've had two 1800's and can say that I don't regret anything about them save for the fact that I had to sell my '05 Wing when we moved up here from Idaho. So if you have touring in mind, especially 2-up, you might want to go that direction. If you can, wrangle a test ride on one, though. The problem with that is, for the most part if someone takes an 1800 Wing for a test ride, they'll buy one, even if they didn't intend to before going on the ride. You be the judge.

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If you are interested in the SG make the trade. If you take a test drive and enjoy it, be aware of the many changes since 2006. The '06 model was the first year of the SG and introduced in 2005. It had the TC88A engine (1442 cc's), a 5 gal. tank, and a 5 speed trany. Although the engine was basicly bullet proof, the cam chain tensioners and primary chain tensioners were not oil fed or hydraulic until the introduction of the TC96 engine in '07 and thus required attention every 20K miles. The '07 model also brought the 6 speed trany. 2008 was the first year of the 6 gal tank and the TBW. 2009 debuted the new frame design with new wheels, swing arm, engine mounts, etc.. 2011 models and on have the TC103 engine.
If you do a test drive on a new model and decide to do the trade, the '06 SG will still have the look, sound and feel, but will lack in handeling, power and responce. Not that any of those can be cured with some $$ though
For reference, we currently have an '07 SG with 55K miles and an '07 SE Ultra (TC110) with 70K miles.

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'07 SE UC
'02 CR 250

I would do it if I where you, no more expensive maintence on the vette, no more right side spark plugs no one can reach,no more opti spark, no more expensive tires,no more insurance bills.
The road glide is a sweet ride, hard bags,radio, good after market selection. Go over the machine check tires, drive belt,and extras. It sounds like a fair trade if the paint is good and it has not been dropped.
It not a touring machine, but its a great weekender, great 2 up machine, hotel hoping for weekends, and a nice cruizer. There is a reason so many jap bikes copied the harley, and its nice to be king!

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"Nothings possible until its done!"
"If ya can't afford the fine, take the lead!"

I had a Roadster, spent a bunch of money on it to improve performance. Absurd vibrations, mpg not bad, paint and finish superb, brakes were good (Roadster has dual front discs) but handling and performance were a joke. And the whole Harley culture is just unbelievably stupid.

Bottom line I had three bikes at the time and after a month riding it, 9 times out of 10 I'd pick one of the other bikes to ride. So I sold it.

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2008 Tiger 1050 ABS

Nothing like tolerance and respect for what others do..

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'12 Concours
'11 DL650
'10 Tiger1050
'01 HD FXD
'09 HD XR1200
'79 BMW R100

Just because you don't fit in somewhere doesn't mean it's "stupid". Perhaps just the "part" of the culture that you tried to fit into didn't work for you. Many of my friends ride HD's for a living. I run police cone courses with them. We all have many styles and types of bikes. Many of my leather and beany helmeted friends are some of the best riders I know, other ones not so much. The "culture" draws many to it, for many different reasons. It doesn't mean it's stupid, just some of the people it draws. As it is in any biking culture.
BTW, I am not to fond of that part (roadster) of the sportster family either. Fun to drive around town but that's about it for me personally.

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'07 SE UC
'02 CR 250

Not even going to read the pro and likely cons to this thread. I'm just going to spit it out. I have a road king and love it 100% more than my strom, but they both have their purpose and fun. The facts are the Harley does nothing better than the strom... on paper. Its more expensive to fix, will have to visit the shop more often, doesn't get the same gas mileage and requires higher grade. BUT, given a great sunny day to take a great cruise, or ride, I would never even give the strom a first look. I prefer the "ride" experience on my harley in every way. Its a motorcycle that's been designed and built to enjoy. Vs. The strom that is a budget bike, built with a function and purpose. It's a good bike, and I enjoy it, but just cause its got two wheels doesn't make it family. Do the trade and make up your mind. You won't lose anything, but you'll gain a new perspective, and that's what lifes all about.

I NEVER listen to the advice of anybody who has anything bad to say, and I highly scrutinize anybody that has good advice.

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2007 DL-650
1996 H-D Road King