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Lose weight fast! Buy one take one! Just a few effective promotional keywords we felt Harley-Davidson would have easily included in the promotional material for its newest model, the Dyna Switchback. It seems everyone as well as their physical trainer is always looking for the latest trend to easily drop some weight. Why not, shedding pounds can help you look and feel better and you can move a lot quicker and so are more agile. Well, suppose I told you we informed you there was a diet program enabling you to drop over 100 pounds without minimizing your Big Mac take in or running a single mile? It's possible. Just roll into your local Harley dealer and swap that 812* pound Road King for a 718* pound Dyna Switchback. On top of that, with a price that plays around fifteen hundred dollars cheaper than a King, choosing the Switchback you're essentially scoring yourself a BOGO value, seeing as the Switchback is basically two bikes fused in one. Of course the thought of two bikes in one isn't a totally new idea from Harley by far; the company has offered convertibles in the FXR, Dyna, and Softail product lines. What is distinctive and diverse about the Switchback is that having its 41.3mm front-end, chrome headlight nacelle, 130mm front wheel, floorboards, hard saddle bags, and an extensive FL-style fenders; it appears from the Touring lineage and not just a Dyna with hard bags and a windscreen. Then when you peel off the windscreen and saddle bags, well, still it appears part of the Touring family, just undressed, cleared up and sexier. As soon as you lie on the saddle and hit the streets it clearly shows this motorcycle isn't the offspring of some hefty sofa glide. It's agile and solid. I spent a bit of time around the Switchback and everything in it from its external features and handling to the functionality, storage space, and flexibility satisfied me. The Harley-Davidson engineers really did their homework when they were designing the suspension and steering making sure the motorbike had the comfy and lush ride of a touring motorcycle, but the control and handling of the Dyna. The front-end measurements, tire specifications, and suspension were all made to work together to deliver crisp and easy steerage. Inside the beefy fork legs is a 20mm cartridge which will help deliver enhanced damping, and at the rear end is a set of two Nitrogen-charged mono tube rear end shocks together with dual rate springs. The rear end shock absorber is adjustable, which help to make it quite easy to set up the back-end suspension for solo, two-up, or full capacity riding. Back up front, a 130mm Dunlop delivers a fine steady footprint while bombing along the streets, but the low profile design of the wheel helps to get the motorbike over and in and out of tight turns without difficulty. Something I certainly discovered was that different from the members under the Touring models which can occasionally bring unwanted feedback in the form of shaking when upset by inconsistencies on the road at high speeds and fast turns, the Switchback was stable from tire to tire at high speeds, tight sudden curves, and once packed up and leaned in high-speed sweepers. Despite that I gave the mini ape handle bars the right shoves while driving straight down the road, the motorcycle continuously held its line without worrying about back-end getting squirrelly or requiring time to settle down. Driven through the 103ci engine and backed by the six-speed transmission, the Switchback goes to the spot where you want it, facing that big rig, with comfort. Given it's not going to break any kind of speed records, although with the saddle bags fully packed and a touring bag banded to a baggage carrier, I'm able to effortlessly skip past heavy traffic on inclines without needing to lower it down into the fifth. Coming in 43 pounds lighter than the Heritage Softail Classic (761* pounds), and just 12 pounds heavier compared to the next heaviest Dyna, the Fat Bob (706* pounds), the Switchback is easy to fold back kickstand but is not so hefty which prevents the functionality or potential of its triple digit displacement engine. Screwed right side of the rubber mounted motor is a chrome 2-into-1 straight cut exhaust which offers a respectable note and offers the motorcycle even more of performance look instead of the dual classic look available on most touring types. And not like the Touring designs that have exhaust system secured to the back of the saddle bag sustains, Harley-Davidson builders designed the back exhaust hanger clump to mount the rear of the drive train and to actually move with the drive train. With overall weight a primary concern, Harley went for an aluminum rear hanger bracket as opposed to steel. Slowing down or arriving in an instantaneous stop is aided by a 4 piston fixed front caliper and 300mm standard expansion floating rotor, along with a two-piston torque-free back-end caliper clinching down on a 292mm rotor. The motorcycle I analyzed had the Security Package Option that bundles the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) together with the Smart Security System. The Switchback seems like it could be the Road King's much younger sibling, great because the King has long been the best bet within Harley-Davidson fans. Dimensions of the bike are just right along with the saddle bags weighing about 25 % smaller compared to a regular FLT saddle bag and a 4.7-gallon fuel tank instead of the 6-gallon gas tank that comes with the King. Even though the bags are smaller sized, I managed to pack in them a coat, a few shirts, a tool roll, and a GPS tracker all within a single bag, by adding a sissy bar or maybe a baggage rack and adding a sizable travel bag and hooked up my motorcycle helmet on the side, I packed just enough gear with me on a 2 week ride.
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