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2024 R18 Roctane
Hello, new guy to the forum. I’m looking for some advice on a new 2024 Roctane. My local dealer has one that I’m interested in for $13k. Only has a few miles on it. Looks great but when I asked why they have a new bike that’s two years old, the response was “they have a lot of them in the warehouse”. That seems like a red flag. Are they just not selling? Any ideas? I don’t mind it being a 2024 model as long as those particular models aren’t problems.

Thanks in advance
 
Follow up question. I’m watching a YouTube video and the guy is complaining about the R18 dragging foot pegs when he is on a highway off-ramp. I know this bike is not for twisties. I keep thinking that it will be like riding my HD Road King Special. I do not lean far into curves with the HD but I don’t worry about leaning when I need to. Do you guys find that you scrap your foot pegs a lot when you are taking curves?
 
I’ve never so far. Also got rid of the OEM pegs. They have these little nubs that are placeable. I lean a good amount. Maybe weight might change that, I only weight 135. I’m also on rear air suspension.
 
I've leaned into mine pretty dang hard and not scraped. But there isn't a bike I've ridden that didn't at some point if ridden hard enough. I wouldn't worry about it at all.
 
As a Roctane owner (and before that had a R18FE) I can attest that the pegs don’t easily scrape, yes you could scrape them but it’s completely avoidable. Put it this way I haven’t scraped mine once, you just have to accept really tight corners need a bit of forethought. As already covered the bike market is struggling everywhere. Now is a great time to bag an R18 of any type if you want one. Fundamentally these are very strong bikes just know what you are buying, it’s a long heavy low revving cruiser. It’s not a power cruiser like a Vmax, it’s a different vibe. Ride the torque, short shift it and waft along. Watch Biker Torque on YouTube, Ross owns an R18FE and loves his, he’s done videos on the Roctane recently and he is very accurate (IMHO) if you want a more realistic opinion, rather than a YouTuber who has a loan bike for 5 minutes and wants clicks.
 
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The issue is that I also have a HD road king special which is basically a twin of the r18. I have to decide if that makes sense or I just keep my Triumph Speedmaster
 
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