2022 Harley Lowrider Ride and Review

Hey, welcome to Ride & Rally with Fix My Hog. My name's Steve Knoble, and today we're test riding the 2022 Low Rider ST. Now, you may have seen some of the other Ride & Rally videos where Nate Beck took the Low Rider S out, he really loved it. So, if he loved the S, I'm probably gonna love the ST too. The big difference between the S and the ST is the ST has bags, it's got a fairing, it's set up for touring, but also, it's still got that great suspension, engine, transmission, and brakes, which are great for carving curves. And to test that out we're gonna take it down 555 outta Zanesville, Ohio here. Regionally 555 or we call it the triple nickel. It's one of the curviest roads in the area. It's like they paved every goat path through the hills with switchbacks and decreasing radius turns. If you're into curves, definitely check it out. But we're gonna take the low rider ST down that, we're gonna put it through the paces. Ride the snot out of it. Then we get down to Ringgold. We're gonna head on, hop on 78, head over the Big Muskie Bucket. Then maybe from there we'll stop by a barbecue place I know. Here it is, a 2022 Harley FLXRST, Low Rider ST. This thing is pretty cool. It comes with 117 inch engine six speed gear box. Got a cool like eighties FXRT style faring up front. Here they put it in a wind tunnel and it has great airflow to it with zero buffeting. Up on the front of the thing, we have some inverted forks. Got the dual disc brakes, the floating rotors. I believe those calipers are made by Brembo. It comes with 117 inch engine, six speed gear box, of course fuel injected throttled by wire, you know, M8 motor, all the bells and whistles that come inside that thing. Out back, it's got these clamshell saddlebags. Rumor has it, they're almost two square feet of space. They are pretty big and they're quick detach. Got digital dash here in the top clamp of the handlebars, and it has all of the standard features in there. Tachometer, odometers, also shows fuel to empty fuel capacity. Alright, but enough talking about it, let's go ride. Now for the 22 ST, they added a slightly taller rear shock for a little increased lean angle. So this is a change from the previous Low Rider S models. Now this is my personal bike. The only thing I've done to it was change the seat, install the exhaust, and the crash bar. And those three items are actually in some other Fix My Hog videos. And this bike runs off key fob, so there's no actual key to insert. As long as you have the fob on you you can turn the switch on. Bike fires right up. However, Harley does charge a good buck for spare key fobs. If we wanna call it Ohio's version, Tail of the Dragon. A lot of people argue it's even more exciting than a dragon due to the numerous elevation changes, the off camber decreasing radius turns, and some of the strangest road paths I've ever ridden in my life. It's like they paved some random goat path through the hills. I love it, if you're a lover of curves. If you're into spirited riding, canyon carving, leaning over till things scrape, this road is for you. It's just over 70 miles from the beginning to the end. The road starts in Zanesville, Ohio, and then heads all the way south to Little Hocking, Ohio. Right at the Ohio River. We won't be going all the way to the river today. We're gonna be turning off at Ringgold on 78, head towards McConnelsville, so we can get to the Big Muskie Bucket. But we won't be going all the way to the river today. We'll be turning off at Ringgold on 78, but we won't be going all the way to the highway to, but we won't be going all the way to the river today. We'll be turning off at Ringgold on 78 East, heading towards McConnelsville. And that's where the Big Muskie Bucket is. So in conclusion Harley really knocked outta the park with this Low Rider ST. Yeah, you really owe it to yourself to take one of these for a ride if you get a chance. It handles like a giant sport bike. I had a Dyna for years before, before this. And you know I can't make a Dyna handle like this thing. No matter how many engine mounts are placed and suspension upgrades I do. This, this Low Rider ST's a really, really solid bike. So it works great for me for canyon carving, traveling, commuting, the whole nine yards. Fair it even works well in the rain. Now we're gonna pass the town of McConnelsville right on the Muskingum River. Just follow the signs for 78 and it should take you right through town. 78's a great road. It's got some rolling hills, some great sweepers and occasional switchback in it. However you want to be careful cause you might be cruising halfway through a turn and then realize you just passed the entrance to the Big Muskie Bucket or Jesse Owens State Park. Alright, so here we are at the Big Muskie Bucket. So what this is, this was a dragline shovel that they used in the area for coal. It was a big thing here in south central Ohio. They basically did kind of top removal strip mining, and they would take the giant shovels and buckets and like this, and they would just drag it right across the top and pick everything up. I believe this was the largest bucket dragline shovel built. It was, I believe it can move in one scoop 325 tons of dirt. And about two, it's about 220 cubic yards of earth. So you're talking a massive amount of coal. This thing is a really cool thing to see. There's no more coal mining in the area at the time or it now, they reclaimed all the land. Now it's part of Jesse Owens State Park here, right on 78. Which you saw is a great ride here. This is a massive, massive thing to see. It's really cool. Massive chain links. It's hard to even put into perspective the size of this stuff. You can't even move the chain links. It's a really cool thing to see if you're in the area. It's, it's hard to imagine even the the size of the equipment that must of went into building this thing and moving the dirt and the amount of the size of all the equipment in the operation that was here. So if you're in the area, it's definitely a cool thing to check it out. Got a great park here. Got some picnic tables, bathrooms, restrooms, the whole nine yards. And it's a great scenic area too. So, check it out. So here it is, down at the Big Muskie Bucket. 2022 Low Rider ST. I tell you, Harley really really knocked outta the park with this thing. So before this I was riding a Dyna, as you've seen in some of the other Fix My Hog videos. Way before that I was riding sport bikes and stuff. And I'm telling you this thing handles much like a sport bike. It, but yet with that 19 inch front wheel line it's still got some nice stability. So it still really plants in going down the highway. You can just set the cruise, hands off the bars, and just go after it. It's a really, really impressive machine. So even up here where the, we've got the inverted front forks on this thing. Dual disc front suspension, massive beefy brakes. Really shaves the speed off going through the turns. The handling is really sharp on it. I know on, when Harley switched from the first Low Rider S to the 2022 Low Rider S and the St, they lifted the rear suspension a little bit. It's got a tighter rake than the standard Low Rider. So it's a really, really responsive bike. And then, of course, up front here we have the FXR style fairing. Now Harley really did a good job of this thing too. It has some vents in it through the center or it gets off to the side and that allows a lot more airflow without giving you that weird reverse push air that you get with some of the older fairings. So not only does that give you good air flow, so all the vents in your helmets still work all the vents in your jackets still work. So you still get like a nice breeze. You still get some of the wind on you feeling but also cuts a clean hole. So when you are ripping down the highway and stuff, you get a nice clean ride. There's no weird buffeting coming off semis. It just blasts right through the wind. You catch a little rain at highway speeds, you get a little vortex. Kind of keeps the direct blast of the rain off you. Not promising you're gonna stay dry, but if you got rain gear on it's not taking quite the pounding it would with a no fairing bike. And even I've ridden some older style fairings. This thing is really, really above and beyond Harley really must have spent some time in a wind tunnel with this thing. I'm really impressed with that. The engine on the thing, it's a 20, it's the 117 Milwaukee-Eight engine. I believe it's something like 125 foot pounds of torque around 100-105 horsepower, right out of the box. I was told this used to be their CVO engine in previous years and now it comes standard in the Low Rider S and the ST. Alright, now another discussed part of this thing is the clamshell style saddle bags on here. Now you have two of them. They are quick detach, and they do just pop right off of this thing. It is pretty impressive. But if you just need to get into 'em we have a little chrome lever back here. Then we got some little cool nitrogen shocks that make 'em open nice and slow. There's plenty of space inside these things. They got nice rubber gasket in here, keeps 'em sealed up. I had it out in a torrential downpour for probably about four hours one time down North Carolina already this year, and everything in 'em stayed dry. Even shortly after I got it. I gave the bags, the kind of the garden hose test where I just hose the snot out of the joint and opened them up. Everything was still dry inside. So nice job there Harley. If you do wanna take 'em off, down inside here, there's a little quick detached handle. Just turn to the left, little red flag pops open, and from there you can take the bags off. How handy is that? So it's a pretty clean looking bike even without the bags. And they're pretty quick detach, easy to go back on there. Pop the lower bracket on there. Up down there like so. Twitch it, latch it, close the bag. On these bags do have locks on them too. So, everything is very secure. So motorcycles and barbecue go together like motorcycles and barbecue. So if you're here in McConnelsville, check out. Check out The Boondocks BBQ and Grill. A lot of traffic on the road. But it's a good spot. In summary, Harley really knocked it out of the park with this Low Rider. I mean, it's really above and beyond. I promise you. If you get a chance to throw a leg over one of these, you will not be disappointed. But that's all I have for you today. So my name's Steve Knoble. This has been Ride & Rally with Fix My Hog. Thank you for watching. Keep riding.