Harley-Davidson Street Glide Bike

Harley-Davidson Street Glide Bike Overview

Very similar to the Road Glide, the Street Glide offers another option for riders looking for a traditional American tourer. The only difference is the fairing — on the Road Glide it’s fixed to the chassis and the handlebars turn independently of it, on the Street Glide the fairing is attached the forks and so moves with the bars.

The huge 114 cubic-inch (1868cc!) Milwaukee-Eight V-twin motor is a dream for easy riding — with so much torque on tap, the gearbox is rarely disturbed, the air-cooled lump pulling like the proverbial traction engine.

The Street Glide is a heavy bike but the weight is well distributed, so it’s easy to manage. Handling is surprisingly good too, particularly on rougher roads where the soft suspension and weight flatten the bumps and make the bike feel nailed to the tarmac, right up to the footboards scraping, which is further over than you might imagine.

Built for touring, a comfortable ‘feet-forward’ riding position, sumptuous saddle and roomy high-quality panniers come as standard. The icing on the cake for long journeys, however, is the excellent sound system that can link to your phone for tunes on the go as well as offering an intuitive navigation system for those epic tours.

Starting price for a new Street Glide is £22,895 with top-spec bikes for sale for as much as £36,000. Look for a bike from the end of 2017 on if you can — the 2018 model year machines saw a major upturn in quality.

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