Australian Motorcyclist

RIDE IT HARD RIDE IT FAST

HARLEY-DAVIDSON HAS TAKEN ITS Low Rider S (a bike which I love) and transformed it into a travel-happy performance cruiser named the Low Rider ST. It’s a bit of a throw to those bagger racers you see in America, as a sort of bare bones machine with a screen.

In creating the ST, Harley used the same engine and chassis specs as the S, so beneath you sits the 117 cube (1923cc) Milwaukee-Eight V-twin.

H-D is quoting 168Nm of torque at 3500 rpm for the ST’s beating heart and it’s mated to a beautifully smooth initial throttle response that does a remarkable job of metering

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