I was invited to ride the Harley-Davidson X350 and X500 on what turned out to be an unseasonably chilly and wet February day. Undeterred, we set off, and it gave me (a perpetually cold female) the chance to test the windchill factor of the naked machines.
I swung my leg over the X500 first, a decision made purely on the fact this bike has classic mid-mounted foot controls, as opposed to the X350's sportier riding position. The analogue speedo was the first thing that caught my eye and I immediately felt as though I was sitting atop a very grownup version of my first bike, a CB125E. This illusion was soon dissolved when I felt the mid-range torque pulling and could easily keep up
