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HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE AND STREET GLIDE

HARLEY CLAIMS: ‘THE ALL-NEW Street Glide and Road Glide models featuring the new Milwaukee-Eight 117 are more powerful, comfortable and lighter, and packed with advanced technology, including a new infotainment system, all wrapped up in a dramatic new visual design’. After riding the bikes we have to say: “That’s SO true!” We’re still in awe of just good these bikes are.

The Street Glide and Road Glide are two variations built on the basically the same bike. The two giveaways for onlookers trying to work out which is which are:

● The Street Glide has the squarish headlight and the ‘batwing’ fairing mounted to the triple clamps. When the ’bars are turned the fairing turns as well; and

● The Road Glide has the wrap-around-style lighting and the ‘shark-nose’ fairing fixed to the frame. When the ’bars are

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