Not a harley but a cool looking retro modern vtwin, so much Harley could do. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Well, so much for new, fresh ideas... 2024 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide Revival First Ride Carefully curated ′50s styling meets thoroughly modern mechanics. Image Unavailable, Please Login ((The downside to the Hydra-Glide’s well-sorted thoroughly throwback vibe is the constant attention of other riders especially at stoplights or gas stations. “What year is that thing?” was a constant refrain we heard, as lookie-loos rolled up to squint at what they thought was a resto-mod or full-on vintage bike.)) https://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle-reviews/harley-davidson-hydra-glide-revival-first-ride/?utm_source=Cycle+World+MC&utm_campaign=b07441ce69-CW_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_032424&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a16588fbb-b07441ce69-453092685
Another question …. It’s almost riding season in MN ( just waiting for some rain to clean off the roads ) - with this new bike I bought, when should I do the first oil change ? The Harley dealer said bring it in at 1000 miles and they’ll change the oil & adjust everything. I was talking to an older hardcore biker this week and he said I should change it after the first 100 miles. It has 16 miles on it now - bike is a 2023 Roadglide with a Stage III Screamin’ Eagle upgrade. Thanks MDS
ms, That early like change was to get out any machining “leftovers” - small metal particles that would get into bearing and rings. Once upon a time, that was a serious concern - but manufacturing processes are a lot more exact and cleaner now - so don’t leave nearly the same detritus in the engine. The engine is under warranty by the manufacturer - so if they say 1,000 miles, then that should be good - they’re not going to “err on the upside”. But if you feel better changing in 100 miles, then get out your copy of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and have at it! Kevin
As previously stated, there’s no need to dump the oil early, on a newer bike. That was on older bikes when break in oil was used and the manufacturing process was sloppy. Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Those saddle bags are over the top and the semi ape hangars are not only too much but not really period correct. Looks be damned give me 2 front brakes. Then make it turquoise and white and it would be very cool.
Shhhh… Don’t tell anybody, but on my Captain America build that a “6 into 4” transmission - so, to the human eye, it looks like an old 4 speed, but is really 6. For the ultimate in blasphemy, took some tricky welding but I also hid a starter under the oil bag. Yes, you can still kick-start it, but if you’re feeling lazy then a extra little twist of the key engages that starter. Kevin
Much as I embraced the electric starter sometimes I think it ruined riding. Kick starting a big twin kind of kept the dweebs out. My Grandfather was a motorcycle Cop in the 30's. I'm pretty sure he'd think I was a ***** for starting my motorcycle with a button.
Id say they got overplayed by checkbook warriors with no imagination doing a walter mitty biker and then letting loose with chrome.
Oh dear god, these imbeciles are done for. This is a badge engineered Chinese bike which also sold as a Benelli. China market bike coming to the USA. Want to kill your brand and drive away all your customers? This is how: Image Unavailable, Please Login
To me its kind of the same as it is with Hotrods. The minute someone applied the term "Billet" to Hot Rod parts they should have just stopped right there. Thats the minute the coolness ended. The Captain America clone up the page is kind of all right even if it is the 326th Captain America clone. But when we got into the billet parts, hiding all the cables and wires and the really extravagant metal work they lost me. I grew up in Oakland and knew Arlen Ness and Bob Dron and his wife Tracy were friends. Both good guys but they were as guilty as anyone of all that. A chopper was defined by its lack of refinement, just like the guys who built and rode them. Sorry but no real chopper rider even owned a $100 jacket or a $300 pair of boots. He wore Levi's so caked with dirt and grease they would stand up on their own.
https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/harley-davidson-hd350-hd500-qianjiang-partnership/#:~:text=New%20Chinese%2Dmade%20Harley%2DDavidson%20parallel%20twins.&text=The%20idea%20of%20a%20small,approved%20for%20sales%20in%20China. Chinese market only for now. Does a blistering 89 MPH. My old Honda CB350 I had in Hawaii was faster than that.
regardless of the roots, it got overplayed. i can see the artistly in hiding cables etc, and its business to make these bikes, or it was. But harley in general and choppers became lifestyle accessories for aging wannabe dentists who imagined themselves as wild hogs. Throw in the rappers etc with blinged out choppers and it all got overdone. Choppers and Harleys became a fashion accessory and like all fashions and lifestyle fashions went out of style. Well not all, a rolex is still strong because they have had great brand management, and porche still seems to do the lifestyle accessory great. Somewhere harely went from being the quintessential bikers bike to the ultimate non bikers accessory, that made them sorta not cool. Maybe they just got too big and by extension too inauthentic. Ducati still seems well at it. But one differnce is Ducati not typecast as one thing not is Triumph, they also have less volume so less overdone. Hot rods, yeah they were once built by kids wanting to go faster, then in the 60s some real artists got involved, they took a dip in the 70s and then became either plastic pastiches running crate chevys, or real works of art. Of the works of art very few actually drive or run well, its more like the rod version of the concors crowd. Some like Moal have transcended into art in all dimensions, much like the great coachbuilders of the 30s. Stunning looking and great driving. Rods seem to allow for a lot of creativity, in some ways the better choppers reflect excellent creativity on a limited canvas which makes them all the more creative. the true performance hot rodder is alive and well at Bonneville most years and the breadth of creativity, of individual approaches to engineering and style its truly fantastic..
