Harley-Davidson Street Glide

The Harley Davidson Street Glide is the typical American full-sized cruiser, which looks big and appeals straight to the heart with the old-school essence in its overall design. These aspects give the Harley Davidson Street Glide a striking road presence, which makes it a premium motorcycle in every sense.

The front profile of the Harley Davidson Street Glide is what catches attention at first, where the motorcycle gets a rounded all-LED headlamp within a huge fairing. This fairing looks wide with its curved sides, with it getting a slim and wide transparent windscreen at the top in addition. The fairing is also assisted with small amber turn indicators, which are mounted on the lower edges of the side of this front fairing.

The visual mass of the Harley Davidson Street Glide is at its best in its side profile, with the motorcycle getting a large and curvy peanut-shaped fuel tank, which has a sloping upper surface garnished with a piano black touch above it. While the fuel tank and side body panels below the centrally-placed rider’s seat are painted in the primary colour, the engine and dual exhaust pipes flowing out are painted in an all-black theme. The alloy wheels here are finished in a premium-looking shade of bronze, with the engine also getting bronze touches over the head.

The Harley Davidson Street Glide comes as a single-seater motorcycle as standard, with the curved rear fender getting large and angular panniers on either side of it. These panniers have sloping upper surfaces and come integrated with reflectors on them. The rear fender ends up with a fairly-sized LED tail lamp and rounded amber turn indicators mounted on it.

The Harley Davidson Street Glide appeals with its wide rider’s cockpit behind the handlebar, with the motorcycle getting four rounded gauges, one each for speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, and temperature gauge. The motorcycle also gets a centrally-placed 5.25-inch Boom Box touchscreen pad for navigation and audio system settings. For the audio system, Harley Davidson has provided four speakers.

To ensure that the Street Glide feels comfortable and stable for long-distance cruising, Harley Davidson has equipped the motorcycle with a well-tuned suspension setup of upside-down hydraulic telescopic forks at the front and a mono-shock at the rear. The comfort-oriented suspension setup, coupled with well-designed bodywork and sticky tyres, make the Harley Davidson Street Glide a perfect motorcycle for long-distance riding duties. To bring this motorcycle to a halt, Harley Davidson has equipped the Street Glide with a braking combination of dual disc brakes at the front and a single disc brake at the rear.

The Harley Davidson Street Glide has the same four-stroke, air-cooled, V-twin Milwaukee-Eight 117 engine, which also powers other motorcycles from Harley Davidson, like Low Rider S, Road Glide, and even the CVO offerings. Coupled with a 6-speed gearbox, this 1923cc engine churns out 169 Nm at 3,500 rpm of peak torque output. For the Street Glide, the fuel economy claimed by Harley Davidson is 20 kmpl.

While the Harley Davidson Street Glide is well-equipped with features like a touchscreen and audio system, the motorcycle lacks modern-day electronic riding aids, which are available in most of the other motorcycles priced similar to it. The motorcycle only has a dual-channel ABS as the standard safety feature.

The Harley Davidson Street Glide impresses with its sheer size, low-slung cruiser stance, and comfortable ride quality, which makes it one of the best cruisers available in the market right now.