Harley-Davidson Street Glide review, test ride

    We’ve just spent a day touring Malaysia on Harley’s exciting new 2014 Street Glide.

    Published on Sep 17, 2013 03:21:00 PM

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    Harley-Davidson’s Project Rushmore has been in the pipeline since the past couple of years, aiming to improve H-D’s bike line-up based primarily on customer feedback. We’ve been riding with Harley around parts of Malaysia astride the spanking new, 2014 model Street Glide from H-D’s touring family, finding out just how much better the new bike is?
    The Street Glide feels comfortable, a burly bike that’s completely at ease hammering down the broad, fast moving highways in and around Sepang.
     
    The 2014 Street Glide retains classic styling, with copious amounts of chrome shining through in typical Harley fashion. The hefty bike never fails to grab attention wherever it goes. The Project Rushmore Street Glide comes with a new headlight, with a dual element halogen bulb. There’s revised switchgear that is repositioned, along with dished, textured switches that add to comfort. The Street Glides extensive dashboard gets revised instrumentation, and infotainment system, comprising an LCD screen, two speakers, Bluetooth connectivity, radio, voice recognition and a USB adapter that supports mp3 devices. 
     
    The Street Glide also packs in cruise control, which when hooked up, made thundering down long straight stretches of highway that much more comfortable. Cruise control takes a little getting used to on a motorcycle, but once over with, works like a dream, being operated via a small joystick on the big Harley’s switchgear. Beyond its fuel-tank, the Street Glide shows off classic, smoothly flowing lines all the way back to its tail. At rear, colour coded panniers offer four percent more storage. The Street Glides new 5-spoke alloy wheels add to its appeal. 
     
     

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