To see how far we’ve taken this basic equation, get in the saddle of any 2016 Sportster model. The street is the home turf of the Sportster motorcycle, and a narrow, agile frame wrapped around a strong V-Twin engine has always been its calling card. To make the motorcycle even more honest, enduring and satisfying for the rider. Technology is there for one reason and one reason only. The one thing you won’t find on a Sportster motorcycle is any gizmos. The new suspension systems are a marvel, with cartridge damping up front and an adjustable cartridge emulsion system in back. The new seats throughout the Sportster line are built out of 21st century materials to feel plush and look minimalist at the same time. The immaculate styling is due in part to an integrated electrical system that reduces wiring harnesses, switches, relays and fuses. Which is where you’ll find some our latest technology hard at work. What the eye sees and the rider feels on a Sportster motorcycle goes deep beneath the surface. A testament to the unwavering hunger for advancement in motor technology that has always driven Harley-Davidson. Then gave it constant refinement to bring us to the modern powerplant of today. We began with a strong, trouble-free design. The air-cooled V-Twin design with a compact one-piece crankcase/transmission fits the narrow Sportster profile like a fist in a fingerless glove. Its overhead valve design and four-cam gear train have their roots in the company’s race program, and you know it when you feel the surge of brute torque that accompanies every twist of the throttle. Born from the legendary Shovelhead and Ironhead engines, it’s been the power at the center of a Sportster motorcycle since 1984. The Evolution engine riding in the nimble Sportster frame is a prime example of the power, durability and proven reliability The Motor Company was built on. The flawless steel and jewel-like fuel tank reveal their authentic American motorcycle roots in every inch of detail. The rumbling V-Twin and muscular front end feel more powerful than ever. The narrow frame is more agile than ever. The best way to get the style that made the Sportster motorcycle famous is to get a Sportster motorcycle of your own. Take a look at the offering for 2016 and one thing becomes instantly clear. The styling cues that lit up the street in those early years would soon become a part of everything from race bikes to outlaw choppers as they spread throughout the motorcycling world. Rawboned, powerful and looking for action. When the first Sportster motorcycle roared onto the scene in 1957 the world had never seen anything like it. Welcome to the next page of history written in Dark Custom™ iron. And now the tank is sporting 70’s inspired graphics. Everything that was great about it has been cranked up to a more intense level. The Forty-Eight® motorcycle has been reborn. But the world has never seen that iconic tank sitting atop anything quite like this. The first time the world saw this gas tank was 1948. What’s worth noting is that the chopper is going with no reserve.Information 2016 Harley-Davidson® Sportster® Forty-Eight® The redesigned 2016 Forty-Eight® motorcycle comes at you with more low-slung Dark Custom™ attitude than ever, from its fat front end to its new cast aluminum wheels. Mecum does not provide any technical details on the two-wheeler, and it’s not venturing into making a guess as to how much it is expected to fetch. It also looks extremely fresh, thanks to the warm blue custom fuel tank (hinting to an Indian Larry build) and rear fender that complement the cold of the exposed engine, exhaust, and wheels. It’s raked build makes it look aggressive, though not as long as other bikes of the segment. The one we have here pays tribute to the custom choppers of the 1970s. Like all other Harleys, it was quickly adopted by custom shops and turned into different things entirely. Harley started making Sportsters in 1957 and launched them into the wild sporting four-stroke, V-twin engines, at first from the Ironhead family, and later on using the famed Evolution. It comprises 36 motorcycles owned by the museum’s Rick Salisbury, and the 1971 Harley-Davidson Sportster chopper seen here is one of them. One prominent such display of bikes is by the Legends Motorcycles Museum in Springville, Utah. In all, 1,750 bikes are listed for sale, either on their own or as part of collections. Before this happens, though, the year opens with the Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle auction at the end of January.Īs usual, the auction house is flooding the market with old, vintage, rare, or custom builds. That means we’ll probably be getting all those juicy gatherings like Mama Tried, Congregation, or Born-Free again. The coming year is shaping up to mark a relative return to normalcy.
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