Harley-Davidson 1690 ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL 2015

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Admittedly, the Road Glide has been present in the French market for a while, but this mainly under the guise of the exception of its CVO version. Apart from this confidential distribution, it had been a good ten years since the Road Glide had left the Harley France offer.. The Rushmore project blew away this Touring to make it cross the Atlantic again in 2015. And not just any: in the USA, it is available in two versions, standard and over-equipped. Guess which one is proposed for our routes? The 1690 Road Glide Special.

Why Special? For the few carefully added equipment. Starting with the BOOM Box 6.5 GT multimedia console, the best of what Harley offers, with GPS, 6.5-inch touch screen, Bluetooth, USB, 25 watts per channel, voice recognition system, etc. entertain if you feel like listening to something other than the Twin Cam 103 ci. However, isn’t it partly this engine that guided you in your choice?!? On the road Glide, the version chosen is the High Output optimization. With a revised camshaft and airbox, the 1690 pushes 5% more torque. This will not be too much to ensure the cruise of a machine flirting with the 400 kilos. For such a beast, and of this personality, perhaps the liquid solution of the innovator (for the Harley world) Twin Cooled would have been more adequate and rewarding. For the next evolution or another vintage ?

Do not anticipate because the developments related to the Rushmore project are already there. Everyone’s experience to benefit the Harleys of tomorrow. The brakes benefit from ABS and the coupled Reflex system. Safety watchdog for 300mm rotors bitten by 4-piston calipers.
The look of the Road Glide has changed somewhat. Normal, his eyes are new Daymaker LED headlights much more efficient. The brand asserts it loud and clear in figures: 85% wider and 6% more power in low beam, 35% wider and 45% more power in high beam. But what you will appreciate the most is the optimization of the top of the fairing, the famous SharkNose. Very subtly revised after multiple passages in the wind tunnel and road tests, it now sports a triple vent to equalize the pressure in front of and behind the windshield. The pilot can thus cut through the air with a calm unknown on a Harley while tasting a new driving position. Indeed, the handlebars move its handles 22 cm closer to the driver.
Comfort also means more easily adjustable pneumatic rear suspension, suitcases with “One-touch” opening, cruise control, better readability of the instrumentation and new, more ergonomic controls. Braking is entrusted to a large team: ABS, coupled Reflex braking, 2 discs of 300 mm at the front and one at the rear, all supported by 4 piston calipers

For its return to the “mainstream” Touring H-D clan, the Road Glide does things well, with aplomb, serenity, confidence, class. She is sure of herself; Harley-Davidson is sure of that too. Doesn’t the MoCo lightly proclaim “Will you be up to it” ?

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Replaces

1450 ROAD GLIDE FLTRI 2004

Model marketed in

2015
2016

Performances

• Max speed:
  about 170 km / h
• Consumption
  medium: 5.60 l

The technical aspect

Harley-Davidson 1690 ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL 2015

• Frame
• Frame: double tubular steel cradle
• Tank: 22.7 liters
• Seat height: 696 mm
• Length: 2430 mm
• Wheelbase: 1,625 mm
• Dry weight: 369 kg
• Weight in running order: 385 kg

• Train before
• Telehydraulic fork Ø 49 mm, deb: 117 mm
• 2 discs Ø 300 mm, 4 piston calipers
• Front wheel:

  130/60
  – 19

• Transmission
• 6-speed gearbox
• secondary by belt

• Rear axle
• 2 combined pneumatic shock absorbers, deb: 54 mm
• 1 disc Ø 300 mm, 4 piston caliper
• Rear wheel:

  180/65
  – 16

• Motor
• Twin cylinder
  in V at 45 °
  , 4 stroke
• Cooling: by air
• injection Ø nc
• tumbled
• 2 valves per cylinder
• 1,690 cc
  (98.4 x 111.1 mm)
• ≈ 85
  ch
• 14 mkg
  at 3,500 rpm
• Weight ratio /
  power
  : 4.34
  kg / hp
• Compression: 9.7: 1
• Crit’air:

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electricity

filtration
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Competitors

Victory (USA) 1700 VISION TOUR 2015

Indian 1811 ROADMASTER 2015

Honda GL 1800 GOLDWING F6B 40th anniversary 2015

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