Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

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Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

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Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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Harley is happily staying close to the custom concept. The new Sportster S is the Custom 1250 cut out of the face.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The new 1250 twin with water cooling and four-valve technology is used as the engine.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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Known from Pan America, it produces 121 hp in the new Sportster S and pushes 127 Nm.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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With more power, the new S weighs a good 30 kilos less than the old air-cooled Sportster.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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When it comes to chassis, Harley capitalizes on the word sport: fully adjustable suspension elements at the front and rear look very good on paper.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The chassis is complemented by a stable full of driving aids. Traction control and ABS depend on the lean angle.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The Sportster S also scores with four driving modes, one of which is freely programmable.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The wide tires have to be examined closely when driving. A 180 at the back and a 160 at the front sound more like wrestling than handiness.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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With a long caster of 148 millimeters and a steering head angle of only 60 degrees, the chassis is designed on the stable side.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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Highlight: TFT round display with Bluetooth and map navigation are easy to read. By the way: a piston in the engine is 105 millimeters in diameter, the display is 109.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The raised exhaust system made of stainless steel sounds very present in the video.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The engine is bolted to the tubular frame and should contribute to the comparatively low weight of 228 kilograms when ready to drive.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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Harley would like to have 15,495 euros in Germany for the new Sportster S. The color shown, Midnight Crimson, costs 270 euros extra.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros
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The matt Stone Washed White Pearl also costs an extra charge.

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The basic color is the Vivid Black on the left in the picture.

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Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Harley-Davidson Sportster S.
122 hp for the legend revival

After some delay, Harley introduces the successor to the Sportster. The new Sportster S comes with the 1250 engine, 122 hp and 125 Nm for 15,500 euros.


Jens Kratschmar

07/14/2021

In this article:

  • 1,252 cubic, 122 hp, 125 Nm
  • Suspension with sport
  • Electronics of today
  • Prices and colors
  • Conclusion

Actually, this message could have been written in 2019, but the new Harley, then still known as Custom 1250, took until 2021 to get to us. But with over 60 years of construction of the air-cooled Sportys, two more years to the modern engine are no longer a noteworthy span. The new one is not called Custom, but Sportster with a very large S behind it: Sportster S..

1,252 cubic, 122 hp, 125 Nm

The new water-cooled engine of Pan America with 1,252 cubic gets the new Sportster S in the frame, albeit in a newly tuned version, with compression reduced to 12.0: 1, revised cylinder head and reduced speeds. Result: 122 hp at 7,500 tours and 125 Nm at 6,000 revolutions. For comparison: the air-cooled long-stroke engine with 1,200 cubic meters weighs just 97 Nm on the shaft and remains far behind the new one with a maximum of 67 hp. A big plus in terms of engine. At the same time, a good 30 kilograms are missing: the Sportster S weighs 228 kilograms ready to drive, which is largely due to the load-bearing construction of the engine. So she is only five kilos heavier than the justly discontinued and unloved Street 750. The paper speaks for the new Sportster S..

Suspension with sport

If you recall the chassis data on the old Sportster, the word sport will hardly come to mind. It could be different with the new S: USD fork with 43-millimeter stanchions, fully adjustable, ditto at the rear: stereo dampers with expansion tanks. Reminds a little of the unfortunately discontinued Sportster Roadster and that was a pleasure in terms of driving dynamics. Incidentally, also with the brakes, but here the new Sportster S can’t even catch up, at least in terms of quantity. Instead of a double disc at the front, a single disc is taken into the bite by a radially bolted Brembo saddle. With twice as many pistons as the engine has. The electronics deliver quality: ABS is a must, cornering ABS is the free choice. The lean angle-dependent traction control goes well with this. Harley is very close to the study with the new Sportster S in terms of tire dimensions: At the rear, a rubber with 180/70 R 16 rolls, a measure that is just about the right size. At the front, however, a tire with a width of 160 millimeters on a 17-inch rim in an inclined position would be asked, after all, the tire with a 70 mm cross-section is quite high. The geometry data can also be viewed with a raised brow: 148 millimeters of caster and 60 degrees of steering head angle are clearly Harley. The first driving report will show how this works with the wide tires.

Harley-Davidson Sportster S: 122 hp, 15,500 euros

Enduro


Harley-Davidson Pan America in the driving report

Clearly clears all cliches in terms of driving dynamics

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Electronics of today

In addition to the electronic driving aids, which are unique in this class, Harley has added four driving modes. Sport, Road and Rain are programmed, another can be put together individually. The cruise control, which is also standard, feels almost taken for granted. This is topped by the new cockpit: A TFT display with a diameter of 109 millimeters not only shows the usual parameters, but can also be connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth and knows how to please with moving maps navigation.

Prices and colors

Harley-Davidson offers the new Sportster S from 15,495 euros. The color variant Vivid Black is the basis. For a surcharge of 270 euros each, you can choose between the dark red Midnight Crimson or the matt Stone Washed White Pearl. No information is yet available on availability in Germany.

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Conclusion

Yes man. With the Sportster S, Harley shows that icons still have a place in the group. And what a kind: a good twice as much power as the old long-stroke steamer, 30 kilos lighter and equipped with the most modern electronics, the S could be a major breakout for H-D. And as always with Harley, it should be said: This time, too, the company will survive a new engine.

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