Harley-Davidson 1745 ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL 2018

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A little more Special this Road Glide with the 2018 vintage. The look, the spirit, its vision hardly change but some elements rank it in the clan of the dark ones. It starts with a pair of 19 and 18 inch ‘Talon’ rims. The saddlebags are more stretched in their lower part, visually bevelling the exhausts and making the stern more elusive – a design trait that appeared recently with the Road King Special. A whole series of chrome have disappeared, in order to blend in with the darkness: the engine protection, the fork tubes, the handlebars and the controls, the mirrors, the indicators, the tank console, the engine covers, the air filter and exhaust heat shields. A more aggressive echo, for a Touring that does not hide ambition.

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After tempting travelers in a CVO version and then in a more affordable version, the Road Glide took a new step in 2017 with the transplant of a heart full of displacement, twice as many valves than usual and a good dose of evolution: the Milwaukee Eight. Returning to the French market in the same vein as the Rushmore project, the Road Glide is appreciated here in a version called 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 took the urge to listen to something other than the big American twin. However, isn’t it partly this engine that guided you in your choice?!? On the road Glide, the version chosen is therefore the M8 in its definition cooled only by air. With more displacement than the Twin Cam 103, better breathing, 8 valves, 4 spark plugs, and many other improvements, this engine offers more watts and above all an imposing 15.2 mkg of torque at 5250 rpm. This will not be too much to ensure the cruise of a machine flirting with the 400 kilos. To learn more about the Milwaukee Eight engine, click here ->

Less vibrations at idle and more efficiency on the suspension side. Fork and shock absorbers come from Showa, provide more consistency in the damping, and gain ease of adjustment for the rear.
Recently, the Road Glide benefited from the Rushmore project. 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 much more efficient Daymaker LED headlights. 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 sports a triple vent to equalize the pressure in front of and behind the windshield. The rider can thus slice through the air with a tranquility unheard of on a Harley while enjoying an improved riding position. Indeed, the handlebars had advanced its handles 22 cm closer to the driver.
Comfort also means suitcases with “One-touch” opening, cruise control, better readability of the instrumentation and 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

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1746 ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL 2017

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Performances

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

The technical aspect

Harley-Davidson 1745 ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL 2018

• Frame
• Frame: double tubular steel cradle
• Tank: 22.7 liters
• Seat height: 695 mm
• Length: 2430 mm
• Wheelbase: 1,625 mm
• Dry weight: 372 kg
• Weight in running order: 388 kg

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

  130/60
  – 19

• Transmission
• 6-speed gearbox
• secondary by belt

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

  180/65
  – 18

• Motor
• Twin cylinder
  in V at 45 °
  , 4 stroke
• Cooling: by air
• ESPFI sequential injection
• tumbled
• 4 valves per cylinder
• 1,746 cc
  (100 x 111.1 mm)
• 89
  ch
  at 5,450 rpm
• 15.20 mkg
  at 3,250 rpm
• Weight ratio /
  power
  : 4.18
  kg / hp
• Compression: 10: 1
• Crit’air:

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