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Ha !!!

http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/11/04/2014-harley-davidson-street-500-and-street-750-revealed-at-eicma-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2014-harley-davidson-street-500-and-street-750-revealed-at-eicma-2013

The only important spec I could find is the wet weight at 480 pounds.

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

I like it and think its a good move on HD's part to get into the smaller bikes, younger riders , women and old men probably will flock to it....

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1975 S3 project bike
1974 H1 project bike
1972 Yamaha R5
1974 Yamaha RD350

And the Sporter guys thought they were shunned.......

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Looks like a direct competitior for the Honda Shadow and Honda has sold tens of thousands of them. Wonder what the final drive is, belt or chain?

This is making the rounds on a few places. I don't think they're going to be successful $7k for the 500 and 7.5k for the 750 model. Price is low for US base but too high for other countries where they'll sell in any significant numbers. I might be wrong - we'll see.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Assembled in India could be a cause of quality issues. If that happens it will die out quick.
I found that sales are to be in europe and other countries other than the U.S.A.

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

One of the articles says that bikes will be built for the US market, and those will be assembled in the US.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

An astronomical price never seemed to hurt the sale of the large Harleys - so why not?

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Rotortech
Indianapolis
1974 S3

The dichotomy between US market and oversea's is too great. With import duties and tax on top of the almost $8K cost there is no way it would be sustainable in any significant numbers.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

I read that they plan to manufacture the units intended for overseas markets in countries that aren't subject to the import duties and/or taxes and tariffs. It sounds like they've put a little thought into this.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.