Harley Davidson Sportster
Harley Davidson Sportster has two engines sizes:
Sportster 883
Sportster 1200
These particular Harley bikes have smaller engine,narrower frame and the lightest bikes offered by Harley Davidson. The retail price of Harley Davidson Sportster is half the cost of the big-twin Harley's. It's affordable and perfect Harley Davidson motorcycle for beginners.
Harley Davidson Sportster was introduced in 1957 with the intention of making it a motorbike for racing. The Sporsters were used in dirt track courses from the 1960's to the 1970's and was highly successful.
Thus the Harley Davidson Sportsters became the original gung-ho motorcycle. The Sportster's small in stature and yet decidedly more sporty has become the choice for riders that craves an agile and nimble but aggressive motorcycle. These highly popular product line is undoubtedly one of the best range of Harley Davidson motorbikes available today.
The Harley Davidson Sportster series has the same signature 45 degree v-twin engine employed by the rest of the Harley Davidson line-up. It comes in four models:
Sportster Roadster
Sportster Low
Sporster Custom
Sportster Nightster
The Sporster was redesigned in 2004 with a new frame that allow for a rubber-mounted engine. This caused the bike to be heavier and reduced the available lean angle and eliminated the vibration from the frame to the rider thus making the rides smoother.
In 2004 electronic fuel injection was incorporated to the Sporster family and the Harley Davidson Nightster was introduced in mid-year 2009. As the newest in the Dark Custom series the Iron883 was added to the line-up of Harley Davidson Sportster.
Harley Davidson Vrsc/Harley Davidson V rod
The Harley Davidson Vrod (Vrsc) was unveiled in 2001 for the sole intention of competing against the rising popularity of muscle bikes manufactured by Japanese and other American motorcycle companies. To target and appeal a different market Harley Davidson came up with a bike model that is patterned after a sports or racing bike melding aggressive and sporty looks with raw performance.
Thus, the Harley Davidson Vrod (Vrsc) was born. In joint venture with Porsche, the Vrsc series employs a ground-breaking liquid-cooled 60-degrees v-twin motor that broke away the Harley's traditional set up.
Even though the Harley Davidson Vrod(vrsc) series has the style of a sports bike, it retains the stretched-out forward controls that are uniquely Harley and the torque and accelerator as its asset.
The Harley Davidson Vrod Vrsc features low rise and wider handlebars, customized,minimalist rear shocks,vinyl seats,5.0 gallon and fuel tank and dual exhaust pipes. Throughout Harley Davidson history this is the first bike that has fuel injection and water-cooled engine.
The Harley Davidson Night Rod special are some of the models that continually evolves with the Harley Davidson Vrod Vrsc platform.
Harley Davidson Buell
The Harley Davidson Buell bike isn't exactly a Harley Buell sport bikes are manufactured and sold through Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company. Erik Buell a former Harley engineer was requisitioned by Harley Davidson Motor Co. to build a motorcycle that is easy to learn and at the same time looks hip and fun to attract more new riders into the sport of motorcycling.
Buell focused on developing a hard-edged sport motorcycles. Buell ranked itself a serious contender in the market place with innovations such as the exhaust system was mounted under the engine to lower the center of gravity and using the frame as a fuel tank.
Although the Harley Davidson Buell bikes don't have the classic cruiser style looks of motorcycles made by its parent company Buell motorcycle are a great all-around bike fit for shorter raod trips and daily riding. Harley Davidson Buell motorcycles are a favorite choice of beginner to seasoned riders.
In an attempt to attract raw customers Buell focused solely on building motorcycles that are low-cost and low-maintenance motorcycle. They believed that low-maintenance is the key to enticing first time riders. Low-maintenance is about less worrying on mechanical details and more time riding.
They reasoned that the ultimate way to go about this would be to make a light-single cylinder powered bike that's easy to ride with confidence with big bike styling and sound.
In 2009 the company officially issued a statement about the discontinuing of production of the Harley Davidson Buell line.
