SPORT. GLIDE. COMMUTE. REPEAT.
Right from the off you can tell that this is a new generation of Harley-Davidson. The bike feels low and taut, there’s a willingness from the Softail chassis that’s much more ‘switched on’ than with Harleys that have gone before.
In short, it feels new enough to get your attention. A wallowy old Hector, this particular motorcycle isn’t.
The launch of the Sport Glide happened on a very summery Tenerife amid a myriad of marvellous roads – with barely a motorway in sight, except for about 20 miles of plodding we did to get us to and from the amazing ribbons of Tarmac that went up the side of a volcano and came down on a racetrack-like section of motorcycle loveliness. There was a reason why Harley-Davidson picked this location for the Sport Glide – they aren’t daft.
You can see in the various boxouts in this article exactly what went into making this motorcycle the breath of sporty air its become, but leaving the mechanicals aside for a while it’s the quality of the ride that stays with you long after you get off the 2018 Sport Glide.
Rather than just tell you everything I liked about the bike (to be honest I don’t have enough room to do that here) I’ll get the irritations out of the way. Assume that everything other than the next few bits and pieces is top-shelf
