HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE 114 SPECIAL

I HAVE WITNESSED more than my fair share of debates in pubs around Australia. Of course, politics, religion and fishing tales go with the territory, but given most of my travels are on a motorcycle, you will be able to guess where this is going. The conversations range from who is the fastest with how much lean angle, to what’s the best brand or model. I generally take the passive approach naturally, and go with the 'it depends'.

Now, once talk shifts to big V-twin cruisers of an American persuasion I tend to bow out entirely, knowing it may not end well and the five-dollar schooner may go to waste. Such is the polarising nature of Harley-Davidson between