Australian Road Rider

MUSCLE BIKE RUBBER

CRUISETEC

Gutless, lame cruisers have given way to asphalt-melting muscle bikes in recent years, with many new models having arm-wrenching power and rubber-melting torque available at the flick of the wrist.

And that’s just the power outputs. Over the last decade or so we’ve also seen a huge improvement in the handling of cruisers and American-style tourers as well. Maybe it started with the release of the Indian range, but whatever caused it, the current crop of cruisers from Triumph, Indian, the Japanese and especially Harley-Davidson

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