Harley-Davidson 1450 STREET GLIDE FLHX 2006

Cruise halfway between the Electra Glide Ultra Classic and the Road King? Certainly more alongside the Electra, from which it takes a good part of the elements. Like it, it is a large road, with a more minimalist style, more refined. Exit the triple gaze to make way for a single big lighthouse; the top-case disappears to leave the line fluid and give the spotlight to the hips of the Street; the tubular protective bars are there but the ones that deflected the air are no longer. It even comes very close to the Electra Glide Standard. It would even be easy to confuse them if it weren’t for this more sylphid saddle and this small-scale windshield. Thinner, less imposing, this Glide wants to cut the road without the clutter of the overflowing canopy of the Electra Ultra Classic. But travelers can rest assured, because the Street still has something to satisfy the great American-style riders.

Rigid saddlebags, an oleo-pneumatic rear suspension, the 1450 twin cam 88 and a large fork crown abundantly equipped: electronic tachometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, voltmeter, oil pressure gauge, ambient temperature indicator, and the end of the end, an audio installation by Harman Kardon. The elongated chrome console on the fuel tank never stops provoking your retina. Sometimes custom, sometimes cruiser, the Street Glide FLHXI arises as a very interesting alternative to the famous Electra Glide. The seat knows the meaning of the word comfort and driving introduces you to cruising. Relaxation with the melody of on-board Hi-Fi and the rhythm of big Milwaukee twins. Well, with that mass, it’s not always easy to ask him to push hard. And don’t play too much with the box; as quick as getting information from a telephone operator…. Not too fast in the turns, it rubs quickly. And then, I told you it was riding, cruising, and the Street Glide is made for that.

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