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Among the 2015 model year bikes Harley-Davidson decided to reveal we spotted the Street 750, one of the two all-new Street family bikes recently introduced by the Milwaukee manufacturer, and by all means, one of Harley’s big hopes for reaching out to a new, younger demographic.
The 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 doesn’t bring anything new over what we already knew. This bike is powered by a liquid-cooled 749cc Revolution X v-twin unit fed though a 38mm Mikuni throttle body and mated to a neat 6-speed transmission which should make things equally decent in the urban environment and on the open highway. However, a 59Nm (43.4 lb-ft) @ 4,000 revs peak torque and under 58 hp for the 222kg (490 lb) bike may not be enough to make those in search of more street-nerve smile broadly.
The belt final drive is virtually maintenance-free, and this only adds to the selling points for the young. Likewise, the 709mm (27.9”) seat height (unladen) should accommodate even shorter-inseam riders and allure even more customers. In line with the moderate performance specs of the 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 we have the 13.1-liter (3.45 US gal) tank, which provides a rather modest range, given the fact that H-D claims 5.74l/100 km (40.8 mpg) mixed urban/highway fuel consumption.
Harley-Davidson Street 750 slows down by means of dual 2-pot calipers which squeeze steel discs mounted on the cast aluminium machined-detail rims, 17”in the front and 15”in the rear, both with a 7-spoke design. Instrumentation was kept on the rather minimalist side, with a single 3.5” speedo gauge and a small LCD, hidden behind a small cowl which also incorporates the headlight.
Milwaukee has not come with an official price for the 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 yet, so we’ll have to do with the $7,499 (€5,675) earlier estimations, a really neat price tag considering it’s a Harley, though an Indian-made one.
The belt final drive is virtually maintenance-free, and this only adds to the selling points for the young. Likewise, the 709mm (27.9”) seat height (unladen) should accommodate even shorter-inseam riders and allure even more customers. In line with the moderate performance specs of the 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 we have the 13.1-liter (3.45 US gal) tank, which provides a rather modest range, given the fact that H-D claims 5.74l/100 km (40.8 mpg) mixed urban/highway fuel consumption.
Harley-Davidson Street 750 slows down by means of dual 2-pot calipers which squeeze steel discs mounted on the cast aluminium machined-detail rims, 17”in the front and 15”in the rear, both with a 7-spoke design. Instrumentation was kept on the rather minimalist side, with a single 3.5” speedo gauge and a small LCD, hidden behind a small cowl which also incorporates the headlight.
Milwaukee has not come with an official price for the 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 yet, so we’ll have to do with the $7,499 (€5,675) earlier estimations, a really neat price tag considering it’s a Harley, though an Indian-made one.
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