Photo: Kodlin
As you're reading this American bike maker Harley-Davidson is not only selling motorcycles for the civilian market, but highly specialized ones for emergency services as well, three for police use, and another two for what Harley calls rescue services.
The police versions are based on the Road Glide (coming in 2024), Electra Glide, and Road King, while the two rescue bikes on the Electra Glide and Road King. There is no police-spec Street Glide in the current offering, nor do we have any Harley bike meant to support post office operations. At least, not officially.
The bike you're looking at now is a combination of both. As far as we can understand, the two-wheeler was once a Street Glide that seems to have been used for police duties – after all, departments across the nation are free to choose whatever bike they want for their dealings, not just what Harley offers specifically for the task right off the factory floor.
As it currently sits though, at the end of a customization process handled by German garage's Kodlin American branch, the bike is no longer suitable for police use, but was converted into something a postman might use – in fact, that's the name of the ride in this new and exciting form: Postman.
Wearing a beautiful shade of blue over the many and very visible body parts, the Street Glide was at the receiving end of important modifications, which started with the fitting of new wheels (exact dimensions unknown) supplied by Arlen Ness.
The big fairing above the front wheel houses an adaptive headlight and a windscreen sourced from Klock Werks. The rear is where Kodlin-made 3-in-1 lights were installed, with the customizer also being the maker of the bike's turn signals, handlebar, and seat.
The engine of the Street Gilde remains unchanged, as it usually happens when we're faced with custom Harleys, but it did get upgraded a bit with the fitting of an S&S exhaust.
The bike was put together so that its owner could ride it into Sturgis in style a while back. That kind of explains the presence of that large bag installed over the rear fender and held in place by a sissy bar. It's an element so large that not only does it dwarf everything else, but could very well allow you to "take your whole household with you," as Kodlin itself says.
It's not clear whether that owner is a postman or a police officer, or how much they paid for the bike to be transformed into this. For reference though, a brand-new Harley-Davidson Street Glide can be had in our day and age, unmodified in any way, for as much (or as little, depending on how you see things) as $21,999.
The bike you're looking at now is a combination of both. As far as we can understand, the two-wheeler was once a Street Glide that seems to have been used for police duties – after all, departments across the nation are free to choose whatever bike they want for their dealings, not just what Harley offers specifically for the task right off the factory floor.
As it currently sits though, at the end of a customization process handled by German garage's Kodlin American branch, the bike is no longer suitable for police use, but was converted into something a postman might use – in fact, that's the name of the ride in this new and exciting form: Postman.
Wearing a beautiful shade of blue over the many and very visible body parts, the Street Glide was at the receiving end of important modifications, which started with the fitting of new wheels (exact dimensions unknown) supplied by Arlen Ness.
The big fairing above the front wheel houses an adaptive headlight and a windscreen sourced from Klock Werks. The rear is where Kodlin-made 3-in-1 lights were installed, with the customizer also being the maker of the bike's turn signals, handlebar, and seat.
The engine of the Street Gilde remains unchanged, as it usually happens when we're faced with custom Harleys, but it did get upgraded a bit with the fitting of an S&S exhaust.
The bike was put together so that its owner could ride it into Sturgis in style a while back. That kind of explains the presence of that large bag installed over the rear fender and held in place by a sissy bar. It's an element so large that not only does it dwarf everything else, but could very well allow you to "take your whole household with you," as Kodlin itself says.
It's not clear whether that owner is a postman or a police officer, or how much they paid for the bike to be transformed into this. For reference though, a brand-new Harley-Davidson Street Glide can be had in our day and age, unmodified in any way, for as much (or as little, depending on how you see things) as $21,999.
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