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CHiPs will soon be riding Harleys (like the ones pictured). In the 1970s TV series, “CHipS”, California Highway Patrol officers Frank and Ponch, played by Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox rode Kawasaki 1000s. Today’s CHiPs ride BMWs, but that is about to change. The San Francisco CHiPs have signed a deal to buy 121 American-made …
Has Harley really gone water-cooled? When Harley launched the 2014 model range this week they introduced a new Twin-Cooled 103 and 110 engine to the range. By Twin-Cooled they mean that water and coolant is used to cool the heads near the exhaust ports where most of the heat is generated. It seems this has …
You can now get on the road on a new Harley-Davidson from less than $15,000 after prices have been slashed on the new 2014 range. Haley-Davidson Australia this morning issued the prices on the new range released overnight at a dealer meeting in Denver, Colorado. Cheapest is the Sportster Super Low at $13,195 or $14,750 …
Most of the changes to the 2014 Harley-Davidson are in the Touring line-up. This could be seen as a response to the launch of the Indian Chief with its first touring hard bagger model, but that was only two weeks ago and even Harley couldn’t turn around their marketing and production strategies that quickly. The …
Harley-Davidson is not going totally water-cooled as the pundits predicted. Instead, they are going partially water cooled or “Twin Cooled”, according to a company press release. The Twin-Cooled™ High Output Twin Cam 103 engine is an addition to the 2014 model line-up that Harley calls its “Project Rushmore”. Harley says it is the largest-scale new …