Harley-Davidson Street Bob

Highlights

  With all big padded seat, huge fairings, armrest, panniers Harley-Davidson Street Bob is a perfect 70's-style minimalist bike along with high-quality paintwork and detailing. It is an exceptional yet cost-effective bike of the series. Street Bob has a 1585cc, air-cooled, twin cam 96 engine which is mechanized by a six-speed gearbox. The bike is available in two contrasting magnificent colors Superior Blue and Black Denim.

Introduction

  The American automaker company Harley-Davidson is acclaimed all over the world for its class leading bikes. Harley-Davidson Street Bob was the first dark custom arranged for the Dyna Glide family series along with its kin Fat Bob and was formally launched by the producers in 2006, since then it has got various facelifts. It is a retro styled bike with steep glide handlebars, muscle fuel tank, and matt black cluster to add more appeal. With dual shorty mufflers and a solitary seat, the Street Bob is a majestic, raw, aggressive and stripped-down vehicle.

Design

  Harley-Davidson Street Bob is a piece of art when it comes to its design scheming. The body frame has been designed with elegant design to fascinate the bike enthusiast all over the world. At the front, it has a dominating round head lamp that thoroughly goes with its overall design. It has an instrument cluster embedded on the muscular fuel tank along with the company ensign and display an analogue speedometer, an odometer, time-of-day clock, a dual trip meter and other tell tales. At the rear, it has dual exhaust pipes with a tail light that has side indicators, altered rear fender, a fat rear tyre which make it a better option available in the market. In regards to dimension, it has a length of 2345 mm with a width of 825 mm and height of 1120mm the Street Bob does an admirable job tossing its claimed 309 kg weight around the bends with a wheelbase of 1625 mm.

Engine, Economy & Performance

  Talking about its engine and performance, the Harley Davidson Street Bob has a 1585cc, air-cooled, twin cam 96 engine that is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox. The engine produces a superlative torque of 124 nm at 3250 rpm. The bike uses an electronic sequential port fuel injection system and with this configuration, the bike delivers an overall superior performance along with a combined fuel economy of 14.85 kmpl that performs along with a fuel tank capacity of 17.8 litres.

Handling

  The manufacturer has used telescopic fork suspension at the front and twin-sided swing arm suspension at the rear and they can be adjusted according to the riding genre and aid in long distance riding by contributing a laid back riding posture. The front and rear end are equipped with tubeless tyres to provide good grip on the road. The size of the tyres is 110/90 ZR 19 at the front while at the rear the size is 180/70 ZR 17.

Safety, Braking and Miscellaneous

  For satisfactory braking, Harley Davidson Street Bob has been embellished with the manual clutch that avoids loss of revs and the effects of engine braking under contentious downshifts. Clutch pull is nice, light and getting underway is effortless. The Street Bob has wide tyres and ABS with disc brakes at both ends to give safety to the rider. On top of this it also has advanced safety features like stability, traction, cruise and emission control along with the warning lights for neutral, low oil pressure to keep the rider updated about the vehicle.

Verdict

  With superb convenience and optimum all-round performance the Harley-Davidson has unquestionably managed to produce a mesmerising, highly customizable, value for money bike.