The 2016 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra sees the addition of Harley’s Twin-Cooling system that uses an electric pump to circulate coolant through the cylinder heads around the exhaust valves. The system’s heat exchangers are tucked neatly away in the left and right fairing lowers so you can’t really tell it’s there (like the debut Twin-cooled Harley, the 2014 Ultra Limited). Harley claims the Twin-Cooled High Output TC103 has a higher 10.1:1 compression ratio than the stock Twin Cam 103, boosting torque by 10.7%.
NEW IN 2016
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
LED front turn signals
Integrated fob combines security and power locking
Reduced-width primary housing and derby cover
Color-matched Tour-Pak® case lightning bezels
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While on location in the Black Hills of South Dakota, PBS’s Antiques Roadshow stopped by the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum to film a segment on motorcycle toys. In the segment host Mark L. Walberg talks with vintage toy expert Noel Barrett about various American-made, antique, cast iron motorcycle toys. Barrett shares the history of these early toys, some tips about how one might tell a reproduction from the real thing, and offers his valuation on several highlighted examples. Walberg also takes a ride on a vintage Harley-Davidson Servi-Car.
Best Western International debuted its new global partnership with Harley-Davidson in style at Harley’s 110th Celebration in Rome. The 67-year-old hotel company presented hundreds of thousands of attendees with its “Motorcycle-Friendly Hotel” program as part of a four-day celebration at the famous Port of Ostia. Riders in the US, Canada and Mexico already know Best Western is the hotel of choice for real moto-travelers.
It’s almost automatic every time we write about Harley-Davidson that the company’s critics jump out to say how its bikes are heavy or assembled from parts bin leftovers or technologically decades behind its competitors. What these naysayers either forget or completely ignore is that Harley-Davidson motorcycles continue to sell. In its first quarter 2014 financial report, Harley-Davidson reported a 5.8% increase in motorcycle sales including 3.0% in the U.S.