![]() ![]() As soon as I perched my rear end atop the 27 inch high solo seat, I felt as if it were one of my personal bikes. The bottom line is that in stock form the Low Rider S is outfitted with suspension that is on par with aftermarket shocks and fork kits that aggressive riders seek out.Īnother part of the bikes handling prowness can be attributed to its ergonomics. I could have sworn they had around 4 inches due to the impressive ride quality. I was shocked, pun intended, to find out that travel was 2.13 inches after attacking the mountain roads with vigor. Up front the stout 49mm single cartridge fork provided a firm, progressive feel that resisted diving and provided a confidence inspiring and planted feel on the tarmac.īringing up the rear were a pair of Premium Ride emulsion shocks with dual-rate springs that offered excellent compression and rebound qualities. The Premium Ride suspension front and rear are part of the formula for this. I feel it is the best handling Harley-Davidson in fully stock trim I have ever ridden. I was more than pleasantly surprised to say the least. This was going to be an interesting ride. This experience was the root of my slight doubt. I have personally been on the route dozens of times previously on an assortment of bikes, supermoto, dual sport, sport bikes and even a few V-Twins. While a Southern California favorite amongst sport bike riders,it is not really a ride route typically associated with V-Twin motorcycles.I speculated to myself that Harley must be really confident in the handling nature of the Low Rider S to unleash us on such roads. I was slightly apprehensive that on my initial outing on the Low Rider S during the H-D press ride that we would be venturing through the winding Angeles Crest Highway. I adjusted my shifting habits slightly and went into a higher gear earlier and lugged the mighty beast just a bit more than I had been doing and both the engine and I were happier. At about 5500 rpm the rev limiter kicks in right when I was getting into the groove. While the claimed 116 ft-lb of torque at 3,500 rpm is awesome and provides plenty of power for overtaking on highways and squirting through city traffic, I did have to nitpick at one aspect of the 110 engine. Blipping the throttle for no other reason than to hear the motor roar is something else I found myself guilty of on too many occasions. The heart of this machine is the Screamin’ Eagle Twin Cam 110 engine that provides plenty of arm stretching torque that would put a smile on a corpse.I couldn’t help but to get heavy handed on the throttle at every traffic intersection when the light turned green. This is the best H-D model to roll off the assembly line in many years. I”ll get right into this and tell you that this bike flat our RIPS. In a stock bike, no needing to source all the “cool” parts and figuring out how to make it all work. H-D has now made this obtainable and sans headaches This is the way the performance oriented Dyna aficionados have been hopping up their machines. Take the well handling Dyna chassis and add a powerful 110 engine, “Premium Ride” suspension, aggressive ergonomics ,some styling with serious attitude and the outcome really is something bad-ass. The Harley-Davidson Low Rider S is just part of what H-D has in the works for reaching this audience. New blood is needed to sustain and grow their foothold in the motorcycle marketplace. To Harley-Davidson’s future as it’s no secret that the median age of H-D’s core customer is getting grayer in the hair. The Milwaukee corporate brass put their eyes and ears to the street so to speak and paid attention to what the Instagram generation is doing and wants.This younger generation( ages 18-34) is the key The “S” designation in the 2016 Harley-Davidson Low Rider S model stands for Sport but might secretly stand for “Special”. It’s very rare that Harley-Davidson releases a new model mid-year but when they do, you can be assured it’s something special. ![]()
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