Harley-Davidson Street 750, first look, review

Harley-Davidson’s Indian made Street 750, the full story.

Published on Feb 26, 2014 05:17:00 PM

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Harley-Davidson Street 750, first look, review

Harley-Davidson’s pitch black paint scheme highlights the Street 750’s attention to detail.

The Street 750 gets a plush riding saddle and a really distinctive, stepped tail.

The 750 can be easily customized to sport a more classic look, by removing the front headlamp cowl.

The circular instruments pod, will pose a speedometer calibrated in kph

The Street 750 runs on four-stroke power from a 60 degree—wide for a low centre-of-gravity to promote better handling—V-twin engine, displacing 749cc, with fuel-injection. Much development on the new engine has been put in by AVL. A single overhead camshaft and liquid-cooling are offered, as is a 6-speed gearbox, shifted in a 1-down, 5-up pattern. Expect excellent low-end grunt, born of ample torque, 6.62kgm output at 4000rpm with adequate performance. Power is to be transferred to the Street 750 rear wheel via a Harley typical toothed-belt, a quiet, reliable system that’s better suited to India and required lower maintenance than a drive-chain. Look forward to a potent sounding exhaust growl when the Street 750 finally enter Indian showrooms, with Harley-Davidson confirming they have spent much time ensuring this latest generation liquid-cooled ‘Revolution X’ engine makes no acoustic compromise. Harley-Davidson has read Indian riders and our riding conditions well, which is why the Street 750 is certain to output pulse quickening acceleration to 110kph, and a top speed in the region of over 150kph. Fuel economy is expected to be in the region of 20kpl.

The Street 750 comes with a cruiser typical 1511mm long wheelbase, and seats riders in armchair comfort, its back-upright riding position supported by feet-set-forward rider footrests. A steel fabricated frame forms the backbone of this motorcycle. 7-spoke alloy rims, telescopic fork front suspension and dual rear shock absorbers with a rectangle section steel swingarm are standard kit.

The Street 750 offers 2 inches more ground clearance and 2 inches extra suspension travel over any other Harley presently in India. Its handlebars are wide for good leverage. Chunky MRF Zapper tyres are front and rear, while braking is via a pair of single, ventilated discs at both ends.

Harley-Davidson already offers Indians a wide range of bikes, assembling several popular models here as CKD units, which helps keep pricing tempting. It’s a proven formula that’s allowed a new generation of Indians access to these famous motorcycles and the lifestyle. Production of the large capacity Street 750 is already underway, for India and in India at Bawal, Haryana, using several key components sourced from Indian vendors. This isn’t the first time the well known American manufacturer makes motorcycles outside the US, but India is today the only other manufacturing facility outside the US to use local parts, with an aim to rapidly ramp up localization, maintaining H-D’s quality.