Today, Harley-Davidson, Inc. revealed its lineup of new motorcycles for 2012. The Motor Company will produce 32 models on six platforms (Sportster, Dyna, Softail,Touring, Trike and V-Rod). Four models, including the short-lived Street Glide Trike, have been discontinued. The Dyna Switchback (a model with detachable bags and windshield) and V-Rod 10th Anniversary Edition are new for 2012.
Harley-Davidson continues to promote customization with its Harley-Davidson H-D1 program. A customer can customize, order and finance a vehicle with  … More
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Harley-Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations, or more commonly, CVO, is the company’s in-house customizing arm. It’s like a company within a company, and Harley employees covet the opportunity to work for this branch of the Motor Company that takes standard Harley models and turns them into something special.
CVO bikes start as OE-model Harleys. A dedicated staff then works from the expansive array of goodies from Harley’s P&A (Parts and Accessories) division, as well a few touches exclusive to the CVO line, to craft these run-of-the-mill Harleys into tasteful works of rolling art  … Pictures and more
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The question seems fairly rhetorical, right? We thought so too when we got a tip that someone had pitted a Yamaha YZF-R1 against a custom carbon fiber road bike, afterall there’s a 179hp power discrepancy, right? Well here’s the catch, the contest for this battle of two-wheeled brawn is took place on the downhill slope of the Alpe d’Huez, a part of the French alps that also happens to be one of the hardest climbs and descents on the Tour de France (that little bicycle race that’s going on right now).
What the bicycle gains in lower rotational mass and overall weight, it loses in  … More
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