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I was leaving work this afternoon and spotted a new bike in the motorcycle parking area. Turned out to be one of the new HD Street 750s.

I've been seeing these online since last year, but this is the first one I've seen in person. Overall it looks like a nice bike. The build quality is quite good. With water cooling, 4 valves/cyl. and FI, this looks like it may be the future of HD. I'll have to find out who it belongs to and see if I can wangle a short ride.

Sure doesn't look like an HD but I guess it's the new wave of the future. Like the gaiters though...

I never see it mentioned in any reviews, so maybe I'm the only one....but I think the fuel tanks on those things look bizarro, especially viewed from the top.

I saw one at a stealership and it looked pretty good. Its not for me but HD is evolving as a company finally and looking for younger buyers. I would not trade my NH 750 for 3 of them but thats me. 10-20 year old technology trumps what they have come up with today from a pure performance stand point and in a huge way. But that is not what HD is about. Its image and name and that does not appeal to me.

Still, its a pretty good effort imo to appeal to younger buyers.

Anybody know the price?

I think the main objective for HD is to increase their global market. The bike is being built in India, and with the lower price etc. it is probably expected to do quite well in some of the large emerging markets there like India, Indonesia etc. Old markets like Europe and the US will probably more see the Sportster remain as the entry level HD.

To find the owner, look for the guy wearing skinny leg jeans and lots of tattoos. HD's aspirational demographic is urban hipsters.

IIRC, the bike is "built' in the US from parts made in India...a startling reversal of classic colonial economics.

As for me, I'm "doing the needful" and learning Hindi.

According to HD, they are built in the US for US market and India for the rest of the world. Hoping to ride one either at Daytona Fall Cycle Scene or the AIM Expo in Orlando in a few weeks. Will keep you posted

(09-25-2014, 09:34 PM)Motogeezer1949_imp Wrote: [ -> ]According to HD, they are built in the US for US market and India for the rest of the world. Hoping to ride one either at Daytona Fall Cycle Scene or the AIM Expo in Orlando in a few weeks. Will keep you posted

Geezer, I'll be in Daytona Friday 10/17 (probably around the track) and at AIM Saturday and possibly Sunday the 18th & 19th. PM me if you want to meet up.

I think India has tougher trade regs to protect their companies, something like it has to be built in India to be sold in India to avoid really high tariffs?