jeffrey
It's like a Honda Rebel (fake cylinder fins and all) but not as nice looking and a lot more expensive.
Jeff Goldstein
Seems nice but about 50 pounds or so too heavy. HD used to sell some even smaller bikes in the seventies. They weren't very popular.
Firsts Lasts
Nice starter bike. I've never owned a bike but this one is looking very good.
Peg C
I'm surprised they didn't name it the Piglet.
Panayis Zambellis
@jeff goldstein yes they did the aermacchi series they were awesome had one 250 ala verde used to get 100 mpg imperial on long rides have never came across another bike that could top that
wahip
Pretty amazing to consider that the original XR750 from the 70's weighed in around 300 lbs and produced 80-100 hp, depending on track tune. Now, 40+ years of high-tech materials and engineering later, a small Harley will weigh almost 200 lbs more, produce probably half the horses and look more Japanese than most Hondas! Can anyone explain the concept of "Progress" to Harley?
Mike Barnett
I've been riding for almost 40 years - my first bike was an H-D 175 dual sport built by Aermacchi, and I've had plenty of different bikes, right up to and including my current Kawasaki Concours. For the first time in decades, I've been impressed with a bike from HD... an the Street 500/750 line impresses me a lot. If they hold up to close scrutiny, I will very likely get one, and probably the 500 - for a single seat commuter, I don't need a boatload of power - just economy, reliability, good tires, and a high fun factor.
Drew Gatewood
FIRST H-D STREET XG500 TO RACE AT BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS.
This past August my son and I were sponsored by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, and took for the first time ever a new Street XG500 to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to race for a landspeed record. If interested in more information please go to Facebook, and type in... "Hoosier Daddy Racing - Motorcycle Landspeed Team".
The new Harley-Davidson liquid cooled OHC 500 & 750 engine designs have great potential, and we are really looking forward to seeing where these bikes go in the near future.
Harriet Russell
"a price-conscious market segment", eh? I guess that's one way of putting it. LOL. I'm in that particular segment, too.
nutcase
It's just another overweight bike but the badge will sell it. Coming soon the authentic Harley-Davidson "bad-ass" pram. "Harley's best, F#%@ the Rest" emblazoned on nappies etc