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HARLEY ’ S HYDRA GLIDE REVIVAL
Slap on your chaps and find your tasselled jacket , Harley-Davison is taking us back to the 1950s ! Harley-Davidson has announced its latest 2024 motorcycle in the form of the limited edition Hydra Glide Revival , with the bike limited to just 1750 examples worldwide . Priced at a mere $ 46,995 , the Hydra- Glide Revival takes Harley ’ s nostalgia stick and smacks the settings up to 11 for this 1950s-inspired tourer . The 2024 Hydra-Glide Revival model is the fourth bike in the Harley-Davidson Icons Motorcycle Collection and celebrates the 75th anniversary of the 1949 introduction of the Hydra-Glide telescopic front suspension for Harley-Davidson E and F models . Celebrating 75 years of hydraulic telescopic forks . What a world we live in . Harley-Davidson says its Icons Motorcycle Collection is an annual programme for the
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limited release of a new model that offers a fresh interpretation of an iconic Harley- Davidson . A limited collection , each model is individually numbered and produced only once . The Hydra-Glide Revival is built around the 114 cubic inch Milwaukee-Eight v-twin that has been “ tuned with a Screamin ’ Eagle High-Flow air cleaner to deliver power with authority .” While H-D may be playing fast and loose there with the term “ tuned ”, the bike can be given more performance with the engine accepting all applicable Harley-Davidson Screamin ’ Eagle Stage Upgrade kits . Making the Hydra-Glide Revival stand out from the Heritage Softail , it has a custom Redline Red paint with a Birch White panel on fuel tank sides , which Harley says is the same design that featured on 1956 models . Details include chrome “ Harley-Davidson V ” tank badges inspired by the 1955-56 tank badges and “ Hydra-Glide ” script badges