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HARLEY PUTS THE SPORT INTO SPORTSTER
A fter Harley-Davidson recently announced Sportster production throughout the bike . the the end of the current Sportster lineup in tail section and exhaust evoke the XR750 flat the Australasian marketplace , we track racers and the , while the 16-inch wheels wondered if the company was preparing to wrapped in chunky tyres hint at the Fortyreveal an all-new take on it ’ s longest-running Eight for example . nameplate . This was confirmed with the unveiling of the all-new 2021 Sportster S , MORE POWER AND ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION which is a complete ground-up redesign of The Sportster S revs out to 9500rpm and the Sportster . produces its peak power and torque figures at Nothing from the air-cooled Sportster line 7500rpm . Max power is 121hp and peak torque has carried on to the new Sportster S , which is is a stump-pulling 127Nm . While the Pan based around Harley-Davidson ’ s new
America version of the same engine produces
Revolution Max engine platform which
150hp , the Sportster produces 121hp thanks to debuted earlier this year in the Pan America . a torque-focused retune , which Harley says With no need to build from an existing features plenty of low down grunt and a architecture , Harley-Davidson was able to smooth torque curve . make some radical changes away from the Despite the retune , it seems based on those traditional Sportster aesthetic while also figures that the new Sportster is a much more building in some nods to the past . The engine revvy engine compared to the outgoing is a stressed member of the chassis for the Evolution engine platform which should first time , allowing H-D to reduce overall translate to quite a lot of fun out in the real weight and put a bit more sport back into the world . Like the Pan America , the Sportster ’ s Sportster name .
Revolution Max engine also features variable Visually there are nods to Harley ’ s 64 years of valve timing and dual overhead cams with
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