The First Harley Davidson Street 500 Review

This might be Harley Davidson’s most important launch in memory and it is their first all new model in thirteen years. Not only of vital importance but also signaling a paradigm shift as it’s intended to draw new riders to the brand, is liquid-cooled and built in India. So is the Street 500 worthy of sporting the HD moniker?

RideApart has the answer as one of their readers (who happens to be an MSF instructor), Braden Poovey, was given an early demo ride on the Street 500 by Harley-Davidson. In the article we’re led to believe that the Street 500 will have about 25-30hp and 25-30 lb.ft. of torque, not bad for a starter bike.  This is what he had to say…