The Street 750 had a hard time when it launched. The press found a lot to nitpick, and dyed in the wool Harley fans bemoaned its liquid cooling and smaller-than-a-Sportster engine.
But you know who wasn’t complaining" The buyers. Harley-Davidson have already sold 35,000 Street 750s worldwide, and it’s been the leading ‘competitive cruiser’ in the US for two years running. The Street has successfully reeled in a broader audience?one with tighter budgets and less affinity to the brand.

Harley?s now swinging for the fences again with a new model?the Street Rod XG750A. And if you’re not a fan of the original, don’t fret: this one’s pretty much all-new.
Full disclosure: I have no opinion of the first-gen Street because I’ve never ridden it. I was supposed to put some miles on one before this launch, but things just didn’t pan out in time. So I flew to Marbella, Spain, with an open mind and no preconceived ideas about the motorcycle I was there to report on.
So what exactly is the Street Rod XG750A" According to H-D product planner, Jeff Strunk, it’s a bike built for customers. To figure out what direction to take the Street platform in, Harley literally polled their target audience.
“They said ‘I live in the city, I need to get around every day, I need a bike that can handle that. Traffic conditions are taxing, I need to be able to maneuver,’? Jeff explains. ?They also said ‘I don...