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Just recently, American top gun Harley-Davidson has unveiled its new Sport Glide at the EICMA in Milan and it did indeed attract great response from the audience.
The bikes give riders the best of both worlds by combining the attitude of a cruiser with the style of a touring bike.
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“We wanted to offer people a touring motorcycle that isn’t intimidating,” said Dave Latz, senior product manager for Harley.
“We wanted to offer something to the nontraditional touring rider that would allow them to get into the touring space, but also serve the need of touring riders who didn’t want to ride a full-sized touring bike anymore.”
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Nonetheless, the firm announced the fall in their sales levels. Numbers dropped 6.9 per cent in the worldwide sales segment whereas 8.1 per cent dropped in the US sales.
“The continued weakness in the U.S. motorcycle industry only heightens our resolve and the intensity we are bringing to the quest to build the next generation of Harley-Davidson riders,” Matt Levatich, Harley president and chief executive, said at the time.
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“This is for people who aspire to Harley but didn’t see anything in the catalog that was just right for them,” said Paul James, Harley product portfolio manager.
It is said that the new Sports Glide will be able to revive the sales with its amazing attributes.