Friday, September 14, 2007

Initials excitement: 2008 Harley-Davidson Tourers

To teenage boys, when I was growing up, the letters "FL" stood for something that made us giggle. In the alphabet soup of Harley-Davidson's model list, they signify touring motorcycles.
Whether the bike of your dreams is labelled FLHX (Street Glide), FLHR (Road King) or FLHTCU (Ultra Classic Electra Glide) – to pick but a few of the variants – the presence of those twin initial letters tells you that it's designed to cover distances in comfort.
In fact "luxury" is closer to the mark. Harley-lovers call the company's touring family "sofas" but Habitat never made anything so sumptuous. To riders of modern European and Japanese touring machines, these Harleys resemble furniture trucks and threaten similar levels of agility.read more

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