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shifter, and you can stretch your legs on the highway pegs. The 12.3- inch touchscreen display with Skyline OS serves as mission control, providing access to all the information and settings you need, including ride modes, audio, navigation, Apple CarPlay, and tire- pressure monitoring.
By adopting the latest Street / Road Glide architecture, the Limiteds are also lighter than their predecessors. A redesigned fuel tank saves 2 lb but still holds 6 gallons, and the triple-clamp is fabricated using a liquid-aluminum forging process that shaves off another 7 lb. These plus other changes result
in a 24- lb weight savings on the Street Glide Limited compared to the 2024 Ultra Limited.
Got all that? Okay, let’ s ride.
CHARLESTON TO DAYTONA BEACH The only way to properly suss out a touring bike is to lay down some miles. We started our journey at Low Country Harley- Davidson, a 66,000- square- foot dealership in Charleston, South Carolina. Before our ride, we had breakfast and sat through a presentation about the new bikes next to a wall display of more than a dozen rare and award- winning Harleys dating back to the 1970s. If you’ re in the area, drop by for a visit.
Our 400- mile route would take us on backroads to Jekyll Island, Georgia, for an overnight and then on more backroads to Amelia Island in the northeast corner of Florida. Our destination was Daytona Beach for Bike Week, so from Amelia Island we cut inland, slabbed it on Interstate 95 for a while, and then returned to the coast at Flagler Beach for the final 40 miles down State Route A1A to Daytona.
When it came time to choose bikes, I opted for a Street Glide Limited in Brilliant Red with chrome trim. The base price of $ 32,999 for either the Street Glide Limited or Road Glide Limited is for Dark Billiard Gray paint with chrome trim. Other color options cost an extra $ 600- $ 2,000( Brilliant Red is $ 1,200), and the black trim option adds $ 1,400.
Our motley crew of editors and influencers spent about a half hour getting things dialed in. Packing the Tour- Pak and saddlebags. Figuring out
Top: A 4-inch-taller windscreen and adjustable vents and deflectors optimize airflow. Left: Flanking the 12.3-inch touchscreen display is a pair of 6.5-inch speakers.