36 | JUNE 2026 SPECIAL SECTION
2026 HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET GLIDE LIMITED
Base Price: $ 32,999 Price as Tested: $ 34,199( Brilliant Red) Website: Harley-Davidson. com Warranty: 2 yrs., unltd. miles Engine Type: Air- / liquid-cooled, transverse 45-degree V-Twin, OHV w / 4 valves per cyl. & VVT Displacement: 117ci / 1,923cc Bore x Stroke: 4.075 x 4.5 in. / 103.5 x 114.3mm Horsepower: 106 @ 4,600 rpm( factory claim) Torque: 131 lb-ft @ 3,250 rpm( factory claim) Transmission: 6-speed, cable-actuated wet slip / assist clutch Final Drive: Belt Wheelbase: 64 in. Rake / Trail: 26 degrees / 6.7 in. Seat Height: 29.1 in.( unladen) / 27.5 in.( laden) Wet Weight: 893 lb( factory claim) Fuel Capacity: 6 gal. Fuel Consumption: 45 mpg( factory claim) Estimated Range: 270 miles
There’ s genuine pleasure in traveling on a luxurious American V- Twin touring bike. Harley- Davidson has been in the game for a long time, and its designers and engineers know what they’ re doing. On the ride was Scott Nash, chief engineer for the Touring and Trike segments. During coffee and lunch stops, Scott talked about the evolution of the Touring platform, from the Project Rushmore bikes that were introduced over a decade ago to the current CVO and OE models. The amount of customer research, detail- sweating, and testing that goes into Harley- Davidson motorcycles is nothing short of impressive. And the result of those efforts is clearly evident in the finished product.
Touring riders are the toughest customers to please because they spend long hours in the saddle. A couple years ago, my buddy, Eric, and I logged more than 4,000 miles over nine days on a 2024 Road Glide and Street Glide. We kicked off the trip with back- to- back 700- mile days on the interstate to get from California to Texas in time to see a solar eclipse. We dealt with 100- degree
Olive Steel Metallic / Vivid Black(+$ 2,000) on the Road Glide Limited and Brilliant Red(+$ 1,200) on the Street Glide Limited are optional colors. heat, sub- freezing cold, and pouring rain. Those Glides delivered comfort, wind protection, always- available torque, straight- line stability, and agile backroad handling, all while carrying full loads of gear. I can only imagine how much more enjoyable that trip would have been on a pair of 2026 Limiteds.
We had it relatively easy on our twoday ride from South Carolina to Florida. Nothing but sun and 70- degree days. The roads were flat, the curves were gentle at best, and the landscape was mostly pine barrens and marshland. But it’ s on roads like these, without the distraction of epic scenery or rollercoaster twisties, that you can really focus on how a bike feels.