Harley Icons and Enthusiasts Collections
Americans expect a huge Harley presence at Daytona Bike Week, and they’re never disappointed. Milwaukee knows who butters its popcorn in that regard, and it has come to the week-long Daytona event armed for bear.
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Its Harley-Davidson Display Area at the Daytona International Speedway showcases its Icons Motorcycle Collection and its limited-run Enthusiasts Motorcycle Collection, which is all about a new paint-scheme called “Tobacco Fade” and a cool marketing way of saying “brown.”
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So, the Icon model Harley’s got at the pointy end this year, is the Hydra-Glide Revival Model, which is limited to only 1750 bikes worldwide.
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It draws its design inspirations – red paint with white panels on the tanks, and period chrome badging – from the 1956-57 Hydra-Glides.
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It also comes with a two-tone screen, a solo seat, and saddlebags swooshing with leather fringing and sparkling with chrome conchos. It’s pure 50s nostalgia – and no-one does that better than Harley.
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The Hydra-Glide Revival model also draws its design inspiration from the upcoming film, The Bikeriders, which follows the rise of a mid-western bike club through the eyes of its members. The film is due for release later this year.
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Harley is also debuting its Tobacco Fade paint as part of its Enthusiast Motorcycle Collection.
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Again, Harley limits the amount of bikes it paints this intriguing shade of brown to less than 2000, across three models in this instance.
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You can get your Tri Glide Ultra, your Ultra Limited, or your Low Rider ST all be-browned – so it will remind you of rock’n’roll by replicating the finish on guitars, basses, and drum kits from the 60s.
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You will be further reminded of music when you note the tank medallion draws its inspiration from the grooves of a vinyl record.
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Then there’s a graphic on the front guard that’s meant to look like a guitar pick.
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The paint is very trick, as you’d expect. It is applied in such a way as to fade it to the edge of metallic gold panels, and with the caramel-coloured pin-striping, your ascent to Peak Brown…oops, Tobacco Fade, is complete.
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Harley insists you “strap down your bedroll and make a run for the border”, but that’s maybe not a good idea in Australia, since you’ll ride straight into the sea.
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