Ya, the muscle and night rod at the harley test ride in my town was different bikes all together than the chug a lug Harleys. Aside from the handlbar controls, this bike could have had any manufacturers label on it.
Thats why I liked and bought the muscle, cus its not a harley!
you know what I mean.
During the test ride, I was able to try out 4 or 5 other bikes, the xr1200 was a sportbike feel, but the seat was rediculasly hard. The air cooled harleys were just gutless, I would hit the rev limiter everytime I would change gears. They shook and vibrated during idle and cruising speeds. Totally not fun to drive. And never did it put a smile on my face like the Muscle and night rod did.
I know I know, I own a "harley" muscle, but its a new era Harley, engineering from Porche and im sure other manufacturers to produce an anti traditional harley bike.