After road testing the Nightster I dug back into the launch material of the bike and found this great film I missed when it was released. It bucks the trend of recent marketing films, that are getting shorter and shorter to suit social media. This one is a full Coronation Street/EastEnders long, at 27 minutes. It begins with the design team discussing the bike, then shows a band making music that runs through the film, before getting into the meat of the content, five differe

As a magazine Sideburn doesn't feature a lot of cruisers in their standard state, but we've featured a bunch of trackerised (if there is such a word) Sportsters, new generation Indian Scouts and Harley XGs. So when we got the chance to ride the new 'Sportster', Harley's Nightster, we grabbed it. Words: Gary Inman Photos: Charlie Davidson The hedges are a blur. I’m going faster than I normally would on this section, much faster. I’m trying to see what this thing will do and st

Harley-Davidson Motor Company has chosen Sideburn magazine to release the first image of their 2023 street tracker, the XR1250. Powered by the company's 1252cc Revolution Max liquid-cooled engine, the XR1250 delivers a claimed 150bhp, putting it firmly in the hyper-naked category. Cast alloy 19in wheels wear road legal dirt track pattern tyres, and the front rim brake is a throwback to the days of Buell, while... Wait, who am I kidding> This is an exclusive, but it's an excl

This is going to upset lots of people. First the marketing folks at Livewire EV. This is a division of Harley-Davidson, 100% owned by Harley, but spun off to allow the electric vehicle division to be bold and brave and all the things electric vehicle manufacturers need to be, without thousands of internet warriors telling them they can't, and they shouldn't and they're wasting their time, and they're killing the legacy, and what the hell else they're throwing at them. It's co