The last update to the HD website now has the Sportsters listed under the "Street" section.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...es/street.html

 

I don't see the traditional Sportster, that I know and love, in either Picture.. Just fat little Wanna be's

One old man's opinion!!!!

 

YEAH NO! Sportys are badass the way they are. Lots you can do to customize as well

 

thinking about getting that air cleaner from hammer.question.when the front of the filter element gets dirty,does this one allow you to flip the air filter allowing for the cleaner side to go in front and dirty side on back ? or will it only go on one way ?

 

You can turn it around, never tried to flip it over.

 

Apache Snow, how do you like the supertrapp exhaust? If I end up keeping my sporty after my touring bike purchase this fall, I will probably go that route, at least some brand of 2-1.

 

thats what i meant thx :-)

 

Well, the Street hasn't exactly caught on in five years, so I don't think that's what is going to bring Sportster production to an end. I suspect the stricter European emissions standards and the need to produce something that appeals to younger buyers will have a lot more to do with ending, or at least significantly changing the Sportster line.

I doubt the plan was ever for the Street to replace the Sportster, but rather to produce a training bike for Rider Academy that could be sold in the Asian market. Streets, especially the Street Rod, are sized for a person that is smaller than the average height American male. Maybe an Asian rider or an American teenager (new rider). Those are exactly the markets that H-D openly marketed these bikes to. The problem is that they are still big and expensive by the standards of the Asian market and a modern rendition of the UJM isn't what teenage boys want to be riding.

I suspect the Streets were just a placeholder until the new modular engines could be produced. As soon as those bikes start rolling off the line we will see the end of the Sportster as we know it. If H-D has any sense, they will call the new family of bikes the next generation of Sportsters, as in Sportster Pan American and the Sportster Bronx. Perhaps the H-D drawing boards already have a stripped down Iron 975 and Sportster 1250 Custom that haven't been announced, yet. After all, those would be more of the same and not make a lot of headlines.

H-D has announce the 500cc and 750cc modular engines will be introduced in 2021. That will be the end of the current Street line up.

 

Its the best exhaust Ive had and Ive had a few. I got it when Hammer was closing them out. So I got it at a good price. It is the quietest performance exhaust on the market. And its a really good performer. Hammer has some good dyna runs on this exhaust.

 

hands down the most modular bike on the market as well as most retro since that's a thing these days