Multiple Future Harley Models Leaked Ahead of Their Debut
Here's some of what we can expect from Harley's 2023 reveal event.
Revealing Leak
We're only days away from Harley-Davidson's 2023 model year reveal event, which promises to show us all of the company's latest and greatest offerings. However, we don't have to wait any longer to get a sneak peek at some of them, thanks to Motorcycle.com, which recently found some pretty interesting information via recently filed Australian certification documents.
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Coming Back
While it pertains to Australia, these documents reveal the the Road Glide Special, Road Glide ST, Street Glide Special, Street Glide ST, Road King Special, and Ultra Limited are all returning for 2023. However, the company will also apparently be introducing some special variants for a handful of other bikes.
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Anniversary Editions
Those special offerings consist of Anniversary Edition variants of the CVO Road Glide Limited, Road Glide Special, Street Glide Special, and Ultra Limited. It's worth noting that many of these were also treated to 115th Anniversary models back in 2018, so this isn't a huge surprise by any means.
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Future Icon?
For 2023, a new model called the FLHFB is listed in these filings, a name that was previously used in the 1960s for the FLHFB Electra Glide - one of the last to use the Panhead engine, as well as the first with electric start. It's likely that this reborn moniker will be applied to one of Harley's "Icon" models.
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Unclear Futures
As for the regular Road King, Road Glide, Street Glide, and Electra Glide Standard models, none are listed in this filing, but in all fairness, none of them were sold in Australia in 2022, so it's unclear if any of them will soldier on in other markets.
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No Updates
The same goes for Harley's trikes, which are typically included in separate filings, so there's no information on those as of now. The document also doesn't notate any changes in terms of powertrains, so we expect those to remain the same, at least as it applies to what engines go in what models.
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Nothing Earth Shattering
With Harley's 2023 model year event scheduled for January 18, we won't have to wait much longer to see exactly what's in store for the coming year. But from what we've seen thus far, it doesn't look like there will be any earth-shattering news coming in the next few weeks.
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