After a two-year hiatus, the Road Glide Ultra is back, and it even gets all of Harley-Davidson’s Project Rushmore treatment including the new Twin-Cooled High Output Twin Cam 103 engine that is claimed to be the most responsive powerplant, with the most passing power Harley-Davidson ever created.
The engine is mated to the same 6-speed Cruise Drive gearbox. With a combination of air-cooled and precision liquid cooling strategies, the engine has abilty to maintain peak performance and enables a higher 10.1:1 compression ratio for increased power and efficiency, including 10.7% more peak torque than the regular Twin Cam 103 engine.
The 2016 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra gets a redesigned frame-mounted created by Harley-Davidson stylists and engineers, and there is also integrated triple splitstream vent openings in the fairing that work with the 13.5-inch tall touring windscreen.
The 2016 Road Glide Ultra comes equipped with Dual Reflector Daymaker LED headlamps, Enforcer cast aluminum wheels, stout 49mm forks, Reflex Linked Brakes with ABS, sleeker fenders, as well as improved instrument graphics and hand controls. Project Rushmore also provides an 8.5-inch color touchscreen, Boom! Box 6.5GT Radio that is now located 51mm closer to the rider. Electronic cruise control is available as standard.
Furthermore, as touring-ready bike, the Road Glide Ultra also gets restyled sleeker, hard saddlebags and has a new Tour-Pak luggage shape that offers 4 % more capacity than the previous design plus One-Touch latches for easy one-handed opening or closing.
The 2016 Road Glide Ultra color choices include:
– Solid: Vivid Black, Superior Pearl
– Two Tone: Billet Silver/Vivid Black, Mysterious Red Sunglo/Velocity Red Sunglo
– Custom Colours: Purple Fire/Blackberry Smoke, Cosmic Blue Pearl.’
Prices starting from £21,795.