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Harley-Davidson V-Rod Street Glide

by Steve
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

A rumor has it that Harley-Davidson may be thinking of offering a new bike for 2008, the "V-Rod Street Glide"...

V-Rod Street Glide

V-Rod Street Glide

Photos are courtesy of Instigator Cycles, Temecula, CA.

This bike pictured above was brought to the San Diego Motorcycle & Hot Rod show last weekend courtesy of San Diego Harley-Davidson.

It's the Street Rod, but fitted with the Batwing fairing, touring hardbags, touring fenders, and floorboards.

In fact, San Diego Harley-Davidson has this motorcycle featured on its website among it's customized offerings. My understanding is that the "V-Rod Street Glide" is a creation of San Diego Harley-Davidson, but that the Motor Company may be looking at making this a factory production.

Just a rumor, though...

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26 Comments:

  • Send it to Japan. We don't ride crap like this in our United States of America!!!

    By Blogger Pan Chopper Man, at 4/18/2007 03:38:00 PM  


  • Dress it up any way you want to,...it is still a V-Rod. An embarassment to the Harley family

    By Anonymous PWT227, at 4/25/2007 10:50:00 AM  


  • Get educated; The V-Rods will blow any of your hogs off the map. This Dressed unit looks like crap but and you may not like the fact that the V-Rods are faster than your other choices, but it is still a Harley and a FAST ONE AT THAT.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/01/2007 07:32:00 PM  


  • Smartest thing HD ever did was bring on the Vrod, Screamer that shcucks the rice burners all day

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/01/2007 07:34:00 PM  


  • Harley already has a Street Glide, and it's a helluva lot more bike than some V-Rod abortion.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7/12/2007 10:11:00 PM  


  • One things for sure, anyone traveling on a vrod will put some serious distance between them and anyone traveling on another motorcycle. Have had many bikes in my day, but nothing is higher on the fun factor than a vrod period. The only reason airheads wont ride the v, is because they know they will want one. As far as torque goes, i own an 06SeVrod with 2-1 rinehart, race tuner, 58 throttle body and that bike will pull my 06 SeFatboy from 2500 and up in any gear. Get out and ride one. Give it a chance and you`ll find it brings back the kid in you.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/08/2007 11:59:00 PM  


  • WOW where do I sign up at? I now know one thing once HD finally comes out with the VRod Bagger I am all about one. Airheads need to throw caution to you.........its coming shhhhhhhh.......its a VRod!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/09/2007 04:41:00 AM  


  • Being the owner of a 2002 V-Rod and a 2007 Street Glide, I can tell you that the Street Glide is like riding a tractor compared to riding the V-Rod. Now, I don't think we need to convert the current v-rod into a bagger, but take the revolution motor, make it bigger and then fit it in a true bagger frame. The v-rod frame isn't large enough for a touring bike.

    To these idiots that are saying a v-rod is an abortion, you haven't ridden one and don't have the money to have one of each so you can compare them on a daily basis.

    When I bought the street glide it put out 62 bhp, the v-rod put out 110 bhp stock. I have spent over $3000.00 on the street glide to get it run cooler and to have some power. I had to change the cam, rework the heads, change the rockers, exhaust, buy a SERT and air cleaner, not to mention the 2 hours of dyno tuning to get it to stop pinging.

    The v-rod runs like a champ and has never needed anything besides and oil change.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/09/2007 04:57:00 AM  


  • what the h___ are you guys talking about,the v-rods can`t even keep up to any 600 crotch rockets,the only thing that they are going to pass is another harley,....V. macleod

    By Anonymous V. macleod, at 11/23/2007 11:53:00 AM  


  • I'd be a buyer for a HDMOCO V-Rod Street Guide. Great base, great technology.

    By Blogger Barry, at 12/04/2007 10:42:00 AM  


  • Why would the vrod need to keep up with a 600 crotch rocket? is the vrod even in the same class? no, it is in a completely different class and although it has over 200 lbs on the 600s it will keep right up with them... i would like to see an airhead stay half as close to a 600 in the quarter without a few thousand in engine work. i can tell you first hand i have had more than a few 600 owners sweating at the end of a race when i line up with my vrod....

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1/08/2008 03:27:00 AM  


  • haha, the comments from the anti v-rod folks are funny...they hate a bike that runs well and is fast.....funny stuff...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6/22/2008 07:10:00 PM  


  • Harley Davidson has always sold image, not motorcycles. With the V-rod they actually decided to build a motorcycle for a change, and a damned good one. The people that wasted tons of money on Harley's ridiculous clothing and other crap, along with accesorizing themselves with an over priced, underpowered, giant POS bike like most HD products are the ones that truely hate the V-rod, for obvious reasons. On a real dragstrip only really good riders can get a 600 sportbike to beat the V-rod in the 1/4, and only then at the very end of it. 0-60 on the street, with average riders, the V-rod kills almost everything out there. Stop reading times and speeds in magazines and go get some times and speeds in real life.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/01/2008 08:17:00 AM  


  • FACT - The V-Rod is the most technologically advanced Harley Davidson ever produced. It's also the fastest.

    FACT - It is also the ONLY motorcycle to ever have it's engine pass Porsche engine testing. That's 500 hours of hell, that NO other bike has ever done.

    Add in the most aerodynamic, and sporting the lowest center of gravity, and you have the Devil incarnate on two wheels.

    If that's an embarassment, and "abortion", then you're nothing but a fool.

    ~WickedReich

    By Anonymous WickedReich, at 9/09/2008 06:24:00 PM  


  • Edit: However, that bagged abomination should never have been made. Whichever idiot put that together, needs to be hung, drawn, and quartered for ruining a nice VRod (though I believe it was actually a Night-Rod).

    By Anonymous WickedReich, at 9/09/2008 06:29:00 PM  


  • I will say this, I have an '07 SUZUKI HAYABUSA!!! I do not care what any of you say, we all know who is the KING on the STREET!! Not taking anything away from the V-ROD but it is all about your style of riding. Do you want to cruise, or do you want to go fast??? I respect Harley intentions but onece again it was not there. It all started with the Buell, pure disappointment, unless you are trying to teach a female to ride!!! Speed is an amount of money, the more money you have the faster you can go!!! Sounds like none of you have the right amount of money, so I suggest you stick to one or the other!!!! I say this this, do not line up with a rocket and say "GIVE ME SOMETHING" I was always told " IF YOU CAN NOT RUN WITH THE BIG DOGS STAY ON THE PORCH!!!! I did not make it up, I am just reminding you!!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/12/2008 05:40:00 PM  


  • Well, you have scooter trash and then you have motorcyclists.
    You guys make it too easy.
    Look, some guys like to ride parade floats and dress up like pirates, some guys like ride fast and go splat.
    I say that as long as you ride safely
    who cares what's between your two wheels? Hey, we're all Americans, right? Wait until Obamba taxes away your right to ride.
    Cheers.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/08/2009 04:21:00 PM  


  • I've heard from Harleyfolk that the RoadGlide (FLTR) is not being offered in 2010. Given that the RG's fixed fairing is a favorite for 'baggerizing' a Vrod, and the Revolution engine is way easier to meet EPA regs with AND since the MoCo just reworked the touring frame to accommodate who-knows-what combinations of engines, I bet we see a liquid cooled FLT in 2011. I've got an RG & I've ridden the Vrod and when HD announces a RoadRod I'll be the 2nd guy in line with a deposit. All that power on a full-tour frame, man o'man ya gotta love a 'parade float' that'll do 130 .........

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5/21/2009 02:08:00 PM  


  • Pan Chopper Man, you are a douche. Why don't you go to Japan and save us all the embarassment of you even being alive...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5/25/2009 04:18:00 PM  


  • I can't believe the range of misinformed Harley Riders on this forum. If you took all the Jap parts off your Harley, you couldn't ride it!
    I have a 06' Road Glide and I think the greatest thing that Harley can do is marry the performance and operation reliability of the V-Rod with the comfort of a bagger. When they do that, my road glide is history and I will be first in line for the trade up!

    Chris
    06' Roadglide
    Windsor, CT

    By Anonymous Chris 06' glide, at 6/15/2009 01:24:00 PM  


  • I have 2007 Screamin'Eagle bagger built by Wheeler Cycles of Fruitland Park Florida . Comfortable , YA CAN'T TOUCH IT fast . Been ridin' 46 years , nicest ride so far !
    John
    Florida

    By Blogger ridetillyadie, at 6/19/2009 01:11:00 PM  


  • I would be first in line to trade my '07 Roadglide in on a VROD touring version, but only if it used the FLTR fairing. That Batwing looks ugly and would do nothing to help with stability.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7/07/2009 02:04:00 PM  


  • Drag specialties offers a Road Glide fairing mounting kit for V Rods including the bags, It doesn't look half bad but I think harley would want to come up with sleeker fairings and bags for the V Rod. They would have a true sport-tourer to compete with the Kawasaki, Honda, and BMWs. I would seriously consider trading my Heritage softail for one. I've always liked the V Rod but want a bike comfortable for two-up riding.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7/27/2009 10:20:00 AM  


  • i love my vrod nightrod special very unique bike one of a kind handles great not to mention all the great comments from people

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10/05/2009 09:17:00 PM  


  • the vrod handles great on the road well balanced, lots of power and looks good. ever been on one? i have and i love every mile! if you have not you dont know what your missing its a ride that you will never forgot

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10/05/2009 09:26:00 PM  


  • i have 1 question would anyone with a 6 hundred peace of shit ever trade there mess for a vrod if not youre are a living douche
    the vrod is the mac and youre bikes dont come even close so you monkey testis can stick it hard!!!!!!!sometimes the truth hurts hint hint 6oo ryders

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10/05/2009 09:31:00 PM  


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