HARLEY-DAVIDSON ENTHUSIAST COLLECTION INTRODUCES FAST JOHNNIE
Excessive-Efficiency Nineteen Sixties and ‘70s Muscle Automobiles Encourage Restricted-Version Trio of Bikes
MILWAUKEE (Could 2, 2023) – Harley-Davidson celebrates muscle automobile tradition and its racing heritage with the introduction of Quick Johnnie, the 2023 addition to the Fanatic Motorbike Assortment of restricted run bikes that includes factory-direct customized paint and graphic remedies. Executed in Celestial Blue with white racing stripes, this particular Fanatic Assortment paint scheme is obtainable factory-installed for 3 2023 Harley-Davidson fashions: the Low Rider® ST, the Avenue Glide® ST and the Highway Glide® ST bikes, with mixed manufacturing restricted to not more than 2,000 fashions globally.
Fanatic Motorbike Assortment fashions rejoice Harley-Davidson riders and are impressed by their tales and legacies. The Quick Johnnie paint scheme faucets into iconic design themes featured on high-performance muscle automobiles and pony automobiles of the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies – contrasting “racing” or “rally” striping over a daring base shade, and a intelligent or symbolic character or emblem included into the graphics package deal. Each parts served to create an apparent visible distinction between the high-performance model of a automobile and the usual model of the identical mannequin. The Quick Johnnie character utilized to the left aspect of the gas tank additionally seems on the Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® manufacturing facility group bikes raced within the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers collection. It was impressed by the story of a piglet named Johnnie adopted in 1920 by Harley-Davidson racer and member of the notorious “Wrecking Crew,” Ray Weishaar, which grew to become a group mascot. The piglet usually perched on a bike gas tank for a post-race victory lap and is often cited because the supply of the “Hog” moniker that to today is commonly utilized to something Harley-Davidson.
“The striping graphic impact is a strong sign to the technology that got here of age throughout this period, and continues to be impactful at the moment,” mentioned Brad Richards, Harley-Davidson Vice President of Design and Inventive Director. “The Celestial Blue base shade chosen for Quick Johnnie recollects a well-liked tone from the muscle automobile period. For the graphic striping, we created a customized white shade formulated to authentically mirror the period, executed in a basic thin-wide-thin sample on the perimeters and high of the bike bodywork. The look is a nod to pure Americana.”
On the tank and entrance fender “Harley-Davidson” script replaces one of many skinny stripe parts. Relying on the bike mannequin, the striping is utilized to the entrance and rear fenders, the gas tank high and sides, the entrance of the fairing and the aspect covers and saddlebags. The Fanatic Motorbike Assortment emblem is on the rear fender.
Low Rider® ST Quick Johnnie Fanatic Motorbike Assortment
Strap down your bedroll and make a run for the border. The Harley-Davidson® Low Rider® ST mannequin is an American V-Twin sport-touring bike for the rider who digs clean-and-lean West Coast fashion and craves the outrageous efficiency of the Milwaukee-Eight® 117 V-Twin powertrain. The Low Rider® ST mannequin connects these riders with pure Harley-Davidson angle. Mechanical options are equivalent to the 2023 Low Rider® ST mannequin.
Particular Styling Options
- Celestial Blue with customized white detailing
- Fanatic Assortment emblem on rear fender
- Graphic on either side of the gas tank – Quick Johnnie on left, Bar & Protect on proper
Avenue Glide® ST Quick Johnnie Fanatic Motorbike Assortment
Elevated pro-touring bagger efficiency and elegance for the rider who simply can’t get sufficient of both. The Avenue Glide® ST mannequin pairs the muscular Milwaukee-Eight® 117 powertrain with powerful West Coast styling influences and new dark-and-bronze finishes. Undiminished consolation and the enduring batwing fairing attraction to the traditionalist mindset. Meet the brand new breed of velocity and elegance from Harley-Davidson. Mechanical options are equivalent to the 2023 Avenue Glide® ST mannequin.
Highway Glide® ST Quick Johnnie Fanatic Motorbike Assortment
The smooth Highway Glide® ST mannequin initiatives extra menace than ever and backs it up with the street-scorching energy of the Milwaukee-Eight® 117 powertrain. West Coast styling parts and black-and-bronze finishes set this bike other than the efficiency bagger crowd. Legendary consolation and the “sharknose” mounted fairing attraction to a rider who needs to make fast work of the open highway. Mechanical options are equivalent to 2023 Highway Glide® ST mannequin.
Highway Glide ST and Avenue Glide ST Particular Styling Options
- Celestial Blue with customized white detailing
- Fanatic Motorbike Assortment emblem on rear fender
- Graphic on either side of the gas tank – Quick Johnnie on left, Bar & Protect on proper
- Harley-Davidson® Real Motor Elements & Equipment gives color-matched King Tour-Pak® baggage provider, Chopped Tour-Pak® baggage provider, and saddlebag speaker lids.
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