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by a hospital visit. This is the sort
of bike that begs you to be ‘anti’
this and ‘stuff that’! Maybe even
the name spells out that jail time
will loom if you don’t pull back the
lunacy to the social standard that the
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Glance back over your shoulder at the
Breakout and tell me the lines are not
the perfect aesthetic from the low
handlebars back to the rear axle? The
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angle the rear header exits forward
and then sharply back into the
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ballsiest bit is the 21” front wheel
and the same digital dash as on the
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means I would have to commit some
serious jailtime crime to afford one,
but the Breakout isn’t the model I
would go for anyway.HERITAGE CLASSIC
If ever there has been a motorcycle
with the past and future married in
a beautiful union, then it has the
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consensus was weighing heavily to
the traditional but totally revamped
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vintage looks and presentation.
Appointments like the quickly
dispatchable screen and the lockable
waterproof saddlebags. This is the
model that encompasses the new
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comfort and handling exists along
with stunning looks and the unique
(lordy, they use the word ‘authentic’
in every sentence) and authenticity
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I had cycled through and back most
of the range (blame the Mexicans)
before my time on the Heritage
and coming from a more ‘sporty’
background of riding I was trying
to evaluate the dynamic level of the
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they may be, or how easy to ride for
the intended buyer.
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why wasn’t I really worried about
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how the fuelling was on or off the
throttle. Harley has evolved enough
now so that a lot of what was once
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that you can forget them. I started