Harley-Davidson Seventy-Two

Harley-Davidson is masterful at crafting new cruisers from its many existing model platforms, and it seems the company has a wellspring of material to work with in its Sportster line. For several model years now Harley has routinely looked to the past when adding new bikes to its stables. With the introduction of the Seventy-Two earlier this year the Sportster 1200-based bike’s ‘70s-era motif continues Harley’s retrospective styling themes.

As a modern representative of the early chopper scene, the Seventy-Two bears some key chopper cues, like its 2.1-gallon peanut, round air cleaner cover, solo saddle, side-mounted license plate, mini-ape hanger handlebar, staggered dual exhaust, wire wheels rolling on white-wall tires, chopped rear fender and of course, metal-flake paint. Purists (and cranky old dudes) might argue that the Seventy-Two is more false pearl than carbon copy of an original chopper of the time. But we say H-D did an excellent job of seamlessly pressing signature chopper elements of yore into a modern machine. The base MSRP of this semi-custom is only $10,499, cementing the Seventy-Two as a genuine bargain not only from The Motor Company, but in just about any segment of cruiserdom.

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