2010 Street Glide Trike

Harley-Davidson rejoined the three-wheeled motorcycle party last year with its 2009 Tri Glide. While the Tri Glide sourced the styling of the revered touring bike, the Ultra Classic, the 2010 Street Glide trike borrows a sportier look honed in Harley’s hot-rodding Street Glide. Lighter and more compact, the new Harley three-wheeler does away with the bulky Tour-Pak for a smaller trunk with 4.3 cubic feet of storage space and a 50-pound capacity.

Up front, it looks like a Street Glide. A ‘batwing’ fork-mounted fairing with a smoked mini wind deflector leads the charge, coupled with a deep FL front fender skirting 16-inch front tire. Behind it sits a Twin Cam 103, the same mill that powers the new Electra Glide Ultra Limited.

The backside has been squared off, a combination of its fenders, passenger pillion, and storage compartments. The fenders are separate pieces of the rear bodywork that can be removed individually for replacement or service. The rear also features a set of 15-inch, 205mm wide rear tires connected by a rear-axle assembly with an aluminum center section and steel axle tubes. It also has a Hayes Brake dual-disc system with an integrated parking brake that is lever-actuated.

The Tri Glide Ultra Classic returns for 2010 as well, giving The Motor Company a sport-minded three wheeler and a classic touring model.

Taking a look at the other Harley-Davidson model families, the Sportster family has been trimmed down to six models, as the 883 Custom has been dropped. The Iron 883, introduced mid-year, is back, and the ‘We Ride Free’ program is still going until August 31st. The program guarantees that the price you pay for your Sportster motorcycle is the price you’ll get back when you trade up.

In the Dyna family, the Wide Glide returns and the Low Rider is gone, while the Softail line sees the addition of the Fat Boy Lo and the subtraction of the Night Train and Rocker. The Rocker C is still available, but is the only version now of Harley’s stretched-out, slammed, fat-backed cruiser.

As far as the touring family goes, the Electra Glide Standard has been done away with but is still exists in its Classic form. The Road Glide is only available as the new Road Glide Custom, and the Electra Glide now comes decked out as the Ultra Limited.

"This ambitious new motorcycle launch reaches to our riders with the incredible passion that Harley-Davidson has inspired for more than a century," said Bill Davidson, Harley-Davidson Vice President of Core Customer Marketing. "We are thrilled to offer our customers nine new models and a full selection of products for 2010 that lets their enthusiasm for enjoying great motorcycles continue at full throttle."