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ny time you try to reinvent an icon, it's very daunting," says
Harley-Davidson's VP of Styling and Design, Brad Rich-
ards. "The Sportster has been such a versatile bike for the
Motor Company and there's so many people who have an idea of
what it is supposed to be. Therefore, we wanted to create some-
thing undefinable. We went in a direction no one was expecting."
If you look at the previous generation Sportster, you begin to
get an idea that what Brad's saying to a bunch of grizzled motor-
cycle journalists in the fancy surrounds of the Figueroa Hotel in
Downtown LA isn't mere design hyperbole.
The $14,999 MSRP 2021 Sportster S ($350 more if you go
for the Stone Washed White Pearl of our test bike) is taking the
company's most revered name and turning it on its head, using
design styles and methods more reminiscent of sporty red Italian
machines than those typically associated with Milwaukee.
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON AND KEVIN WING
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