Today I Test Drove Street 750 Vivid Black. Below views are purely mine and not intend to hurt anyone's First Impression:
When you see Street in person, it’s all together a different bike. In pics it just doesn’t look good and pics doesn’t do justice for Street at all. In person Bike looks a lot like HARLEY and you can see good finish and awesome paint quality if you compare with other Brand bikes. Yes wiring under the Handle looks awkward but that is not at all a deal breaker. Other models like Iron 883 and Superlow also has exposed wiring but wires are less in these as compared to Street 750. Bike looks royal and long with a good wheel base and ground clearance.
When you sit on it:
The Lower seating just was perfect for me who is 5.8in height. Bike is heavy and gives good heavy feeling. When you hold the handle bars it gives a comfortable feel and you don’t have to bend over to hold handle or lean back, it was perfect posture. Once you sit on Bike you forget the visible wiring thing . The Meter is a finished product and doesn’t have cost cutting evidence. Quality looks good on meter. Controls are different from Iron and not cheap at all. Controls are lesser and contains engine kill switch and starter button on right and high/low beam, turn signals switch on left. Mirrors look small but you can get used to it with time. Tear drop Tank looks huge and again feels good.
When you Ride it:
When you start the ignition, the needle on speedo rotates and then you push the start button and Bike comes to life, the sound has its own sweetness but it’s not at all loud. It Like a V-Rod with stock exhausts but not that loud. When I test drove Iron 883 it was neither loud. For loudness one will have to upgrade to Screaming Eagles. Due to Norms I guess it’s not loud. Bike has mid-mount controls which I used to feel is not right and it should have forward controls but when I rode for 4-5 kms I felt mid-mount controls were much comfortable. Gear changing is very smooth/effortless and doesn’t have a loud CLANK sound that Iron gearbox has. I accidently twisted throttle and WHOOP it was a rocket, it almost threw me off it
. Street has tremendous power and very happy about it. However I am not kind of guy who drives like crazy but sometimes you need that kind of power to accelerate. After that I was just cruising on 3rd 4th gear and it was a very comfortable ride. The riding posture was pretty good and you can cruise for hours on it. Suspension felt good and soft and ride was not at all bumpy. Bike I rode had done 250kms. I couldn’t use 6th gear as distance was less. But at end of ride was very happy and satisfied. No issue with getting bike in Neutral.
My Verdict:
Street 750 is definitely yes for me. Wiring issue is not a show-stopper and I can live with that. I am really happy with power, acceleration and comfortable this bike is. Seat height is low and it feels good too. Will upgrade to screaming eagles if would require louder sound later on.
My View of the MB Review, Below views are purely mine and not intend to hurt anyone's: 1. First is the wiring, there is a lot of it and it’s very exposed too, right near the steering (before the tank starts) to the rear brake (blue colour wires visible) and the horn has two open wires which are spotted at first sight. While most critical wires are heat wrapped, some of them are exposed and you can see the blue, red wires hanging out openly -As I mentioned above, not a show-stopper
2. Fit and finish isn’t good either at most places and you can see poor welding and lack of symmetry in quite a few areas.- It looked good and premium to me, Was able to see welding’s in Iron and SuperLow as well
3. The rear brake master-cylinder is a decade old.- Not sure if this is a BIG Issue
4. the Footpegs don’t have springs and when you ride the Street 750, you inadvertently tend to close the pegs.- Footpegs dint get close when I test Drove but might get on long rides,It doesn’t sound issue to me
5. Street 750 has been made for the urban environment and for newbie riders. The seat height is too low, in fact if you are above 5 feet 10 inches in height, you are going to face a problem with your hips taking the beating.- For People with good height Custom Seats are available, For me who is 5.8 it fit pretty well.
6. The Street 750 doesn’t sound like a typical Harley. While the company has tried to give it the same vocals, it lacks the bass and loudness of other Harley bikes. The 2×1 exhaust simply doesn’t sound loud and throaty, no where near the SuperLow either – Iron and Superlow dint sounded loud to me with stock exhausts and yes Street sounds different then again it sounds like v-rod which I am Ok with, Can upgrade to screaming eagles for louder sound.
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The hard compound MRF tyres lack grip though and prevent you from pushing the motorcycle into tight corners.- This is an Urban Bike and not a racing bike where you need to drive like crazy, Braking looked fine and Tyre could have been Pirelli if HD can have them in export models
, but Mrf felt fine
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The Aquila has much better quality than the Street, there is no visible wiring there and in spite of not having a rear disc brake, braking performance on the Hyosung is miles better than the Street.- Comparing a 250CC bike to 750CC is insane I guess, Aquila has lot of chrome which must have attracted editor Hyosung can never compete with Harley Davidson.
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