CUSTOM Bike Reviews
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON HERITAGE CLASSIC (2018-on)
New price: £17,995Used price: £15,000 - £17,500- 1746cc
- 86 bhp
- Low seat height
New Heritage bins ’50s look – goes ’40s
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON SOFTAIL SLIM (2018-on)
New price: £16,045Used price: £8,000 - £16,000- 1746cc
- 86 bhp
- Low seat height
Improved Slim completes new H-D Softail family
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON FAT BOY FLFB (2018-on)
New price: £17,545Used price: £10,000 - £16,900- 1746cc
- 86 bhp
- 18.9 mpg
- Low seat height
After 27 years the new Fat Boy is back to its biggest – and best
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VICTORY JUDGE (2012-on)
New price: £11,395Used price: £9,300- 1731cc
- 85 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Low seat height
Thumping engine and half decent ground clearance make the Judge surprisingly fun and engaging
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON XR1200 (2008-2012)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,700 - £8,000- 1202cc
- 90 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Low seat height
Performs and handles better than any Harley before
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD KING (2016-on)
New price: £18,695Used price: £14,000 - £18,500- 1745cc
- 88 bhp
- 55 mpg
- Low seat height
Harley fans need to fear not: it’s like the old, only a little bit better
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VICTORY OCTANE (2016-on)
New price: £9,800Used price: £9,000- 1179cc
- 104 bhp
- Low seat height
Not bad, but re-badged Scout is not what it was hyped up to be
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YAMAHA XV950 Racer (2015-on)
New price: £8,099Used price: £6,200 - £7,700- 942cc
- 51 bhp
- Low seat height
“Café racer old school cool, modern technology and easily customisable”
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SUZUKI C1500T INTRUDER (2013-on)
New price: £10,999- 1462cc
- 78 bhp
- 53 mpg
- Low seat height
In many ways the C1500T is a very attractive proposition
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VICTORY GUNNER (2015-on)
New price: £9,999Used price: £8,500- 1731cc
- 93 bhp
- Low seat height
The Victory Gunner is a stripped-back Bobber based heavily on the firm’s Judge
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL (2015-on)
New price: £19,630Used price: £15,000 - £19,500- 1690cc
- 46 mpg
- Low seat height
More road presence than Father Christmas
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MOTO-GUZZI ELDORADO (2015-on)
New price: £15,635- 1380cc
- 96 bhp
- Low seat height
It’s impossible not to embrace the brashness of the design
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MOTO-GUZZI AUDACE (2015-on)
New price: £15,135- 1380cc
- 96 bhp
- Low seat height
It’s more Jack Russell than Rottweiler
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON SWITCHBACK (2012-on)
New price: £13,499Used price: £10,000- 1691cc
- 76 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Low seat height
The Switchback is a dual-purpose machine offering cruiser styling and touring comforts
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YAMAHA XVS1300 CUSTOM (2014-on)
New price: £8,999- 1304cc
- 72 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Low seat height
Badge snobs might sneer at its lack of ‘Harleyness’ but it’s a capable bike and superb value for money
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TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE AMERICA LT (2014-2016)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,700 - £7,000- 865cc
- 60 bhp
- 50 mpg
- Low seat height
A small bagger with a big heart
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VICTORY MAGNUM (2014-on)
New price: £17,699Used price: £12,000 - £15,000- 1731cc
- 88 bhp
- 50 mpg
- Low seat height
With the Magnum you can have your cake and eat it
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VICTORY HAMMER S LE (2014-on)
New price: £13,995- 1731cc
- 88 bhp
- 160 mpg
- Low seat height
Big, bad cruiser with loads of grunt
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TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD 1700 COMMANDER (2014-2018)
New price: N/AUsed price: £9,300 - £10,500- 1299cc
- 93 bhp
- 55 mpg
- Low seat height
Essentially a naked version of the Thunderbird LT, the Commander is a hoot to ride
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON ELECTRA GLIDE ULTRA LIMITED (2013-on)
New price: £21,395Used price: £7,000 - £19,500- 1690cc
- 110 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Low seat height
The biggest revision of the famous ElectraGlide since 1969
