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The Touring chassis used in the 2014 Ultra Limited is based on a
single-spar, rigid backbone frame and a swingarm developed to
withstand the demands of long-haul touring and today’s morepowerful engines like the Twin-Cooled High Output Twin Cam 103

The CVO Limited is one of the CVO
models to take in the improvements
offered by Project Rushmore

The Factory trirke, the Tri Glide Ultra Classic Trike, is included in Project
Rushmore and as such gets the Twin-Cooled High Output Twin Cam 103,
which features liquid cooled cylinder heads with heat exchangers in the
fairing lowers

A new Batwing fairing with
Splitstream vent to reduce
rider head buffeting is one
of the key features of the
2014 Street Glide

The Softail Slim is a Softail paired down to the
essentials to mimic early custom Bobbers

active, applying the front, rear or both
brake controls will apply braking force
to both the front and rear brakes in a
proportion determined by the Reflex
system.
Reflex linked brakes with ABS are
original equipment on the 2014 Street
Glide Special, Electra Glide Ultra
Classic and Ultra Limited HarleyDavidson motorcycle models, and a
factory-installed option on the Road
King and Street Glide models.
On the Tri Glide Ultra a linked brake
system allows the rider to apply both
the front and rear brakes through the
rear brake pedal by actuating two
pistons of each new six-piston front
caliper. The full front brake system is
applied only through the front brake
lever and remains independent. A new
Tri Glide Ultra parking brake system
uses a foot pedal on the rider’s left side
to activate the rear parking brakes.

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Under Project Rushmore all 2014
Touring models are equipped with
new front suspension components,
including larger fork sliders and stiffer
triple clamps, to improve steering
response. Fork diameter is increased
from 43.1mm to 49mm, and the
steering stem is supported by larger
bearings.
aymaker LED headlights and
Daymaker LED fog lamps are new
features for 2014, with the headlamp
having two D-shaped lenses: one that
focuses light into a pool directly in
front of the bike for low-beam
illumination, and another separate
high-beam projector delivering a
super-bright, focused beam. Daymaker
LED lighting is original equipment on
the 2014 Electra Glide Ultra Classic,
Ultra Limited, and Tri Glide Ultra.
Lighting changes continue with the
introduction of the new ‘Dual

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The Heritage Softail Classic is described as capturing the spirit of the
original dressers, with its ‘40s-style leather saddlebags with quick-detach
buckles, full FL front fender, chrome laced wheels and hub cover

Halogen’ headlamp as original
equipment on the Road King, Street
Glide and Street Glide Special models,
and it is paired with halogen fog
lamps.
Aerodynamics are said to be
improved with the design of the new
Batwing fairing, which has splitstream
venting to reduce head buffeting. The
fairing lowers for the Electra Glide
Ultra Classic, Ultra Limited and TriGlide Ultra models have been
reshaped as part of over-all
aerodynamic testing and to
accommodate the heat exchangers for
the Twin-Cooled High Output Twin

Cam 103 engine.
ompleting the Project Rushmore
makeover of the Touring family is
the new color-screen Boom! Box
infotainment system, which feature
what is claimed to be the first originalequipment voice recognition and
touchscreen for music, GPS navigation
and phone in motorcycling, with
audio, Bluetooth connectivity, text-tospeech technology, plus support for
intercom and CB communications in a
single module.
Additional headlines from the 2014
Harley-Davidson line-up include a
restyled Fat Bob, the availability of

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