The New Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight Dark Custom

[thehotshirtguy2008]

Don't get me wrong the 48 is a sharp looking bike. But that tank is too small. I had a nightster and then upgraded to a 2011 street bob. Now I can travel 220 miles before filling up.

[losjellybones]

is that really leo romero? SOTY

i hope he got a bike or something for this. harley should advertise how many skater of the year's ride their bikes.

[88willyt]

@losjellybones heath kirchart is in it aswell

[buddydog1956]

this music SUCKS! high school band or what? geezzz ~

[timenater2]

It's "The Way We Were" by XX Teens (formerly Xerox Teens). itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-­way-we-were/id290856801?i=2908­56820

[wozza59]

@timenater2  Thanks for that....

[wozza59]

What a fantastic advert for a very beautiful machine.. What's the music?

[PitPat23]

ya, i agree, this a really well done ad. it will sell some bikes to a newer crowd that's for sure.

[JutbergHD]

Fairly certain they hired the same marketing team responsible for the mayonnaise, 'we are rebellion' spots.

[Agresvig]

@MCLOVIN1987 Thanks. Yeah I can't find it anywhere either. I'm a streetbike guy and don't know too much about HDs but I gotta say this one caught my eye. Can someone tell me how the power delivery is on this thing? I see the torque maxes out at 4k rpm, so is serious torque available right from the getgo? And what are typical 0-60 numbers for these kinds of bikes?

[rchealy]

@Agresvig i think you meant to direct that to me? haha. On all the HDs I've ridden the powerband has been like nothing else. My last HD was an old '70s FLH but for a heavy bike and it only having a 1200 shovelhead big twin off the line, she was solid. You'd get another boost as you neared 3500 to 4000 like you said, but on my old girl, I'd usually shift by then as I didn't like putting the screws to her. Have never ridden a Sportser, but I'm sure they're a different breed to a degree.

[Agresvig]

@rchealy Hah yeah I meant you. Thanks for the input, bro. Mclovin shut up and get outta here we dont need kids bein idiots on here

[Agresvig]

Does anyone know the HP on this bike?

[rchealy]

@Agresvig I don't see it in any releases from HD, but I'd venture it would be in line with other 1200s... 66-70 maybe?

[mongrelchild]

@rchealy your analysis is just about right. I was just about to comment on the pseudo-hip douchebaggery in this clip but you beat me to it.

All the while i kept thinking... don't these losers have jobs? why are they riding in t-shirts? what shitty ergonomics.

[rchealy]

@mongrelchild don't get me wrong, I watched this video because I do like the looks of this bike. After seeing this though, all my fears were solidified. I could never take this on a long haul because like you said, horrible ergos. It's probably a great bike to have to run around town with, but I just don't have that kind of coin to throw around on a putt putt.

[rchealy]

I don't get this. I mean, I do in the mind of the marketer trying to convey some sort of ridiculous "lifestyle," but come ON. Here's my quick digest of the happenings here:

1. Cue stupid music

2. Show some quirky, really "street" numbers made from found objects and raw ground beef/Bubblicious Passion Punch.

3. Show some scary tough guys coming over a hill with impractical posture to maraud your small town.

[rchealy]

4. Hit the gas station food-mart and rummage through the inventory like ruffians in Target flanned shirts

5. Reveal girl biker smoking cigs and play fighting with the boys to hint that if you buy a forty-eight you might get a piece off a similar type of wench

6. Make sure all cast members are greasy yet not "bum dirty." Greasy, you see, is cool. Means you JUST DON'T CARE

[rchealy]

7. Drive home that there is only "Room For 1," because 23 year olds with 11K for a Sportster are too cool to ever be seen with a pillion

8. Flash crumpled money and shot of guy taking corner one handed

9. Show rider looking back, not to ensure lane safety, but to ogle girls because when you're THIS COOL, all the ladies look at you

10. At 1:05 show trailing bike billowing out burning oil to make the viewer think this guy is so cool for riding off from a BURNOUT

[rchealy]

11. Party scene needs to flash underground poker games, tube top lapdances, hipster mustache and poolside high jinks before the next RIDE!

12. Show the trollops at the pool hall who are just yearning to be accepted by any bad boy biker

13. Night falls so hair is greasier on mustache man. Pool hall babe is now in tow at pinball place so she licks the sign of the horns to prove hip metal understanding

14. Lay out the figures and show more numbers to drive the main numerical theme home again.

[MCLOVIN1987]

@rchealy your fuckin lame and probably cant even ride a motorcycle. & it's pretty much confirms your a lame dumb dick bitch boy cuz you dont even know who the ppl are in the video ahahaha

15. you suck big black dick

16.i banged your mom on the harley Forty-Eight and she loved it and thats y she is gonna buy one so she can remember where your new lil sister was made.

[whyiseverynametaken3]

.. needs more cowbell..

[diablo8728]

First of all, this bike is 10 years to late in the making. People arent into fat front tires anymore. Then again harley is 10 years behind every trend. As for the mirrors. Thats not custom, they just flipped them and you can do with any bike. Regardless of the means of how they do it. It looks retarded.

[BlackEagleStudios]

@diablo8728 Yes, the Motor Company is behind... that's the whole point of the damn thing!

The mirrors are custom, and not just flipped over. Take a look at the bike before you knock it.

[Hilarion365]

I like 0:55 :-)

[shakeypt]

oh man! check out those under bar mirrors, ive got to get this bike and be ready for spring, baaaa.