Harley's 110th anniversary specials

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Nine 2013 models, including this Fat Boy, are available in the special 110th Anniversary livery shown here, but in very limited numbers. Only 1750 Fat Boy Anniversary Specials will be made.

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2013 marks the 110th anniversary of the partnership between Bill Harley and the three Davidson brothers, set up in 1903 in what we would now call a wendy house in the back yard of the Harley family home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

To paraphrase the cigarette advert, they've come a long way since then and here, to celebrate that milestone, is the 2013 model range, including nine limited-edition commemorative models, each bearing a numbered plaque, special paintwork and solid bronze tank badges.

HARD CANDY CUSTOM

The Motor Company is also re-introducing 1970's-style metal-flake paint, as on the 2012 Seventy-Two, to a wider range of models under the Hard Candy Custom banner, including the Softail Deluxe, the Forty-Eight and the extensively revised Street Bob.

STREET BOB

The Street Bob gets a tougher profile for 2013 with new blacked-out triple clamps and powertrain, and a chopped rear fender with side-mounted license plate and stop/turn/tail lights.

Softail-based CVO Breakout takes production motorcycle finishes to a new level with two paint schemes that feature hand-polished steel sections on the fuel tank and mudguards.

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It comes with a solo seat and mini-ape handlebars mounted on new risers that make it easier to customise. New paint options include Hard Candy Custom metalflake and a scalloped two-tone option.

CUSTOM VEHICLE OPERATIONS

The 2013 CVO series of limited-production custom machines features the new CVO Breakout, a Softail-based model that takes production motorcycle finishes to a new level with two paint schemes that feature hand-polished steel sections on the fuel tank and mudguards.

The CVO Road King offers the first factory-installed Road King audio system, and a new detachable vented windshield.

The top-of-the-range touring CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide now has chrome-and-rubber heated grips, rider and passenger footboard inserts, brake lever pad, shifter and highway pegs and windshield trim. The suspended, dual-control heated, two-up seat and adjustable passenger backrest have a new perforated leather insert.

A new chromed billet-style extended reach heel shifter creates more boot room on the left-side footboard and the high-performance Harman/Kardon audio system now includes pannier-mounted speakers.

Street Bob gets a tougher profile for 2013 with new blacked-out triple clamps and powertrain, and a chopped rear fender with side-mounted license plate and stop/turn/tail lights.

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Four new colour combinations are available, including the 110th anniversary scheme.

The distinctive shark-nosed CVO Road Glide Bagger becomes the first production Harley-Davidson with an LED headlight, while its Harman/Kardon audio system has been upgraded with a second 200-watt amplifier and a pair of speakers with bridged tweeters in the saddlebag lids in addition to the fairing-mount speakers and 50mm dash-mount tweeters.

The audio system has an FM/AM radio/CD player, an 8GB Apple iPod Nano in the right-side saddlebag, and a new, more-sensitive hidden AM/FM antenna inside the fairing.

There's also a smoked windscreen with a ghosted Harley-Davidson graphic, a chrome billet-style extended reach heel shifter, a low-profile, two-piece seat with diamond pattern leather inserts. Three new colour combinations will be available for 2013, including the 110th anniversary scheme.

MODEL LINE-UP

The SPORTSTER line-up includes five standard models plus a 1200 Custom Anniversary Edition - all with new colours and graphics.

The traditional 'hard tail' lines of the SOFTAIL platform are offered on six models, including the Softail Slim, a back-to-basics 1950's-style bobber that was introduced in mid-2012. The 2013 Fat Boy now has mirror-chrome aluminium bullet-hole disc wheels as standard.

The Softail line also includes a Heritage Softail Classic Anniversary Edition and a Fat Boy Special Anniversary Edition.

Five TOURING models, from the slammed-and-trimmed Street Glide to the fully equipped Electra Glide Ultra Limited, are ready with fresh colour and graphics options, and there's also a Road King Anniversary Edition - in very limited numbers.

The DYNA line includes the re-styled Street Bob and four more models, plus a Super Glide® Custom Anniversary Edition.

The V-ROD power cruisers features new colours for the Night Rod Special and V-Rod Muscle.

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