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2026 HD sprint???
10/23/25 at 07:13:55

Yo savages,

Hd Is expected to reveal the new sub $6000 MSRP sprint by the end of this month. I've been reading that it's expected to be A 30-40 HP entry level bike with around a 400-500 displacement. Are we anticipating a HD thumper? Carbureted?

my big fear is that based on the low MSRP we aren't talking about American made here -- most likely manufactured in Asia, unless the trump admin has worked out a deal with HD to produce domestically to avoid tarrifs.

Any excitement around this bike? If it's AMERICMA made, air cooler and carbed I would be very interested...

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Re: 2026 HD sprint???
Reply #1 - 10/23/25 at 09:35:40

Surviving Philly wrote on 10/23/25 at 07:13:55:

I've been reading that it's expected to be A 30-40 HP entry level bike with around a 400-500 displacement. Are we anticipating a HD thumper? Carbureted?

Any excitement around this bike? If it's AMERICMA made, air cooler and carbed I would be very interested...

I seriously doubt it will have a carb - to meet modern clean air requirements around the world it will likely be fuel injected and have a catalyst in the exhaust. For the same reasons that air cooled cars went away year ago - it is most likely air cooled motorcycles will become scarce or non existent. When you tweak the pollution output of an engine they run much hotter - and longevity of the engine often requires the use of water cooling.

Since they have labeled it "Sprint" - perhaps it could be a single.

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Reply #2 - 10/23/25 at 09:53:26

All good points Dave,

I do know this admin has proposed to reduce emissions regs at the federal level -- but I wouldn't count on any of these changes any time soon, nor would I nessecarily bet on anything this admin says (I've found it best to judge this admin by actions, rather than rhetoric).

But it looks like the sprint is purely for the US market, HD already makes weird-ass 350s and others in Asia and Europe that never hit the road here.

Just daydreaming here, but man would it be nice to see an air cooled single, carbed, with filthy emissions --- just absolutely lewd.

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Reply #3 - 10/23/25 at 10:22:33

Dave makes some good points. If it’s carburetored, I’ll be shocked. While some people like a carbed bike for simplicity, the entire universe has gone fuel injected.

Regardless of what type engine HD puts in it, I expect the bike to be a sales flop. HD is way too late to the party and the competition is fierce for street bikes under 500cc and around $6k.

The list is long… The Triumph 400 setting the bar high. And then there’s…

Kawasaki Eliminator
Honda Rebel 300
Royal Enfield 350 (various configurations)
Dare I include the Yamaha V-Star 250
Several CFMoto bikes

I’m more curious than interested at this stage. Lots of hype…

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Reply #4 - 10/23/25 at 15:21:01

Thumper I agree the market is an uphill battle -- But I think H/D could have the potential to do something unique here:

Assuming they build these things in Milwaukee, how can they get a $6000 dollar MSRP? I would propose a carbed, air cooled, non ride-by-wire, bonafied motorcycle, something dripping with soul the likes of which H/D hasn't produced for the past quarter century (if not longer).

I have to admit though if I were looking for a bike in this range right now to replace my savage, I would probably pick up a triumph 400 (one of the variants maybe, scramblers look real good).

either way, I am extremely hyped and completely anticipate disappointment.

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Reply #6 - Yesterday at 09:07:22

Hello guys.

I hope Harley : re badges some Asian bike . I repaired a 2004 Sportster 1200cc that had a Case Hardened Doe-Ball-Steel CRANK-SHAFT one time. HD engineers wasn't " Thinking ahead " when they pulled that stunt ! The Splines had wore off and the welding rod material I used to repair it with was better steel than the original material. Sad

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Reply #7 - Yesterday at 10:01:49

MMRanch wrote on Yesterday at 09:07:22:

Hello guys.

I hope Harley : re badges some Asian bike . I repaired a 2004 Sportster 1200cc that had a Case Hardened Doe-Ball-Steel CRANK-SHAFT one time. HD engineers wasn't " Thinking ahead " when they pulled that stunt ! The Splines had wore off and the welding rod material I used to repair it with was better steel than the original material. Sad

Doe-ball-steel?? Is that like Chinesium? Wink

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Reply #8 - Yesterday at 21:05:46

I read somewhere the Sprint will be a 440cc parallel twin fuel injected. I also read Yamaha has put a happy button on the trusty SR 500/400 also fuel injected but still a thumper. I think it’s a freakin fairy tale of the internet. A SR with a happy button , I’m in ! And I seriously doubt that Honda is bringing anything other than the XL650r , we would have seen it by now !
The RE singles are cool , just pick one , they come in several flavors. Almost time to go to a dealership nearby and see what I can find out , what’s coming and what’s not. BSA will not be attending in the fun here as usual.
Honda does have the street going enduro XL300r. I’ll be first in line for a SR.

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Reply #9 - Yesterday at 21:48:14

Paul , doeball steel is the low carbon steel that usually get put in a press / mold pair and squishes like silly putty to fill the mold when pressed. It machines easily and when heated then quenched into a high carbon liquid it has a surface hardness that makes it useful for cheep applications.
But its still like the silly putty of steel - below the case Harding .003" or .004" deep .

Crank shafts are usually high carbon steel all the way through on machines that are built to last.

In Harleys defense : The Sportsters were designed to be 883cc , the 1200cc was an after-thought. The Bore is 3" or 3.5" but all other parts are interchangeable. Years latter I put almost 50,000 miles on an 883 model before it started weeping oil then got sold.

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Reply #10 - Today at 15:15:14

Ruttly wrote on Yesterday at 21:05:46:

I read somewhere the Sprint will be a 440cc parallel twin fuel injected. I also read Yamaha has put a happy button on the trusty SR 500/400 also fuel injected but still a thumper. I think it’s a freakin fairy tale of the internet. A SR with a happy button , I’m in ! And I seriously doubt that Honda is bringing anything other than the XL650r , we would have seen it by now !
The RE singles are cool , just pick one , they come in several flavors. Almost time to go to a dealership nearby and see what I can find out , what’s coming and what’s not. BSA will not be attending in the fun here as usual.
Honda does have the street going enduro XL300r. I’ll be first in line for a SR.

What's a "happy button"? Is that some kind of ECU selection mode - like economy, rain, performance? Or nitrous or what? Or is that a starter button instead of 1970s kick start? If somebody has a happy button, I want one too!

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