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Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Electragleiten im Blau--German police to test Harley motorcycles

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Police officers on heavy BMW motorbikes are a familiar sight on German streets, but Hamburg police on Tuesday began giving U.S.-made Harley-Davidsons a try instead.

The first seven of 20 specially equipped Electra Glide motorcycles were officially handed over to the Hamburg police force for a free one-year test, complete with blue lights, radios and "Polizei" — German for police — emblazoned across the front.

Harley-Davidson police bikes have been around for more than 90 years and are used in 45 countries, but Hamburg's police force is the first one in Germany to try them out, the company says.

Hamburg police currently have a fleet of 30 bikes from Bavarian auto and motorcycle maker BMW.

Hmm. Hard to believe they would ever make much headway against the spinning propeller boys, but maybe so. Harley's are much better screwed together nowadays than they were back in the AMF days, so good luck to them. (The big shame is that the Germans will probably put those annoying EEEiiiiiEEEEiiiiEEEEiiii sireens on theirs. It's just not right without a real one.)

Anyway, here's you a link to the 2003 Electra Glide, and a dealer page for the R 1150 RT-P.

posted by Terry at 10:46:00 AM

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