The end of the V-Twin era. Harley-Davidson announces electric motorcycle

Just yesterday it seemed that the sky would fall to earth sooner than the legend of America, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle would lose the V-Twin engine, which since the 20s of the last century has made Milwaukee bikes recognizable and the motorcycle sound unique.

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1. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, known for its indomitable conservatism, sometimes deviated from rigid rules: at one time, V-Rod motorcycles appeared, equipped with Revolution liquid-cooled engines, developed jointly with Porsche engineers and Harley-Davidson Street 750, aimed at young people not ready to manage heavy classics.

2. But despite the changes, the new two-wheeled hell has always been just the next line in the understandable Harley-Davidson lineup.

3. It's hard to say what made the saint abandon it, but the fact remains: on June 19, information about the LiveWire project appeared on the company's official website - the first Harley-Davidson with an electric motor. True, the company has not yet provided any technical details.

4. For the first time electric bike Harley-Davidson lit up on the set of the movie "Avengers: Age of Ultron" in the spring of this year. Mastered the new motorcycle Scarlett Johansson. However, at that time, few people took it seriously: cinema is cinema.

5. Like it or not, now we have to admit: Harley-Davidson will never be the same.

6. The characteristic outlines of the electric bike partly retains.

7. Although - from which side to look. For Batman, just right.

8. V-Twin is a thing of the past. The heart of Harley-Davidson now looks like this.

9. In the meantime, after watching a YouTube video that appeared on June 18, a cnet.com reviewer announced that he was "torn apart by the news about the appearance of an electric Harley-Davidson."

10. What will be the reaction of the Americans, we will find out very soon: on June 24, the Project LiveWire Experience tour begins in New York, during which Harley-Davidson fans, as promised on the company's official website, will be able to try out the technological novelty.