Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight review

It’s not fast, practical or particularly useful - but it's fun

I'M not sure any other type of motorcycle divides riders as emphatically as Harley-Davidsons. They're not especially fast and sometimes not especially practical or even comfortable, and that perhaps is why the people who hate them seem to really hate them.

Yet the people who love them really love them, and there are a lot who do. The Harley Owners Group has a staggering one million members worldwide and 14,000 in the UK alone. Why?

I came closer to understanding at the launch of the Forty-Eight in Barcelona last week.

Click here to read the rest of our Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight review.

I'M not sure any other type of motorcycle divides riders as emphatically as Harley-Davidsons. They're not especially fast and sometimes not especially practical or even comfortable, and that perhaps is why the people who hate them seem to really hate them.

Yet the people who love them really love them, and there are a lot who do. The Harley Owners Group has a staggering one million members worldwide and 14,000 in the UK alone. Why?

I came closer to understanding at the launch of the Forty-Eight in Barcelona last week.

Click here to read the rest of our Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight review.