True Timing

In the world of motorcycles, the idea of experimentation with the machine’s styling didn’t really start in earnest till the 1980s. It was only around this time that motorcycle styling started to move away from older ideas of round instruments and headlamps and a general theme of minimalism. Although the laurel of becoming the first motorcycle with a factory fitted fairing as standard, goes to the BMW R100RS back in 1976, should you Google the model you’ll realize that it was nowhere close to the outrageous designs that were to follow. In just about half a decade all of that would start to change with the introduction of fully faired race replicas such as the Suzuki RG250 Gamma and the Honda VF750 F. By the mid 1990s, motorcycle styling had become a riot of ideas – fully faired, half faired, adventure touring, naked street bikes, ét al.  However, one motorcycle manufacturer that refused to play ball, was Harley-Davidson. Although excessive in many respects, the styling of the motorcycles to proudly wear the bar and shield logo always harked back to a simpler era. A time when round analogue gauges and headlamps were the norm. In fact, in many ways the brand