When I was trundling back from Delhi to Belfast on an Enfield Bullet in 1998, I never thought I’d see the day when I’d describe a one-litre motorcycle as a great little bike.
Well, that day has arrived with the Nightster, the latest and finest incarnation in the 65-year history of Harley Sportsters.
Last year, it looked for a moment as if that history was coming to an end when Harley, strangled by Eurocrats who made it almost impossible for air-cooled engines to pass emission tests, dropped the air-cooled Sportster 883 and 1200.
