Serial Thriller

Exclusive, fast and drop-dead gorgeous. Harley-Davidson’s hot rod streeter hits the mark — big time.

- Greg Leech

I’ve ridden and tested loads of Harley-Davidsons over the years. From cut-down Sporties to monstrous Ultras, I’ve thrown a leg over most of them.

I’ve also always “got” them. The old adage suggesting that riding a Harley is, well, “different” is as true today as it ever was. There’s still that air of mystique, the atmosphere of cool and, it has to be said, some of the compromises that committing to a Hog demands. Oddly, most of the people who knock H-Ds have not ridden one. So I always say, “Ride one. After that come and talk to me.”

But, and it’s a big but, I’ve never desired to own any particular one. I have never felt the overwhelming hankering that grabs many to have an H-D tucked away in the shed. I’ve never personally owned a Harley and probably never thought I would. Until now.

Enter the Dyna Low Rider S. It all came about on the Harley-Davidson 100 Years in Australia ride in which I recently took part. Riding the leg from Sydney to Melbourne the interesting way, Harley Australia head honcho Nigel Keough tapped me on the shoulder at a lunch stop and said, “Hey Snag, why don’t you grab the Low Rider S. I reckon you just might like it.” (I’d been happily aboard a Road King to that point). “Why not?” I thought. And the rest, my friends, is history.