Harley-Davidson Breakout Bragging-Rights Muscle Cruiser

Riding comfort improves with a new horizontal shock that’s preload adjustable on the go, with the remote wheel just beneath your right leg.
The engine though is the main difference, Breakout picking up the 117 cubic inch mill instead of the 114, so 1923cc, and offering up almost 170Nm of torque at 3500rpm.
There’s 76kW of power on tap, developed at just over 5000rpm. Not that the old one was wanting in the output department. It’s just that a bit more grunt never hurts, right?
As to equipment this is somewhat limited, with no engine modes but there’s the mandated ABS while TC is optional and switchable.
There’s keyless start and cruise control, the latter simple to work, with just a push in to standby mode and a push down to set speed.
There are some traditional features too, like the self-cancelling indicators on the right and left switch blocks, and the unadjustable hand levers for the clutch and front brake.
As per, these are built for the Jack Reachers rather than the Tom Cruises of this world. Being in the latter group, (for hand, not wallet size) we’d put in a request for lever adjustability.
This has a fairly comfortable riding position, the bars slightly closer than they were on the 2021 bike as the risers are almost 20mm higher (they’re angled back towards you).
The LCD screen is so laughably small you might wonder where it is without the ignition on. Turns out it sits atop the handlebar holders.
While it seems to impart precious little in the way of information, we rather like that. Set the bottom readout to revs, trip, range to empty or whatever, only not fuel use; there’s a separate gauge for that and it doesn’t tell you the average consumption figure.