2025 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Ultra – First Look

The new Ultra is based off the Street Glide, but provides additional cargo capacity and accoutrements for two-up riding. The fairing lowers are a brand new design that is shorter than the previous design but broader front-to-back. Harley-Davidson says they are designed for aerodynamic comfort, with an integrated vent allowing riders to further fine-tune airflow to a rider’s legs. The lowers each contain a 0.15-cubic foot (4.2-liter) storage compartment with a push-button latch for holding small items like a wallet or keys. Along the leading edge of the lowers is a panel (visible above in black against the red paint) that can be removed to fit accessory LED fog lamps.

The batwing fairing is the same design as the latest Street Glide, with the distinctive integrated LED turn signals. The windshield, however, is four inches taller than the Street Glide’s, providing even more protection from the wind. Likewise, the Street Glide Ultra has larger fork-mounted air deflectors below the fairing, redirecting more air compared to the Street Glide. These lower deflectors are adjustable and can be stowed to provide more cooling air when riding in warmer weather.

The saddle is a new design exclusive to the Street Glide Ultra. The rider’s portion is thicker than the Street Glide’s saddle, increasing the seat height by 0.4 inches to 28.5 inches, while the passenger portion is both thicker and longer, extending back to meet the King Tour-Pak case. The Tour-Pak, fairing lowers and side cases combine for 4.9 cubic feet (138.8 liters) of cargo space, which Harley-Davidson says is double the capacity of the Street Glide and 4% more than the 2024 Ultra Limited.

The touring platform brought weight savings to the Road Glide and Street Glide, compared to their predecessors, and the same applies to the Street Glide Ultra. Harley-Davidson claims a curb weight of 866 pounds compared to the Ultra Limited’s claimed 917 pounds. It’s still a hefty bike, but that’s the tradeoff for a full dress tourer, and a 51-pound weight difference is not insignificant.

Apart from these differences, the Street Glide Ultra is very similar to the regular Glide. They share the same Milwaukee-Eight 117 engine with cylinder head cooling, along with the Road Glide, which claims a peak output of 105 hp at 4,600 rpm and 130 lb-ft. at 3,250 rpm.

The Street Glide Ultra offers four ride modes, Road, Sport, Rain, and Custom, as well as a suite of electronic aides including linked brakes, anti-lock brakes, traction control, and drag torque slip control (all lean-sensitive thanks to an inertial measurement unit), plus vehicle hold control and a tire pressure monitoring system.