This performance-oriented Road Glide ST variant debuted for the 2022 model year as Harley-Davidson’s factory hot-rod take on the shark-nose touring formula. It was positioned as a harder-edged alternative to the regular Road Glide, pairing the familiar frame-mounted fairing and long-distance touring stance with a more aggressive, stripped-down look and a stronger emphasis on solo-rider performance. The model’s identity was built around the Road Glide’s distinctive fixed fairing and a blacked-out, West Coast-inspired treatment rather than the chrome-heavy style of traditional tourers. For 2022, Harley-Davidson marketed it as part of a new breed of performance baggers, using the Road Glide ST nameplate to signal a sportier, more street-focused direction for the Grand American Touring family. In Harley-Davidson’s later model-code listings, the non-CVO FLTRXST no longer appears in the current lineup, while the CVO Road Glide ST continues separately, indicating that the standard Road Glide ST was a short-lived production run. The nameplate therefore represents a recent, single-generation chapter in Harley-Davidson’s touring history rather than a long-running sub-line that evolved over many decades.
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