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2027 Harley-Davidson Sprint 440 Harkens Back to a Simpler Time

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2027 Harley-Davidson Sprint 440 Harkens Back to a Simpler Time

Harley-Davidson’s new entry-level motorcycle resurrects a classic name and its single-cylinder formula.

Given the price of, well, everything these days, affordability and accessibility are unsurprisingly hot buzzwords in the motorcycle industry. And brands that’ve embraced them are reaping the benefits. Bikes like Triumph’s 400 range and Royal Enfield’s 350 range—lightweight, inexpensive, modest-capacity single-cylinder—are practically flying off showroom floors. Up until now, that’s described nothing in Harley-Davidson’s stable, at least for US riders. But that changes with the 2027 Harley-Davidson Sprint 440.

While the Bar and Shield basically bleeds V-twins, the brand hasn’t only made two-cylinder bikes. Its earliest models, often called “Silent Gray Fellows,” had single-cylinder engines. And if the new Sprint 440’s name seems familiar to you, it’s because Harley sold single-powered bikes with that nameplate in the 1960s and 1970s.

While those Sprints were built in Italy, the US-market Sprint 440s will be built in Harley’s York, Pennsylvania factory. Admittedly, this new Sprint technically derives from the single-cylinder Harley that’s already been on sale elsewhere for several years: the X440 developed together with the Indian company Hero MotoCorp. But still, don’t cry heresy, Milwaukee faithful.

It might use a vintage name and manufacturing formula, but the 2027 Sprint 440 is a thoroughly modern Harley-Davidson. Its 440cc two-valve air/oil-cooled single-cylinder engine—fuel-injected, unlike the carbureted original Sprints—makes 27 hp and 28 pound-feet, sent to the rear wheel via a slip-assist clutch and six-speed transmission. That rear wheel is 17 inches in diameter, with the front being 19 inches; both are cast aluminum.


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