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Harley-Davidson testing electric motorcycles

By M.L. JOHNSON
Published June 19, 2014 9:36pm ET
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Harley-Davidson testing electric motorcycles
In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, employee Ben Lund demonstrates Harley's new electric motorcycle at Harley's research facility in Wauwatosa, Wis. The company plans to unveil the LiveWire model Monday, June 23, at an invitation-only event in New York. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson) | M.L. Johnson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Would a Harley still be a Harley if it didn’t have that out-of-my-way rumble and those fat, hydrocarbon-belching exhausts?

Motorcycle enthusiasts are about to find out as Harley-Davidson rolls out an electric bike — a sleek, futuristic version that sounds like a jet airplane taking off.

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