{"id":6313,"date":"2020-07-07T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2020-07-07T19:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T18:14:33","slug":"returning-to-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/returning-to-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to the new &#8220;Normal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6314 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-862x647.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.14-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, nearly: we&#8217;ve picked up a Harley-Davidson XL883 Iron. Partly because we&#8217;ve not ridden one for a while, but also there is much talk about using social distancing to encourage people onto two wheels, and this is the entry level Sportster.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6313 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-862x1149.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.28.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-862x1149.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.28.59.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-862x1149.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.30.04.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We would have gone for a Street Rod \u2013 \u00a32k cheaper \u2013 but there isn&#8217;t one on the press fleet. There isn&#8217;t a Street either \u2013 even cheaper \u2013 which is good news because there hasn&#8217;t been any changes since the last one of those that we rode in August 2016. There isn&#8217;t much difference since the 2015 relaunch of the 883 Street either, but I always enjoy throwing my leg over a Sportster: it might be small in Harley terms, but it&#8217;s still nearly a 900cc and nimble with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6321\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-862x1149.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.34-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6320 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-862x647.jpg 862w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-20.46.14-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And I say small, but it dwarfs my Low Rider, which regular readers will know is the size by which all motorcycles should be measured \u2013 just as Wales is used to measure the size of countries.<\/p>\n<p>More in American-V issue 102, which is being beaten into shape as we speak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, nearly: we&#8217;ve picked up a Harley-Davidson XL883 Iron. Partly because we&#8217;ve not ridden one for a while, but also there is much talk about &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/returning-to-the-new-normal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-harley-davidson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-06-17.29.13.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yyfo-1DP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6324,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313\/revisions\/6324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}