The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated the list of motorcycles, among which there were two new models of Harley-Davidson Sportster 2018: Forty-Eight Special and Iron 1200.

Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight Special and the Iron 1200 are equipped with a 1200-cc Evolution Sportster air-cooled engine along with the 1200 Custom, Roadster, and the Forty-Eight (both the regular model and the Anniversary Edition color variant pictured below) which are already available for sale.

The Forty-Eight Special and Iron 1200 were added to the EPA’s list of certified models in a document dated January 2018. The document was previous updated in October 2017. According to the documents, the filings for the 1200cc Sportster engine remain the same, with no changes to claimed power output or emissions levels.

The fact nothing else had changed in the engine’s emissions data tells us that engines and exhaust systems of the Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special are the same and did not require additional emissions testing of the EPA. So, in the near future we are waiting for the premiere of two new motorcycles.

The Iron 1200 is expected to look like the current Iron 883 Sportster (pictured above) but with the larger engine. As for the Forty-Eight Special, it is more difficult. We can look back at the Road King Special, Road Glide Special and Street Glide Special. The American manufacturer usually adds the word "Special", releasing a blacked-out version of the base model.

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