Harley-Davidson celebrates muscle car culture and its racing heritage by introducing Fast Johnnie, the 2023 addition to the Enthusiast Motorcycle Collection of limited-run bikes featuring factory-direct custom paint and graphic treatments.

Executed in Celestial Blue with white racing stripes, this special Enthusiast Collection paint scheme is factory-installed for three 2023 Harley-Davidson models: the Low Rider ST, the Street Glide ST, and the Road Glide ST motorcycles, with combined production limited to no more than 2,000 models globally.

“The striping graphic effect is a powerful signal to the generation that came of age during this era and is still impactful today,” said Harley-Davidson Vice President of Design and Creative Director Brad Richards. “The Celestial Blue base color selected for Fast Johnnie recalls a popular tone from the muscle car era. For the graphic striping, we created a custom white color formulated to authentically reflect the era, executed in a classic thin-wide-thin pattern on the sides and top of the motorcycle bodywork. The look is a nod to pure Americana.”

Enthusiast Motorcycle Collection models celebrate Harley-Davidson riders and are inspired by their stories and legacies. The Fast Johnnie paint scheme taps into iconic design themes featured on high-performance muscle cars and pony cars of the 1960s and 1970s – contrasting “racing” or “rally” striping over a bold base color and a clever or symbolic character or logo incorporated into the graphics package.

Both elements created an obvious visual difference between the high-performance version of a car and the standard version of the same model. The Fast Johnnie character applied to the left side of the fuel tank also appears on the Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® factory team motorcycles raced in the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers series.

It was inspired by the story of a piglet named Johnnie adopted in 1920 by Harley-Davidson racer and member of the infamous “Wrecking Crew,” Ray Weishaar, which became a team mascot. The piglet is often perched on a motorcycle fuel tank for a post-race victory lap and is usually cited as the source of the “Hog” moniker that, to this day, is often applied to anything Harley-Davidson.