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That is a real tasty piece, love the look, style and history. Imagine HD bringing back a heritage, nostalgia Sportster based on the engineering and performance of that race bike. Financial woes and millennial appeal problems would be solved. https://www.hdforums.com/articles/19...or-the-street/
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I remember being a junior in high school and stopping by H&M Cycle in Dover Ohio every chance I had to droll over the one they had sitting on the floor.
Sexy AF, IMO. Never heard about them being any kinda powerhouse, but with some compression, cams & good head work, I don't think it would be too hard to make it go like stink.
Sexy AF, IMO. Never heard about them being any kinda powerhouse, but with some compression, cams & good head work, I don't think it would be too hard to make it go like stink.
They had completely different barrels and heads from the factory.
Here's a nice article on the bike. They didn't sell very well, but today they bring big $$$$$. The air filters interfered with your right leg and the exhaust pipes burned your left leg. Fast for an HD, but mediocre compared to the metric bikes. They looked like an XR750 in the engine bay only. IMHO, if they had put the XR750 flat track body work on the bike, it would have sold much better.
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1983 XR 1000 feature bike
