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The Sportster was offered in a number of different models. The 2024 models, which are not all offered in the same countries, are: Iron 883 - XL883N; Iron 1200 - XL1200NS; Forty-Eight - XL1200X; Sportster S (launched in 2021) Nightster; Harley-Davidson manufactured the last Evolution Sportster, a Gunship Gray 883, on November 18, 2022.
Conversions from 883 cc to 1,200 cc are relatively inexpensive and commonplace, [3] and cheaper than the price premium to go from an 883 to 1,200 engine on a new bike. [4] Carburetors were standard on Sportster engines until 2007, when they were replaced by the Delphi Electronic Sequential-Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI) system.
53.9 cu in (883 cc), 61 cu in (1,000 cc) (1972–1985) 1957–1985 The first year of Sportster, a development of the KH with overhead-valve engines and cast iron heads. The engine was updated after 29 years. [3] XR-750: 46 cu in (750 cc) 1970–1985
After these were depleted, a basic 1200 Sportster engine was used. In 1995, the engines were upgraded with Buell engineered high-performance parts and further upgraded in 1998. The liquid-cooled Harley V-Rod motor, developed by Harley-Davidson then made street legal according to the EPA by Porsche, [ citation needed ] was originally an Erik ...
In 2021, Harley-Davidson launched the Sportster S model, with a 121 hp engine and 228 Kg ready-to-ride weight. [152] The Sportster S was one of the first Harleys to come with cornering-ABS and lean-sensitive traction control. [153] The Sportster S is also the first model under the Sportster nameplate since 1957 to receive a completely new engine.
Several models went out of production before being surpassed by a contemporary with a higher top speed. Until a model was introduced that was faster than any previous motorcycle, the fastest bike on the market for a given year was actually slower than an earlier, out of production bike.
Reputed to be the first factory custom motorcycle, [1] it originated Harley-Davidson's FX series of motorcycles by mating Sportster components, most notably the front end, with the chassis of their larger big twin motorcycles. Super Glide models from 1991 to 2018 were based on the Dyna Glide chassis which has a wider variety of front ends and ...
Lindsay, Brooke (November 5, 2006), "Harley's Sportster: From a Wild Child to a Grown-Up in 50 Years", The New York Times As grim as those days were in terms of performance, it was an era that produced two of the Sportsters considered most unusual and sought-after by collectors, the 1977-78 XLCR Cafe Racer and the 1983-85 XR1000. Both of these ...