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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 ...
XLCR 1977–1978-1979: Cafe racer 1,000 cc overhead-valve engine, iron heads, 2000 made in 77, 1200 in 78, and 9 in 1979; XR-1000 1983–1984: 1,000 cc street model using XR racing cylinder head and other XR engine parts; XLR: 883 cc overhead-valve engines, iron heads
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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 Overhead-valve engines, iron heads (1970–1971), alloy heads (1972–1985) XLCR: 61 cu in (1,000 cc) 1977–1978
The XR1200 has less in common with the XR-750 than the XR-1000 did, but has so far found a warmer reception. [13] [14] Former Harley-Davidson racing team rider, Mert Lawwill, constructs and markets modified Harley-Davidson XR1200 bikes that are street-legal versions of the Harley-Davidson XR-750 that he raced in the Grand National Championship.
Gene Perryman, a Harley-Davidson archivist, described the original model unit numbers that numbered the Confederate Editions (and which had been recently published in Old Bike Journal, Feb '95). The issue also described the rare promotional material for the Harley-Davidson Sportster Confederate Edition featuring a model in a cowboy hat with a ...
Harley-Davidson 1000 cc HT 1923. By 1920 Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with 28,189 machines produced and dealers in 67 countries. [27] In 1921, Otto Walker set a record on a Harley-Davidson as the first motorcycle to win a race at an average speed greater than 100 mph (160 km/h). [28] [29]
The California Mart was built for Harvey and Barney Morse, two brothers from New York City who started a clothing factory in Downtown Los Angeles in the early 1960s. [2] [3] [4] The three 13-story buildings were designed in the modernist architectural style. [5] [6] [7]