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"Harley-Davidson XLCR Cafe Racer", Sump, 2015 Lindsay, Brooke (November 5, 2006), "Harley's Sportster: From a Wild Child to a Grown-Up in 50 Years" , The New York Times , retrieved 2015-06-28 , 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 ...
XLCR1000 "Cafe Racer" model, available in 1977, 1978 and 1979. [9] XR1000, two high rise flat track style exhausts on the left and two staggered K&N type filters feeding Dell'Orto carburetors on the right. Had a 1,000 cc engine and a combination of XLX Sportster and modified XR-750 parts. [10] XLH1100; XLH1200
With limited time and money in 1969, Harley-Davidson's racing manager Dick O'Brien and his team used elements of existing designs to put together a new OHV racer, but rather than start from scratch they decided to modify their existing OHV racer: the Sportster-based 900 cc (55 cu in) XLR magneto-equipped race engine with a 3.0000 in (7.620 cm ...
The café racer influence is apparent in the design of some electric motorcycles, for example, the TC model of Super Soco is commonly referred to as a café racer. [ 38 ] A shared design foundation that can frequently be found among many café racers are clip on handle bars, a flat alignment of the passenger seat and fuel tank and spoked wheels ...
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Cook Neilson (born August 24, 1943) is an American former journalist and motorcycle racer known widely for his win on a Ducati 750SS at the Daytona International Speedway in 1977. He graduated from Princeton in the mid-1960s, [ 1 ] was hired as associate editor of Cycle in September 1967; promoted to editor in 1969, and is credited for making ...
A limited edition of 300 complete motorcycles, the Steve McQueen Métisse Desert Racer, is a replica of the motorcycle raced by actor Steve McQueen in 1966 and 1967. [6] [7] The Desert Racer uses a fully reconditioned original Meriden Triumph unit construction 650 cc 6T engine.
Harold Daniell was a successful Isle of Man TT racer with three victories and several placings in the Tourist Trophy races and the Manx Grand Prix. [21] After testing the new Norton frame in 1950 he declared that it was like "riding on a featherbed" compared with riding the "garden gate [22] "—and it has been called the featherbed frame ever ...