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Harley decided the engine should also be used in a sport-cruiser, then took over development, making it "too big, too heavy, too expensive and too late" for Buell. [ 11 ] Harley-Davidson forced Buell to follow the rigid product planning and distribution process beginning in the 1990s, with the philosophy that Buell was the starter brand, and ...
Harley-Davidson was slow to capitalize on this demand, finally introducing the Sportster XR-1000 street bike for the 1983 model year, 13 years after the XR-750 racer. The XR-1000 used XR-750 heads, but kept the Sportster engine, frame and other equipment. [ 10 ]
The Harley-Davidson KR or KR750 was a 45.125 cu in (739.47 cc) displacement V-twin engine racing motorcycle made by Harley-Davidson from 1953 through 1969 for flat track racing. It was also used in road racing in the KRTT faired version. When the KR was first introduced, it dominated motorcycle racing in the United States.
Introduced a new touring frame with rubber-mounted engine, five speed transmission, steering geometry with a low rake angle and the fork mounted behind the headset. The Tour Glide had a frame-mounted fairing. FLTR/I Road Glide 82 cu in (1,340 cc) (1998) 88 cu in (1,450 cc) (1999–2010) 88 cu in (1,450 cc) (2010–2016)
Surely the most outstanding and most copied motorcycle fork ever is on the Captain America (motorcycle) in Easy Rider.Built in late 1967 based on 1949+ Harley Hydraglide: 12 inch over, raked, cleaned, chromed 1968 BMW R60US with conventional telescopic fork Unusual "trailing bottom link" on a Honda Rune
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The Harley-Davidson Super Glide was a motorcycle made by the Harley-Davidson. 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 ...
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump failed the first big test of whether he can hold together fractious Republicans to pass his second-term agenda when 38 GOP House members bucked him on ...