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XL1200C "1200 Custom" As of 2011 has a 130/90B16 front tyre, wide front end, 5-spoke mags (UK gets wires), new shape eyebrow, wider flatter "Custom" tank and introduces "H-D1". XL1200V "72" Radical Chopper with design inspired by the classic styling of the early 1970s chopper/bobbers that were prevalent during this time.
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.
Also in 2007, electronic fuel injection was introduced to the Sportster family, and the Nightster model was introduced in mid-year. In 2009, Harley-Davidson added the Iron 883 to the Sportster line, as part of the Dark Custom series. In the 2008 model year, Harley-Davidson released the XR1200 Sportster in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Harley-Davidson Twin Cam engine at the Harley-Davidson Museum. The Harley-Davidson Twin Cam are motorcycle engines made by Harley-Davidson from 1998 to 2017. Although these engines differed significantly from the Evolution engine, which in turn was derived from the series of single camshaft, overhead valve motors that were first released in 1936, they share a number of characteristics with ...
100th Anniversary H-D Dyna Low Rider (FXDL), 2003 2005 Dyna Super Glide Custom Controls of a 2008 Harley-Davidson FXD Superglide Dyna Wideglide TwinCam 88. Design work began on the replacement for the FXR chassis shortly after the first FXR bikes were sold. [10] The Dyna chassis was introduced in 1991 with a limited-production FXDB Sturgis ...
When BMW ended production of the R1200C lineup, Dr. Herbert Diess, then President BMW Motorrad, cited a prime reason for discontinuing the bike was the apparent unsuitability of the 1,170 cc (71 cu in), 61 hp (45 kW) engine to then current market tastes and the unavailability of a suitable engine for further development, but did not rule out BMW pursuing a reinterpretation of the cruiser idea ...
The XR-1000 used XR-750 heads, but kept the Sportster engine, frame and other equipment. [10] Costing nearly twice the price of a base model Sportster XL, the XR-1000 sold poorly and many performance enthusiasts simply bought an XL and upgraded the heads, carburetors and exhaust themselves at significantly less total cost. [ 10 ]
The BMW R1200ST is a sport touring motorcycle, [1] which was introduced in 2005 by BMW Motorrad to replace the R1150RS model. [2] The R1200ST features the same 1,170 cc (71 cu in) flat-twin engine, a six-speed gearbox and shaft drive as the R1200RT.