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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 ...
The Harley-Davidson Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by Harley-Davidson. Sportster models are designated in Harley-Davidson's product code by beginning with "XL". In 1952, the predecessors to the Sportster, the Model K Sport and Sport Solo motorcycles, were introduced.
The Servi-Car used variations of Harley-Davidson's 45 cubic inch flathead. From 1932 to 36, the Servi-Car used the engine from the solo R model. [1] It was changed in 1937 to the engine used in the W model, which differed mainly in having a recirculating oil system instead of the constant-loss system of the R. [2] [7] The "W" flathead engine continued until the end of production in 1973 ...
The company was founded by Paul Moorhouse, who, after building a series of one-off cars for his own use, decided to put one into production as a kit car. The first kits were sold in 1979. [1] The first product was the Roadster, which remained in the line-up until sold, along with the Berlinetta, to Yorkshire Kit Cars (YKC) in 1992. YKC kept ...
Outlaw Choppers. MotorBooks International. Mike Seate (2004). How to Build a West Coast Chopper Kit Bike. MotorBooks International. Mike Seate (2006). Technochop. MotorBooks International. Mike Seate (2007). How to build a pro streetbike. St. Paul: MotorBooks International. Mike Seate (2008). Choppers Forever: A Complete History. Motorcycle ...
A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in the US state of California in the late 1950s. A chopper employs modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified ("chopped") or built from scratch.
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The presenters, based at Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife, were set the task of building a Caterham Seven kit car from scratch and driving past the starting line faster than the time it would take The Stig to reach the track from the Caterham showroom in Caterham using a pre-built Caterham Seven kit car. The presenters won the challenge because ...