Comments on: Harley Davidson XR1200 Now Officially Official

By: brian

brian — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:09:51 +0000

The looks are spot on. But the bike is far too heavy to have any impact on the naked sportbike market. Harley needs to look at the Ducati Monster for inspiration. If it goes on a diet down to 400 pounds or less – then it will be a true contender not a pretender.

By: maddog

maddog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:43:35 +0000

bought my xr nov. 22 at local hd shop. received it 3 weeks later.i love it. handles great not as fast as my x1 buell but thats ok. ordered a pair of slip ons from euro motards in italy..put them on yesterday. quite a differance from stock. if the weather would turn for the better i could take a good ride up north arkansas. ride safe. maddog

By: Gene

Gene — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:37:47 +0000

Wonder what they did with the bore and stroke.The XR750 was a 883 (900?) destroked to 750cc.
If the 1200 is a bored-out 750, it would be a screamer.Let’s not forget the late Cal Rayburn scoring
points and turning heads on the GrandPrix curcuit on his factory XR.

By: todd

todd — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:05:17 +0000

They are offering it in low numbers because they don’t want people to know they mass produce motorcycles to the tune of over 300,000 per year. If they told you they were going to sell 30,000 XR1200’s they wouldn’t seem that special would they?

-todd

By: steve

steve — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:39:54 +0000

This bike is really UGLY. I love Sportsters but would rather have the kit they offered in the EARLY ninty’s. Take that kit and a few suspention changes and you have a real race version just like the 883 class that was but with more power. And while they are at it why the heck don’t they give us a Sportster with more cubic inches. It is pretty easy and cost no more to manufacture.