Harley-Davidson XR 1000

XR 1000 is a model of Motocyclette of the American manufacturer Harley-Davidson.

In 1983, Harley-Davidson, eager to start again the mark before the launching of its engine evolution loan to start production, decide, following the requests repeated since many years by the users, to market a sporting model derived from the famous XR 750, the XR 1000.

The XR 1000 with the characteristic to be assembled on the basis of casing new, which will be those of the future evolutions sporsters " all aluminum" , to be equipped with cast iron cylinders shorter than those of the " 1000 fonte" in current production, and cylinder heads accommodating each one a carburettor.

The shorter cylinders are obligatory to allow the passage of the large mask-tumblers in the tallies. In fact, the race of the Bielle is shifted on the crankshaft, which is identical, as well as the rods, with those of the range évo.

The Carburizing S Dell' Orto equipping the machine its provided with enormous air filters, and are laid out of the right-sided of the machine. The exhausts, go up left side of the motor bike to height of the thigh. Except the characteristics of the engine, the remainder of the machine remains very close to the series production, the springs of the fork receive a stronger taring, braking made up of double discs to front, is very powerful contrary to the remainder of the production, thanks to the use of a simple but effective distributer, and rigid hose connections on the majority length.

On a total production of 1.177 machines, only 177 models of black and orange color were manufactured.

The versions race , named XRTT , are very rare, and very powerful. They gained many victories in their categories, and were world champion several times.

Nowadays, the machines of origin, or factory, became collectors and it is frequently able to see them surcotées due to scarcity.

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