Harley-Davidson's ideas are taken one step further by people such as Mike
Wilson of Dyno Mike’s Dynamic Chassis and Sandy Kosman of Kosman Specialties, who have teamed up to build what they call the Harley-Davidson XR124.
They’ve
taken Harley’s sportiest ride, the XR1200 and made it look, sound and
feel more appealing for the younger crowd, while still retaining the
bike’s original style. In other words, they’ve mounted an S&S 124
cubic inch Evo engine on a twin shock rubber mount frame with a Buell
XB12 front end (meaning upside down fork, front fender and six-piston caliper). The aluminum tank and rear fender were ordered from Evan Wilcox.
These
guys aren’t just bike assemblers, so they’ve built their own exhaust
and wheels. Overall, the thing weighs less than 500 pounds, which should
make it flickable, while the power-to-weight ratio should make things
at least very interesting.
As with most successful
tuner projects, this bike looks like it was actually made like this by
the manufacturer, but we can only wish H-D would build such a bike.
