My New XR Modifications

XR124

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.

Brian Mannon has a nice smugmug page with some really high quality pics of his visit there. via Motorcycle Picture of the Day.

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Jason Wonder's XR1200

Jason started by taking off the fuel injection system: ‘We wanted a hot rod with zero dead spots. So we went with an XR Carb conversion, and ditched the 25 lb harness and throttle bodies.’ The new ignition system is fully programmable, and gives the motor a serious jolt of extra power (and responsiveness). The bodywork is custom fabricated, including the tank, tail and seat unit: it’s not a million miles away from the lines of the stock bike, but it looks a million times better. The sinuous exhaust system has been remodeled to terminate in a Yoshimura muffler, and the top tree is also custom-made. Clip-ons and race controls add the finishing touch. Check out more at Wonder Bikes. via BikeEXIF.

Next Purchase

My butt has had enough! The stock solo seat isn't bad for heading to the store but after a 45 minute ride, I start to get uncomfortable.  

This is the Saddleman replacement seat from Storz for the stock seat pad. It is slightly thicker than the stock seat pad, but more importantly it features an improved shape along with a gel insert for maximum comfort. It is intended to fit the stock seat section or the racing style solo seat section (FGL-400) and mounts using the stock hardware. $225

Nice XR1200 from X-Race.net