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One such dirt-happy Sportster recently caught our eye: this 2009 Sportster XR1200 scrambler by Brandon Sparks ( @beard.wrench ), an Alabama native living in Austin, Texas. The Harley-Davidson XR1200 first became available in North America in 2009. The tuned Evo V-twin offered up 91 horsepower (79 at the rear wheel), and the bike came with four.
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Harley Sportster Flat Trackers We are huge fans of Harley-Davidson Sportster flat tracker and dirt tracker builds. Harley-Davidson V-twins have long been dominant in flat track racing, and the new "Hooligan" and "Super Hooligan" classes have revived the interest in garage-built, Sportster trackers converted straight from street bikes.
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Having attained its current form in 2015, this Sportster 883-based dirt tracker was sold to a lucky new owner for around $15k. To be fair, that's a small price to pay given how much elbow grease.
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Today, the rise of Super Hooligan flat track racing has put the Sportster back in the limelight. The series has been called "a beautiful mashup of custom bike building, flat-track, and outlaw street racing" where machines of 750cc / 400 pounds and above compete in grassroots-style racing: "It harkens back to a time when any American could.
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But look elsewhere for a bit and you find a lot more and you can even make the humble Sportster into a pretty good looking retro dirt tracker. Storz Performance has a group of parts that collectively form the XR1200 conversion kit. About a year ago, they completely redesigned everything from their earlier kit to fit the new rubber mounted.
Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 • Scrambler • Dirt Tracker • Flat
Turning the Sportster into the "XG1200R". May 09, 2019 at 1:15pm ET 3 min read By: Tim Huber With the release of Indian 's new FTR1200, riders finally have the option of purchasing a production.
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05. With the lower legs back from Wargasser, and the box of fork guts, I headed over to Race Tech in Corona, California, to get tuned up. Tony Marasco, Race Tech's resident genius would transform the stock fork internals to a much racier setup thanks to new springs and the Gold Valve Emulators.
Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 • Scrambler • Dirt Tracker • Flat
In production since 1957, the Harley-Davidson Sportster may not seem like the first choice for a scrambler build, but this air-cooled V-twin cruiser has proven itself to have surprising potential as a heavyweight, multi-cylinder dirt-eater.
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The Sportster is from the lightweight class of Harley-Davidson, so it is the logical choice for riders who want to take their street bikes to the dirt for hooligan style riding. You might desire to turn your Harley-Davidson Sportster into a custom tracker too, but figure you have to be a professional mechanic or spend a fortune to accomplish it.
Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 • Scrambler • Dirt Tracker • Flat
Sometimes the best ideas are a little outside the box. Off Road Dual Sportster - knobbies for fun. There's also this Baja Harley built a few years ago by Jim Stanton. Using a custom frame and YZ 400 forks, some pieces from an ATK and a Sportster V-Twin. It certainly looks the part and reports from Jim say it's a keeper.
Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 • Scrambler • Dirt Tracker • Flat
By William Connor - September 1, 2015 The list of manufacturers putting out scramblers seems to grow daily. But the memo hasn't reached Milwaukee: Harley-Davidson have yet to jump on the mud-flinging bandwagon. If they do—not that it's likely—the Sportster would be the obvious candidate.
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As is customary for flat trackers, this Sportster street tracker rolls on 19" magnesium wheels, from Sundance in Tokyo. Measuring 2.50×19" up front and 3.50×19" at the back, and wrapped in Goldentyre DT rubber, they use custom carriers to mount the Harley brake discs and rear pulley.
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Hooligan XRX Kit Hooligans are the hot thing for dirt track racing and street. For whatever reason most Hooligan bikes use stock 3+ gallon tanks. I have adapted my stuff to the stock tanks. If you want to use an XR styled tank and tail, flip over to my SXR products. Hooligans can be used on the street and track without much in the way of changes.
3. Mark from Rusty Butcher 's bike.
There will always be killer Sportster builds to keep the massive second-hand market alive—like this rowdy flat tracker from Australia's Gasoline Motor Co. The Gasoline crew developed a taste for flat track racing after blasting round their local track at Appin, an hour's drive out of Sydney.
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19" Rear Wheel Replacement Kits Street trackers and for sure Hooligan racers need a 19" rear wheel so dirt track tires can be used- (dirt track tires are only made in 19".) The cheapest source of a 19" wheel is buying another front. Yes, gigantic tires can be mounted on narrow 2.15" wheels.
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Bill says this 1200 Sportster street tracker rides like a supermoto in the canyons and even better on the racetrack: "The bike will sit sideways in and out of the corners with ease…. You get a real feeling of being that flat track racer that you idolized as a kid.". Still, the best part has to be Bill's father's reaction every time.