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It's Not a Streetfighter!

Harley-Davidson XR1200
Posted February 9 2009 05:14 PM by dave_sonsky 
Filed under: Miscellaneous

Since when did the Harley Davidson Sportster become a streetfighter?


OK, I'm not saying that the Harley-Davidson XR1200 isn't a cool bike, but it's not a streetfighter. Other mags and websites are testing it head to head with real streetfighters and referring to it as such. It's based on a frickin' flat-tracker for *** sakes!
A streetfighter is a chopped down version of an original high-performance model, or a naked bike with high performance abilities that's usually modified with improved brakes, etc for better performance.

That means something like a Bandit is sort of a chopped GSX-R, or an SV1000 could be considered a chopped TLR. These examples might even be pushing it, so let me give you something in the more traditional view: Triumph Speed Triple. It's naked, yet offers high performance aspects and is a hooligan's dream bike—good for wheelies and the like.
A 70hp Harley-Davidson XR1200...a cool bike, yeah, but definitely not a streetfighter. Knock it off.

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