The Harley Davidson XR1000

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1984 Harley-Davidson XR1000
From the Allen Vintage Motorcycle Museum collection. A near perfect example
of this collectible classic. A total of only 1170 miles on the bike. Certainly
one of the finest examples in the world of this rare classic.

Produced in very limited numbers, the XR1000 is regarded by many as one of Harley Davidson's best motorcycles. Based on the standard Sportster, the engine was highly modified and used cylinder heads and twin Dell'Orto carburetors from the XR750 race bike. The motorcycle was frighteningly fast but was discontinued after only two years of limited production making it, today, a highly desirable collector piece.

This picture and info courtesy of the Allen Vintage Motorcycle Museum
http://www.allenmuseum.com/

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This bike belongs to Mats Ekelund

Details:

The chassis is a 1983 Sportster. It deviates from stock as follows:
Rear wheel 18"*3" Akront rim and aluminum hub from 1997 Sportster. Aluminum sprocket.
Front wheel 19"*2½" Akront rim and HD aluminum hub.
Koni shocks.
Screaming Eagle fork brace.
Progressive fork springs. Modified damper tubes.


The engine is the most modified form stage II that is still streetable. It has the following modifications:
Dual plug heads. Ported and polished.
40mm modified 38 Mikunis, velocity stacks and manifolds from Branch Flowmetrics.
Supertrapp weld on muffler tips.
Sifton 214R .540 lift cam.
Arias forged pistons.
Cylinders trimmed .060, final compression 10.8:1.
Andrews "C" ratio gearbox.
Barnett clutch. Drilled and lightened clutch basket for improved oil flow to clutch.
Crane Cams HI-4 single fire ignition. 2 Accel coils.
Balanced flywheel assembly from 1980 year model. The rods are magnafluxed and shotpeened.

VERY, VERY nice bike!  Thanks for the Pic and info Mats

(note: You can check out Mats's brother's XLCR on my XLCR page)

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For a copy of the March 14, 1986 XR1000 High Performance Data sheet for closed circuit racing (in Acrobat reader format) go to Mats's home page at:  http://www.ekelund.pp.se/xr1000.htm

 

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A couple of pics from an old XR1000 sales brochure.

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A couple of random XR1000 pictures:

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This XR1000 is owned by "Banzai" from near Strasbourg, France.

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NICE XR1000 spotted at Sears Point

Courtesy of Steve Matz - Billings, Mt. MATZ1949@aol.com    Thanks Steve!

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NICE XR1000 (trying to look like an XR750) it was built by Bartel's, had a Champion frame and a bunch of other goodies.

It was for sale too.

      Courtesy of Steve Matz - Billings, Mt. MATZ1949@aol.com    Thanks Steve!

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XR1000 Street tracker

 Courtesy of Steve Matz - Billings, Mt. MATZ1949@aol.com    Thanks Steve!

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More info on the XR1000:

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