| Author | Message | ||
     Ulynut |
Totally ripped off from The Kneeslider...    While Harley Davidson tries to attract a younger buyer during their struggle to recover from the slow sales of big twin cruisers, they might want to talk to some guys who are creating customs like this one, the XR124, built by Mike Wilson of Dyno Mike's Dynamic Chassis and Sandy Kosman of Kosman Specialties. Instead of building another bagger or Softail, why not kick up the performance and handling a notch and make the styling a bit more racy. This bike is called the XR124, built in the XR style and powered by an S&S 124 cubic inch Evo engine. The frame is a twin shock rubber mount with a Buell XB12 front end, using the upside down fork, front fender and Buell 6 piston caliper. Mike built the exhaust, Sandy Kosman did the wheels and Evan Wilcox hammered out the aluminum tank and rear fender. The whole bike comes in under 500 pounds, not bad for a big twin Harley, and a lot of that weight is in the engine. I think this a great looking custom with the appearance of a factory model. There nothing really radical here and HD could turn out something like this without any huge investment while appealing to a younger rider. It's just one idea the Motor Company could follow up on and it might be a better direction than adding more jackets or boots. If you would rather not wait for Milwaukee to catch on, you could always contact Mike Wilson to see if he would put one together for you. Me like. Now start loading those flame-throwers! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Looks better than the XR1200 abomination sitting on the floor. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Hmmm... everything the XR1200 should have been! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The difference between a bike built by someone building a bike they will love and someone building a bike with a committee as a product. | ||
| Iman501 |
i know sportsters get a lot of crap but i like that flat track kit they make for them, the orange one! i could see myself on that | ||
| Pwnzor |
I've been drooling over spoked wheels for years... I can't find anybody to lace me a set for my Z for less than $4000... ridiculous, but they look the business on the bike shown above. | ||
| Ourdee |
Lace your own. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Lace your own. Is it a simple thing to do? I don't know about that... | ||
| Geist |
It's not hard to build bicycle wheels. I don't see how this would be insanely different. But I've never done it so... | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The trick is going to be the rim mounted brakes and the hubs. | ||
| Joshinga |
its not hard but it can be REALLY frustrating (trust me)  Mainly because you don't normally discover you have screwed up till you get down to the last few spokes. (Message edited by joshinga on April 15, 2010) | ||
| Oddball |
That's pretty good. I liked the Exile RX-Streetfighter. http://www.exilecycles.com/index.php?section=110 (Message edited by Oddball on April 15, 2010) | ||
| Sifo |
To do it right is a bit of an art form. Getting it straight without hops and even spoke tension can be tricky. A well built wheel will remain true for a long, long time. Poorly done any you will need to tune them often. Also do you need a wheel that is true enough to run at 50 mph or 150 mph? Or somewhere in between? Not sure about modifying a rim for the XB rotor either. No doubt it's possible, but to have that fail at high speed would be bad. | ||
| Reg_kittrelle |
Steve Storz does a pretty decent job with the XR1200.  | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Reg, do you have a picture of the other side? I want to see what the exhaust looks like. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
I want this sporty:  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I want to see a component part list build for that bike.... I have a 03 XL in the garage..... | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Everyone on Advrider wanted a parts list too, I don't think any details ever emerged though. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
just think what that bike with a thumper motor would be like to ride, although that one does look very sweet. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Neil. I hate to say it, but I think you and City would need two milk crates to get on that thing. | ||
| B00stzx3 |
brupbrupbrupbrupbrupbrup. Does it come with chaps and some sweet Harley legwarmers? They killed the only product line that appealed to younger people. I'm 23 and I wouldn't think of riding this or anything that even looked like a cruiser. Good luck HD, hope you get bought out by a foreign company! | ||
| Patches |
Cyclonedon this is what the other side looks like.  | ||
| Mikef5000 |
How does your leg not melt/ignite with the location of that exhaust and foot peg? Badass looking bike none the less. | ||
| Midknyte |
Gotta figure those are double walled pipes with a good amount of airspace in between | ||
| Reg_kittrelle |
.and here's the link: http://www.storzperf.com/ | ||
| Bandm |
 Tall boots and heavy socks keep your leg from blistering and cotton pants keep the flames to a minimum. All my riding pants have holes burned in the left leg. I would like to see the XR124 next to a sportster for scale. The 124 is a big twin engine in a touring frame, the tank looks 3 ft long. The revolution engine is smaller than the big twin and was considered too big for a sportbike. | ||
| Reg_kittrelle |
I don't like the XR124. It's proportions are wrong, the Buell brake looks wrong, and the stock XL swingarm lacks sufficient torsional strength to handle the motor's torque. The swing arm on the stock XR1200 is one of Harley's most impressive pieces of engineering. That's a stocker on the Storz bike ...it's just been cosmetic'ed up. | ||
| Buell2001b |
these bikes looks liek somethign Mr brady woudl ride and remember his ass was gay | ||
| Ferrisbuellersdayoff |
http://iwblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sc an0013-429x580.jpg its not a factory piece, so who cares, its just another schmucks attempt at a performance bike | ||
| Skinstains |
Bandm, is that a for real honest injun XR 1000 ? Do you still have it ? |
