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Originally Posted by Borders Reivers
Harley-Davidson XR1000
1983-1984 and the racers cost $50,000 then
Superbike
Street trim
Lucifer's Hammer XR1000
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I well remember those, with the
Cycle World road test featuring Springer wheeling one around a flat track. I darn near bought one, but the price was just stupid - something like two grand more than the top of the line Electra Glide.
I was an early member of the old XL List when we tried, as a group effort, to fund a team going after the land speed record for whatever class that thing fit into. The record was held by a Guzzi at the time, we all thought was rather unacceptable.
To make a long story short, the XR1000 just could not breathe well enough to get the job done. It was abandoned in favor of a simple Evo Sportster, which handily secured the record for the Americans.