reminds me of when hillary said "we will never win against China unless we take back the means of production"

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The XR1200 was a good looking bike and probably rides great, but it's too street-bikey in appearance (and came our right after the damn '08 crash). Lawdy if they'd bothered to make a proper flat tracker with a 19" rear wheel (and leveraged some tire manufacturer to start making a decent street 19" rear tire) they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock. Now that they've killed the Evo motor it's a done deal, but imagine what could have been with a factory Hooligan flat tracker.

        • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          There's some great sportster scrambler builds over on advrider.com, too. Check out Phil Little's tracker parts: https://phillittleracing.com/motorcycle/xrx-sportster-street-tracker-kit

          Of greatest note is the steer tube insert he sells to steepen the head angle to 27.5*, seems very cool.