Harley Cafe Racer 1980

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Harley cafe racer 1980. It only has 6 500 miles on the original. Well today we re bucking that trend. The 1977 harley davidson xlcr 1000 café racer has at its heart an air cooled four stroke 45 v twin powerhouse mated to a five speed manual transmission and can produce 68 horsepower and 81. It s a 998cc v twin rated at 61 hp and 52 lb ft linked to a 4 speed transmission revivaler reports.

This bike is a 1980 harley davidson sportster that took me about a year to complete says jay. Some say that designer willie g. 1978 harley davidson xlcr engine bonhams. 2016 harley davidson breakout rsd copy 1988 suzuki gsxr 750.

Ovrlandr combustion industries xl1200r. 2007 triumph t100 cafe racer copy 2016 kawasaki w650 custom. The bike was actually designed by a committee of three people. The café racer concept was dreamt up by harley design chief willie g.

Two things we don t feature on this website all that often are harley davidsons and scramblers. According to del prado we started with a 1980 matching numbers donor and decided to turn it into a café with a lot of open space in the frame. 2017 harley davidson street 500. I had never really worked on a motorcycle prior to this.

Davidson and he took the idea to the limit. Davidson created it from the existing xlch sportster initially as his personal vehicle. Almost every part of the bike was pure black. Bob modero an engineer at harley jim haubert jim haubert engineering hired as an.

Although a harley davidson cafe racer conversion is a challenging undertaking there s no shortage of aftermarket parts available to help get it done. 1980 r100 cafe racer for sale 9350 complete nut and bolt restoration except engine no issues were found frame stripped and prof. It s a café racer based on dp s favorite platform the harley sportster ironhead. Dp customs are on a roll right now and according to owner justin del prado this is their fastest and best handling bike yet.

2008 ducati 1098 shedx race. The bikini fairing the fuel tank the tapered flat track style seat unit the side panels and mudguards the frame the exhaust system and most of the big 45 degree v twin engine itself. It has a custom painted wrinkle effect tank as well as a freshly painted engine and frame. Free bike insurance calculator free bike shipping cost calculator this is a 1980 kz750h ltd custom cafe racer.

I wanted something to ride again but even more than that i wanted to build my own cafe racer read the full story of jay s harley cafe racer build here. A cruiser with a porsche engine the harley davidson xlcr s engine is pulled directly from the sportster motorcycle classics reports. 2013 triumph bonneville scrambler.