Harley Davidson Cafe Racer History

In the owner s words about me born in the uk 64 years ago and was taken to the states when my parents emigrated to baltimore in 1958 later moved to west virginia.

Harley davidson cafe racer history. 1977 harley davidson xlcr mecum at the time mecum explains the most popular trends in motorcycling were choppers bobbers flat trackers and café racers. Bob modero an engineer at harley jim haubert jim haubert engineering hired as an. Now we re thrilled to feature another one of yone s builds this sportster cafe racer based on a 2005 harley davidson xl1200. Harley s design chief willie g.

Yone has lived a varied and adventurous life to say the least. Below we get the full story on this ogri inspired sporster cafe racer nicknamed stormbringer harley sporster café racer. A design from the great willie g. The bike was actually designed by a committee of three people.

Germany based custom shop mainhattan choppers transforms a harley davidson sportster 1200 into a café racer fit for the atomic age. Taking design cues from the sleek minimal and wildly successful 1970 1980 xr750 dirt track production racer willie g. He grew up in sapporo where he was involved in motocross and boxing and later joined a bōsōzoku gang in his teens. The harley davidson xlcr was an american café racer motorcycle manufactured by harley davidson between 1977 and 1979.

Davidson the xlcr was made for only two years 1977 and 1978. Davidson created it from the existing xlch sportster initially as his personal vehicle.