I've been working crazy hours lately, trying to get caught up on customers cars, and doing lots of work to the house in the mornings, nights and on sunday. I'm burnt and thats why I havent posted in a few days. On the plus side though, I pulled up to the driveway the other night after a long day and there was an XR1200 sitting in the driveway. I was a little confused, but it turned out that our friend who usually rides a Dyna, was borrowing the XR while her bike was in the shop. So I got to blow off a little steam riding it around the Rillo, and man that thing is quick. It's not something I would probably buy, but I can see why others would. The suspension was pretty good, the brakes were great, and it moved out of it's own way like it should, but it was missing something. This was the first rubber mounted and also the first fuel injected bike I had ever ridden, and after pulling back into the driveway all I could think was how I wanted to take my rigid mounted, carbureted sportster out. It may not be as fast, but it's a lot more fun, at a fraction of the price....I hope the XR 1200 manages to bring in a few new sales to harley though, and maybe fill the gap that was left behind when Buell was shanked in the ass....
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a motorcycle ride is the perfect medicine. we had a customer trade-in one of those XRs...peppy, yes, but also a total cartoon bike ...full-length heat shields?! and how about that gimmicky oil cap? They should've made that bike 5 years ago when it would've been cooler.
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