| Harley Davidson is an American motorcycle | | | | introduced in these bikes. |
| manufacturing company that was established way | | | | The Sportster XR 1200 is the latest offering from |
| back in 1903, and is now boasting a market capital of | | | | Harley Davidson bikes in the Sportster model family. |
| 8.8 billion US Dollars. Since that time, the company has | | | | Like any other Harley bike, the XR 1200 is a heavy |
| faced many ups and downs due to reasons such as | | | | bike with a displacement of 1202 cc. The bike is |
| the Great Depression. The company is known for | | | | priced at £7655 for the black and |
| manufacturing heavy bikes of over 750 cc as well as | | | | £7755 for the other colours, which are mirage, |
| cruiser bikes. All the Harley Davidson offerings are | | | | orange, pearl, and pewter denim. The dry weight of |
| known for their luxury and price, as well as their style | | | | the bike is about 250 kgs and it even offers an |
| and sleek design. Lately, the company has also begun | | | | electronic sequential port fuel injection system |
| manufacturing bikes in the sporting category as well. | | | | (ESPFI). In addition to this it also has single piston |
| However, they are perhaps best known for their | | | | floating rear and dual four piston, fixed front braking |
| 'hog' reputation - which resembles the sounds of a | | | | system. The main attractions of the bike are the |
| Harley roaring down the highway. This roar is what | | | | heavy engine, sport front fender as well as the 2 - 1 |
| sets people's spines tingling and hearts racing, even | | | | - 2 straight shot exhaust. |
| those who adamantly deny having any affection | | | | Another model, the Sportster 1200 Nightster, is also |
| towards two-wheeled transport. | | | | from the Sportster family and is available in the |
| There are five main model families available from the | | | | market for £6795 for a single colour and |
| house of Harley Davidson. These are the Sportster, | | | | £7095 for the two tone colour. The bike has |
| Dyna, Softail, VRSC, and Touring, as well as | | | | a high displacement of 1200 cc and is available in vivid |
| customised bikes. The Sportster family is considered | | | | black, Two - Tone Mirage orange pearl / vivid black, |
| to be the racing category; these bikes were very | | | | and Two - Tone Brilliant Silver Denim / Black Denim. |
| popularly used in dirt bike races back in the 70's and | | | | The bike offers an air cooled and evolution type |
| 80's. Dyna features the traditional designs, and offer | | | | engine. The dry weight of the bike is 250 kgs and |
| a larger range of bikes. The Softail category offers | | | | has 6 gears like other Harley bikes. Apart from the |
| the design that was very popular in the 70's, in which | | | | two models mentioned above from the Sportster |
| the rear tyre of the bike is invisible. VRSC are the | | | | family, Harley Davidson has a number of bikes that |
| latest introduced family and the engines are | | | | are lined up to be launched in the year 2009 in all the |
| developed with Porsche. Liquid cooling, fuel injection | | | | model families. |
| and overhead cams are few features that were | | | | |