Motorcycle News
06-21-2008, 11:20 AM
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Filed under: Time Warp (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Tuners (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tunertuesdays/), Motorcycles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorcycles/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/) Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_thumba.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436794/full/) Click above for more shots of the Harley-Davidson XR1200 Last year, the collective hearts of dirt track Harley lovers all across the United States dropped when The Motor Company announced that its XR1200 mode (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/12/et-tu-brute-harley-davidson-introduces-europe-to-the-xr-1200/)l was destined only for markets outside the states. It's not that a dirt track Harley couldn't be done, it's that the conversion was priced way out of the market for many riders. One company which offered just such a conversion is Storz Performance (http://www.storzperf.com/). According to Motorcycle.com (http://www.motorcycle.com/news/hd-buys-us-rights-to-xr1200-trademark-83305.html), Harley-Davidson has just purchased the rights from Storz to the XR1200 name in America, which offers more than a glimmer of hope to the HD faithful. Of course, no announcement has been made by Harley regarding a new Sportster model, but why else would the company go to the trouble of securing the name? As for us, we're pretty hip to the idea of bringing the sportiest Sporty to the market where the Harley XR (http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=50) originally made its name in racing. *Gallery: Harley Davidson XR 1200 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/)* Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200prototype_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436794/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436795/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436796/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436797/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_4_a_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436809/) [Source: Motorcycle.com (http://www.motorcycle.com/news/hd-buys-us-rights-to-xr1200-trademark-83305.html)] Read | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1232340/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/#comments) More... (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/)
Filed under: Time Warp (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Tuners (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tunertuesdays/), Motorcycles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorcycles/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/) Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_thumba.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436794/full/) Click above for more shots of the Harley-Davidson XR1200 Last year, the collective hearts of dirt track Harley lovers all across the United States dropped when The Motor Company announced that its XR1200 mode (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/12/et-tu-brute-harley-davidson-introduces-europe-to-the-xr-1200/)l was destined only for markets outside the states. It's not that a dirt track Harley couldn't be done, it's that the conversion was priced way out of the market for many riders. One company which offered just such a conversion is Storz Performance (http://www.storzperf.com/). According to Motorcycle.com (http://www.motorcycle.com/news/hd-buys-us-rights-to-xr1200-trademark-83305.html), Harley-Davidson has just purchased the rights from Storz to the XR1200 name in America, which offers more than a glimmer of hope to the HD faithful. Of course, no announcement has been made by Harley regarding a new Sportster model, but why else would the company go to the trouble of securing the name? As for us, we're pretty hip to the idea of bringing the sportiest Sporty to the market where the Harley XR (http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=50) originally made its name in racing. *Gallery: Harley Davidson XR 1200 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/)* Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200prototype_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436794/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436795/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436796/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436797/)Image: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/xr1200_4_a_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/harley-davidson-xr-1200/436809/) [Source: Motorcycle.com (http://www.motorcycle.com/news/hd-buys-us-rights-to-xr1200-trademark-83305.html)] Read | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1232340/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/#comments) More... (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/21/harley-buys-u-s-rights-to-xr1200-name-rumormill-turns/)