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If you read the boss’ first ride of the Harley-Davidson XR1200, you know he liked it. And what’s not to like? It looks great, has acceptable handling, and has plenty of smooth, reliable, classic Harley power.

Well, I’ve spent a few weeks tooling around on one of the big orange bikes, and while I also liked it a lot, I found it too heavy for the sort of ill-advised backroad antics I sometimes choose to engage in. And Steve Storz agrees.

Storz, a former H-D race-team mechanic, started Storz Performance in 1980 to supply parts to AMA dirt track racers. After a while, he started selling parts for Sportster owners to build street-going, flat-track replicas…  Details

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