Details

• Bodystyle: Sportster
• Exterior Color: Hard Candy Hot Rod Red Flake
• Stock #: 17XL1200XHCGF

• Comments: The first time the world saw this gas tank was 1948. But the world has never seen that iconic tank sitting atop anything quite like this. The Forty-Eight® motorcycle has been reborn. Everything that was great about it has been cranked up to a more intense level. Better seat. Better suspension. New lightweight mag wheels. Awesome brakes. And now the tank is sporting 70’s inspired graphics. Welcome to the next page of history written in Dark Custom™ iron.
  
  Available in: Vivid Black, Billet Silver, Hard Candy Black Gold Flake, Hard Candy Hot Rod Red Flake, Corona Yellow Pearl, and Crushed Ice Denim
  
  Features:
  
  • Classic Peanut Fuel Tank with New Badge
  • New Exhaust with Laser Cut Exhaust Shields
  • New Emulsion Rear Shock with Screw Adjuster
  • New 49mm Fork with Cartridge Dampening
  • New Split 9-Spoke Cast Aluminum Wheels
    
  • Fat Front Wheel
  • Evolution Engine
  • Foundation Brake System
  • Low Seat & Slammed Suspension (just 26" high)
  • Forward-Mounted Controls

  The Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Sportster models are designated in Harley-Davidson's product code by beginning with "XL". In 1952, the predecessors to the Sportster, the Model K Sport and Sport Solo motorcycles, were introduced. These models K, KK, KH, and KHK of 1952 to 1956 had a flat head engine, whereas the later XL Sportster models use an overhead valve engine. The first Sportster in 1957 featured many of the same details of the KH including the frame, fenders, large gas tank and front suspension.