Details

• Bodystyle: Sportster
• Exterior Color: Black Denim
• Stock #: 17XL1200CXBD

• Comments: The new Roadster™ puts a powerful new level of sport into the Sportster^® line-up. Its refined performance package includes 43mm inverted front forks with massive triple clamps, powerful dual-disc front brakes, premium rear suspension and new dual gauge instrumentation to complement the iconic fuel tank and chopped rear fender. The riding position is aggressive, but comfortable for long rides thanks to the 19” front and 18” rear offset-split 5-spoke cast aluminum wheels, lowered bars, mid-mount controls and a new two-up seat. Its 45-degree, 1200 cc engine delivers massive off-the-line torque. Turn it loose at the green light. 
  
  Available in: Vivid Black, Black Denim, Billet Silver/Vivid Black, and Velocity Red Sunglo
  
  Features:
  
  
  •     New Blacked Out Look
  •     Chrome Exhaust Shields with Blacked-Out Muffler Shields
    
  •     New Floating Brake Rotor
  •     New Two-Up Seat and Rear Tail Section
    
  •     New Gauge
  •     New Light-Weight Offset Split 5-Spoke Wheels
    
  •     Slammed Handlebars
    
  •     Side-Mounted License Plate
  •     1200 cc Air-Cooled Evolution V-Twin Power
  
  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.
  
  Sportster motorcycles are powered by a four-stroke, 45 degree V-twin engine in which both connecting rods, of the "fork and blade" or "knife & fork" design, share a common crank pin. The original Sportster engine was the Ironhead engine, which was replaced with the Evolution engine in 1986.