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1983 XR1000 Factory Hooligan

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orrowing energy from the heady success of the XR750 dirttracker, Harley-Davidson put the audacious XR1000 street machine into production for two glorious years. Part Sportster and part factory dirt-tracker, it featured specialized cylinder heads with rear-facing Dell’Orto pumper carbs wearing high-flow K&N air filters, twin high-mounted left-side exhausts, and scarcely containable energy. Quite simply, it was a beast. It roared like a dragon, vibrated like a paint shaker, and went like stink. The XR1000 was uniquely 1980s — and couldn’t be replicated today. Quite simply, it contained the same raw, unapologetic spirit of Harley’s first factory race bikes that arrived in 1914.