Coveted

I really really wanted one of these when I was 14 and I saw it in Super
Bike (?) magazine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4621627992

Am I alone in this - quite unlike any other Harley's of the time it
looked muscular and very, very black.

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jeremy
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Yeah I looked at one very briefly (very)

£7000 bwahahahahaha

 

Makes something like an XS650 almost
desirable.......................lol

k

 

Always one of the best looking Harleys, and extremely expensive to buy
these days.

God knows why - apart from looks, I can't see what it's got going for
it. Made in the worst-ever part of AMF's Harley tenure. But yes, looks
great.

 

The Older Gentleman said...

I'm very pleased to say I never harboured any desire to own one. I
haven't liked Harley's since I was a small child, which is when my
petrolhead of a paternal Grandad told me they were shit bikes. He was a
big fan of early 60s Hondas, bless him.

 

Heh. "DFC"

 

Nice Hardley here - http://tinyurl.com/lxww3

 

I too, really fancied one when they first appeared. It just looked...
good. Of course, as time passed I realised that what looked pleasing to
the eyes was, in that particular instance, just a tarted up version of
the same old piece of shit they'd been flogging for years.

I'd like to put together an XLCR lookalike, using a good reliable Jap
lump.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

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I owned several of these bad boys, both '77s and '78s. My last, and
favorite was a 78 bored and stroked to around 1320 with Sputh heads and
dual mikinis. No starter, total loss ign. (you would not believe the
HP a harly generator sucks from a sportster!, charging or not!).
Had to run AV gas, even back in the late 70's, but it would outrun a
stock XS11.
Then the CBXs made me cranky (heh,have one now)... the GS1000G made
me throw in the towell!
I sold 2 in 1984 and got almost 10k US for the pair IIRC... harleys
DO have problems, but resale ain't one of em!

Dave G.