Rare olivegold colour with fortyeight in the clearcoat paint. Whether you are a harley owner looking for a new motorcycle or a harley experience for the first time, we. The complete history celebrates these iconic motorcycles, presenting them all in one beautifully illustrated book. How harleydavidson drove topline growth and profitability with revolutionary lean product development hardcover. See 25 results for harley davidson 48 for sale south africa at the best prices, with the cheapest ad starting from r 69 888.
Dec 02, 2016 story of my bike so far with first few mods. Buy harleydavidson motorcycle book and get the best deals. Harleydavidson sportster performance handbook, 3rd edition. The only book to fully chronicle every bike ever built. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. When harley davidson bolted their new overheadvalve motor to the kmodel frame in 1957, the sportster legend began.
Other factory model customstyle sportsters made by harleydavidson include the 883 cc and 1200 cc superlow, the xl 1200x fortyeight, the. Aug 29, 2016 harleydavidson created their sportster partly as a result of losing sales and prestige to the quick and nimble british motorcycles being imported into the united states in the fifties as britains government used an export or perish economic model to pay off her war debts. In 1980, harley davidson unleashed the 1980 sportster with dual discs and triangulated frame and discs and. How harley davidson drove topline growth and profitability with revolutionary lean product developme. History of the harleydavidson sportster gear patrol. Harley davidson sportster 48 learning jockey shift suicide shift nightster and iron 883 by lanceoa. Harleydavidson sportster history 197020 haynes manuals. Value for money for the 2015 harley davidson sportster fortyeight. You want the highest quality products, but you dont want to have to pay the highest prices. Explore harley davidson motorcycles for sale as well. The allnew harleydavidson xl1200x sportster fortyeight is a bike that drips power and attitude, something that its builder, harleydavidson, wasted the bike to. In fact, the harleydavidson sportster is the bestselling bike to bear milwaukees celebrated bar and shield.
The 883cc displacement advertised as 900cc was derived from a 3. Mustang 76569 harleydavidson xl sportster 20042017 tripper rear seat fits. These bikes from the likes of norton, triumph, and small arms maker bsa were around 500cc capacity heading on up to. These models k, kk, kh, and khk of 1952 to 1956 had a sidevalve flat head engine. Harleydavidson forty eight generates 60 bhp of power and 96 nm of torque from its 1202 cc engine. The harley davidson sportster had been produced since the late 1950s but its roots date back as early as 1919 with the iconic model w motorcycle, which featured a unique flattwin engine. Jul 07, 2010 harley davidson sportster fortyeight the fortyeight is ostensibly true to its roots, though the 125 s on which its iconic peanut tank debuted was a twostroke single. Darwin holmstrom has written, cowritten, or contributed to over thirty books on subjects. Pictures, trademarks and logos of third parties are the exclusive property of the respective owners. Sportster models are designated in harleydavidsons product code by beginning with xl. It premiers as a 55 cubic inch overhead valve engine, and within one year of its debut.
Sixty years girdler, allan, hackett, jeff, blattel, david, gingerelli, dain. The 2017 fortyeight motorcycle comes at you with more lowslung dark custom attitude than ever, from its fat front end to its cast aluminum wheels. Harleydavidson sportster motorcycle history, classics. Designed with its signature bulldog stance and a powerful 1200cc engine. History of the harleydavidson sportster pursuit of xlence. Seats for 2004 harleydavidson sportster 1200 for sale ebay.
Get extra perks with your new harleydavidson motorcycle. Sportster history 1980 1985 article by mark trotta. Sportster for sale harleydavidson motorcycles cycle. Harleys new 48 sportster is perhaps the coolest new motorcycle of the year.
A modelbymodel history of the american motorcycle rafferty, tod on. Shop harley davidson motorcycle books at alibris uk. Harleydavidson sportster news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2007. History of the 19571987 harley davidson sportster the fabled harley davidson sportster was developed from a smaller and fairly unpopular harley called model k that was built from 195256. Somewhat inspired by the xr750, this model was phasedout in 2011. Harleydavidson sportster history reaching every niche. The current haynes manual for the harleydavidson sportster covers recently produced models from 20, but goes back all the way to 1970.
Sportster history 19801985 classic motorcycle build. In 2008, harleydavidson entered the modern sportbike market with the debut of the xr1200 sportster. The sportster kept the ks best features, borrowed the improvements of the imports, threw in some homemade hot rodding, and before you could say superbikea term invented to describe the xlchthe sportster was making history, setting sales and speed records, and introducing people to the sport of motorcycling and the mystique of harley davidson. The motorcycling public met a new motorcycle called the sportster in 1957. See more ideas about harley davidson sportster, harley davidson and sportster 48. The customer purchaser must purchase a new or used model year 20 or newer harleydavidson sportster motorcycle available and in stock a participating u. Jan 06, 2012 the allnew harley davidson xl1200x sportster fortyeight is a bike that drips power and attitude, something that its builder, harley davidson, wasted the bike to exude can we blame them.
Like triumphs thruxton the 48 provides riders with best of yesteryear styling. The harleydavidson sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by harleydavidson. Harleydavidson sportster paperback february 26, 2014. History of the harley davidson sportster by mighty max. Xl1200t superlow, xl 883l superlow, xl 883n iron 883, xl 1200c 1200 custom, xl 1200x fortyeight and xl 1200v seventytwo. Sportster models are designated in harley davidson s product code by beginning with xl. Harleydavidson forty eight price, mileage, images, colours. For 43 years, there is enough in common that we did not feel the need to create a whole new book. Harleydavidson forty eight is a cruiser bike available in 1 variant in india. History of the harleydavidson sportster graphic titlemax. The 2019 harleydavidson fortyeight has heavyhitting style with fat tires and an iconic peanut tank.
Corona yellow pearl, crushed ice denim, hard candy hotrod red flake, hard candy black gold. Celebrate a century of the most exciting motorcycles ever made in 448 exciting, thrillinducing pages of color photographs. Harley davidson document folder history case pack docs new. The harleydavidson sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by. Popular harley davidson books showing 19 of 9 the lean machine. With images of every harley ever produced and sold, and complete specs on each one, this beautiful, oversized volume will rev cycle lovers motors on high. The most beloved and recognizable motorcycles are included here. Accelerating anywhere above 2,000 rpm, downshifting was not really necessary. The company brochure dubbed the 1978 sportster the fastest, most powerful, and most agile motorbike of its time.
Double cylinder engine of forty eight has a 5 speed manual gearbox. Hd dealer eligible motorcycle between february 1, 2019 and august 31, 2019 sales period. The top 10 harley davidson sportster models of alltime. Selling my 2016 harleydavidson sportster 48 1200cc. While the 1980s brought us highrevving, multicylinder motorcycles with 10,000 redlines, the harleydavidson sportster was still getting it done at 5,500 rpm.
Harleydavidson sportster fortyeight the fortyeight is ostensibly true to its roots, though the 125 s on which its iconic peanut tank debuted was a twostroke single. Great history book and not just from a factory perspective. This is a very fun bike to ride and has lots of power. See more ideas about harley davidson, motorcycle and harley davidson sportster. Page 236 handbook 076031859x 8626ap how to build a west coast chopper kit bike 0760318727 7253 101 harleydavidson twincam performance projects 0760316392 6265ap 101 harleydavidson performance projects 0760303703 127165ap how to custom paint your motorcycle 0760320330 8639ap 101 sportbike performance projects 07603318 5742ap motorcycle. The fortyeight is an urban brawler that drips attitude from every element. We got the 2016 harley davidson 48 in the billet silver color option. Jan 27, 2016 so as we have mentioned previously we traded the softail slim s in for a new sportster 48 as a longterm project bike. Very low kms 3100 and is extremely clean 5 speed tranny, emulsion technology rear shocks 50mm range of preload for custom adjustability. Heres harleydavidson, the company famous for being more conservative than the vatican, but still with the image of a libertine.
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