![]() ![]() The dark engine finish helps draw the eyes to the bright tank graphics. The fast-back Café Solo Seat flows to the rear fender and is shaped to help hold the rider in position when the torque of the Evolution 1200 kicks in.Ī classic 3.3-gallon Sportster fuel tank features multi-colored striped graphics that wrap around the tank profile. The gloss black speed screen framing the headlamp amplifies the attitude of the tall bars, is intended to offer some wind deflection at speed and provides a space for easy personalization. The satin-black Mini Ape handle bar is an essential element of the garage-built chopper look that adds instant attitude and gives the rider a fists-in-the-wind posture. Powered by an Evolution ® 1200 V-Twin engine this urban brawler brings plenty of punch to the street fight – power to blast away from green lights and more mid-range torque to muscle through traffic. "It's also important to note that these graphics respect the shape of the fuel tank and in the case of the Sportster, that tank shape is a classic design element in its own right." ![]() ![]() "The art on these two fuel tanks reflect contemporary trends we are seeing on custom bikes and in design in general, a move away from more complex and intricate art to a look that's very simple and clean," said Richards. New fuel tank graphics distinguish both the Iron 1200 and the Forty-Eight Special, and combine bold color stripes with a formal typeface, color and graphic elements originally popular in the 1970s. What we've done to create the new Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special is what Sportster owners have been doing with their own bikes for generations." "A Sportster is a relatively easy bike to strip down and reinvent. "Since its inception, the Sportster has offered the perfect combination of size, power and character that makes it appealing to so many different riders," said Brad Richards, Harley-Davidson V.P. Since its introduction in 1957, Sportster motorcycles have been repeatedly reimagined in the hands of both the Motor Company and bike owners: The Sportster as a bobber, a chopper, a scrambler and a café racer as a hero on flat tracks and drag strips and road-race courses as an accessible entry-point for first-time riders, and as a custom-of-one cruiser. ![]()
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