Harley-Davidson Xg750r Apartment Tracker

Harley-Davidson celebrates the legacy of the XR750 and continuing its 100-plus-year motorsports history with the XG750R

The Harley-Davidson™ Factory Flat Track Racing Team volition accuse the rails on March xiv equally the 2020 American Flat Track (AFT) SuperTwins presented past times Vance & Hines serial opens its 18-race flavour at the Daytona TT at Daytona International Speedway inward Daytona Beach, Fla. Harley-Davidson volition plain a three-rider squad led past times novel crew primary Ricky Howerton. Howerton volition last racing Harley-Davidson® XG750R contest motorcycles prepared past times Factory Team partner Vance & Hines Motorsports.

The Harley-Davidson® Factory Team motorcycles volition characteristic a novel livery inward 2020 featuring Jet Fire Orange, the historic color of Harley-Davidson contest motorcycles, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the legendary Harley-Davidson® XR750 flat tracker. Initially developed as well as tuned past times a squad led past times Harley-Davidson racing managing director Dick O'Brien, the XR750 motorcycle won 36 AMA Grand National championships betwixt 1972 as well as 2015.

“The 2020 Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track Racing Team represents a continuous legacy of contest that goes dorsum to the earliest days of motorbike racing,” said Jon Bekefy, GM of Brand Marketing for Harley-Davidson. “With 2020 likewise existence the 50th anniversary of the legendary XR750, this yr nosotros volition celebrate the neat eras inward Harley-Davidson racing equally nosotros await frontwards to competing at the highest degree of the sport with the Harley-Davidson XG750R.”

Celebrating l Years of Competition, Continuing the Legacy

For 2020, the Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track squad volition hold to plain Harley-Davidson’s production-based tradition for manufactory apartment rails campaigns. The updated Harley-Davidson® XG750R apartment tracker, powered past times the liquid-cooled, fuel-injected as well as race-tuned 750cc Harley-Davidson® Revolution X™ V-Twin is based on the production engine originally designed for the Harley-Davidson Street 750 motorcycle.

Born inward 1970 with the advent of the novel AMA Racing equivalency formula, the XR750 was created past times Harley-Davidson’s Race Team Manager Dick O’Brian as well as squad to supervene upon the highly successful outgoing KR750.

Using a Harley-Davidson® Sportster-based engine, the XR750 utilized modified cast-iron heads as well as cylinders, a magneto instead of generator, as well as improved oiling. In 1972 a new, to a greater extent than powerful all-aluminum alloy XR750 engine was introduced.

The perfected machine dominated apartment rails racing for decades to come. Between 1972 as well as 2008, the XR750 would become on to win 28 of 37 AMA Grand National Championships. The XR750 racked upward to a greater extent than wins than whatsoever other motorbike inward AMA racing history as well as earned the description of existence the “most successful race bike of all time.”

In addition, the XR750 became a cultural icon with legendary stuntman Evel Knievel at the handlebars. Evel Knievel began jumping an XR750 at the meridian of his career from 1970 to 1976, as well as with the exploits of the racing versions of the XR750 inspired a generation to ride.