Dream ride: Dan meets his hero bike, the H-D XR1200 racer

[MCN]

I can remember it like yesterday. Standing on the outside of Charlies Two at Cadwell Park, transfixed by the sight of 25 Harley-Davidson XR1200s jostling for position before feeding in the power down...

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[Jagster]

It's a bit of a beast. I loved mine very much.
I should never have sold it. (Very bad decision).
In race form, like the one in the photo, they handle really great, but they are too heavy as a race bike. When one of those hit's the deck, even the race track gets a pounding.