Sunday Rider

摘要

Way back when, we were kids enthralled by On Any Sunday, the best motorcycle movie ever made, while Mert Lawwill was going fast, having fun and trying new ideas in his shop, so he could go faster and have more fun. That was then. Now we former kids are racing in the Geezer class or tuning for our kids and grand-kids or telling them how fast we used to be, while Mcrt Lawwill, one-time movie star and 1969 Grand National Champion, is still having fun and trying new ideas...doesn't seem fair, does it? What makes it fair is seen here, a street-tracker based on Harley-Davidson's new rubber-mount Sportster, with less weight, more power, better handling and all the comforts of the stock machine-and, sure, there's a price but we'll get to that. Starting point for the tracker and this tale is that Lawwill buys, from former sponsor Dudley Perkins Harley-Davidson, a batch of 10 new XLR 1200s, the factory's sporting model. Lawwill and crew remove the handlebars, the engine and the wiring loom, and wholesale off the other parts, frame through footpegs.