Harley-Davidson XL1200X Forty-Eight Bikes For Sale

Specs

• Seat Height: Low (680 mm / 26.8 inches)
• Weight: Very Heavy (257 kg / 567 lbs)
• Fuel Capacity: Low (7.9 litres / 2.1 US gallons)
• Economy: Average (50 mpg / 5.6 l/100km / 17.7 km/l)
• Range: Low (90 miles / 145 km)
• Top Speed: High (120 mph / 193 km/h)
• Capacity: Very High (1,202 cc)
• Power: Average (61 bhp / 45 kW)
• Power to Weight: Low (0.237 bhp/kg / 0.177 kW/kg)
• Redline: Average (6,000 rpm)
• Road Tax / VED: Very High (£101 Per Year)
• Launch RRP: £7,720

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Review In A Few

What Is It?

The Harley-Davidson XL1200X Sportster Forty-Eight is a custom cruiser style bike and is powered by an air-cooled 1,202 cc (73 cubic inches) V-Twin Evolution engine which puts out 61 bhp at 5,500 rpm and maximum torque at just 3,200 rpm.

Features include:

• Belt final drive
• Steel tubular frame
• 292 mm disc up front with two piston caliper
• 292 mm disc at the rear with single piston caliper
• 39 mm fork with 92 mm travel
• Adjustable dual rear shocks with 41 mm travel
• Solo seat
• Forward mounted pegs
• Under-bar mirrors
• Side mount licence plate
• Analogue + LCD dash
• 2->2 exhaust system
• 5 speed gearbox

The wire-spoked 16" wheels take a Michelin Scorcher 31 130/90 at the front and a 150/80 at the rear.

Accessories include the two-up seat, pillion pegs / backrest, security system with keyless fob and loads of customisation options.

Colours: Black, grey, silver, blue, red, yellow, orange, white/orange, black/orange, red/black

Harley call it a "peanut style" tank and it harks back to the 1948 S125.

Model History & Updates

2014: ABS standard and four piston front caliper.

2016: 49 mm fork and cast "Mag" wheels.

2017: Battery tender harness, improved rear shocks, peak torque at 3,500 rpm and 710 mm seat height.

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