Yes i just bought a 20009 Harley Davidson XR 1200 from new Orleans Harley Davidson the bike only had 7000 miles on it and it ride great love every time I get on it.
I've just bought my second XR1200 so now have the base model and the later X. I've owned a few other HD models but have to say the XR1200 has delivered the widest ride smile, and with plenty of good addon bits you can make a fantastic bike into an awesome bike.... From Australia, Best Wishes.
Just got a 2009 xr1200 from the original owner last Sunday, and I am wanting to change the bars out for sure. I have been looking at the drag bars. Did you have any issues w/ bars or controls hitting your gas tank when making tight turns?
I'm loving this bike. Want to get one soon. Do you honestly think this bike would be good for a heavier rider (5'11" 1.9m and about 275 lb)? Big boy, but I like sport standards. Came off a 2007 ninja 650r
@@dirkhicks awesome! That's perfect. Thanks for your input! You found it quick enough? I love the sound on this bike. I want mine to have the belly pan like the V&H racing series rigs
Yes, but at a certain weight they should be re-sprung. Forks & shock, if you want the best handling, not sure what the specifications are for the xr1200 though.
Hello, Can you say a little about the long term ownership of this bike? I am working on my list of 5-6 bikes I would like to consider purchasing but don't see much owner comment on the XR other than it is fun to ride, handles well excellerates hard and so on. Do the belts break? Is the tank range OK, can you do 150 miles in relative comfort, has anything failed or repeatedly failed and needs looking after? I have not had a HD since I had a 1989 Roadhugger and my opinion was tank range was bad 71 Miles till you were walking, Seat was uncomfortable, Shocks were bad, brakes were wooden and weak, top speed was too slow 89 MPH tops, and the exhaust burnt your riding gear .... All that said it was fun for around town. It looks like this bike would take care of a bunch of my issues I had with the old Hugger. I am currently on a 2000 Speed triple that I will likely just keep.
I suppose it depends on expectations. This bike will not make it 150 miles on a tank typically. I am usually filling up in the 110 range. Long term reliability is generally good. If you abuse it, it will break. If you care for it, it will last. I've had this bike longer than any other and don't plan on selling it anytime soon. So far, 8 years but not many miles. I am too busy to get to ride much.
I passed when it was safe to do so. If you watch the entire video you'll see that in my area, rural farm roads do not have marked passing zones. Missouri state statute 304.016 states that passing is permitted if the "left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken."
My point was that it seemed to me that there should NOT have been double yellows in these stretches of roads. I was not criticizing your decision to pass. I was questioning the reason for the double yellow.
@@dirkhicks I noticed that too, your crossing the double-yellow, I guess in your state it is a "suggestion" rather than a statute, prone to interpretation. I did note you went wide in a turn at 5:31 ....why?...I'm assuming you should know every turn, ripple in the road, crack, rise, etc. I ride an exacting line, a tire placement if you will...especially on a well known piece of road. I'll assume your HD is new for you & the handling quirks are a learning experience...when watching I tensed up my right arm, pushing the phantom bars down to tighten up the turn.
@@dirkhicks What's the rev limiter set at? I have mine set to 6200 on my 2018 forty eight. I'm curious to see what kind of power it makes and how much difference in top speed it makes when i put the motor back together and install my chain conversion. Is there anything done to your XR? I plan on buying an XR1200 and a Buell XB12SCG in the near future to have 3 sweet Sportster setups haha
@@jonnymac8925 it's got a full titanium FMF exhaust, custom intake, tune and rev limiter set to 7,500. These are definitely different engines than a Forty-Eight.
@@dirkhicks sounds like a fun little unit! I mean, different motors the sense that it has a beefed up 1200 evo shared with the XL. It has sweet factory upgrades as I am sure you are well aware of haha The downdraft throttle body, bigger cams than the XL and a lightened flywheel make it a beast, plus the XR has much better brakes and suspension than the XL tho as I'm sure you know lol. The XR1200 is the best handling and quickest Harley stock for sure. The Vrod might be a bit faster but they don't compare in the handling department. I have an s&s teardrop breather, vance and hines stainless 2-1, vance and hines fp3 tuner, screamin eagle plugs and wires, Feuling 505/515 cams installed right now. I have an s&s 1250cc big bore, feuling endurance beehive valve springs, feuling hp+ lifters, hammer peformance sledge pushrods, Buell bronze oil pump gear and a tmf chain conversion, with a little more bottom end gearing but not much different than stock that I will be installing when I get the bike back. I just finished putting 13 inch progressive 490 sport series shocks and adjustable monotube cartridge fork kit, 11.5 inch brembo floating rotors front and rear(not on yet, I had a bracket made to fit the larger rear rotor size from the older sportsters with the new 2 pot HD caliper) a speed merchant bracket to fit a tokico 4 piston radial caliper from a gsxr1000, braided lines, xr1200 master cylinder, barnett extra plate clutch plates, barnett pressure plate, barnett 25% diaphram spring, 1fngr easy pull levers, magnum clutch cable, saddlemen step up seat, westcoast 10 inch mx tbars, steering damper, gauge relocation, hd customizable tach, oil temp level/temp gauge, master cylinder fuel gauge, carbon fiber side panels and front fender (the rear fender didnt get installed yet) and some gloss black HD engine parts like chopped cam chest and primary case in October and an old lady hit me when I was 700 meters from my house to store it for the winter on November 21. The bike is fixable luckily, me and her car took all the damage (5 broken ribs, shoulder, severed ligaments from my collarbone to shoulder, punchured lung, and road rash). I'll add a video a friend of mine took of the bike right after the accident happened. All the stuff on the road is from her car in the video, so with that being said I am waiting to get the bike back so I can finish the motor built, rear brakes and chain conversion, send the heads to be ported and pokished and fix the little things like the shift shaft, foot brake and the levers and mirrors. Safe to say the bike is my baby, but after I fix it I will be on the hunt to pick up an XR1200...and maybe fire a turbo on it😂 sorry for the long winded post, I have all the time in the world while I am off work healing up! Again, fuckin love the XR man, never sell it becsuse it will be worth a fortune and like I said, best production HD ever! I'll toss the video of the bike on my channell now!
@@dirkhicks I work for a street department in the most Rural State Wyoming they don't mark them because your not suppose to pass on those roads.double yellow means no passing anywhere in the world.
Dam, what the hell is is that, double yellow line county? I'd never pass like that, heh, heh. Hey, check out my 1200 Sportster Street Tracker vid..........
Awesome XR1200 Harely
Shame on the CEO‘s of The Company who stopped making this amazing Motorcycle
That was fun! Thank you. It took about 20 clicks til I found this clip. I couldn't seem to find anyone who was properly flogging their XR!
Thanks! Still have that bike. Have had it almost ten years now.
Yes i just bought a 20009 Harley Davidson XR 1200 from new Orleans Harley Davidson the bike only had 7000 miles on it and it ride great love every time I get on it.
I've just bought my second XR1200 so now have the base model and the later X. I've owned a few other HD models but have to say the XR1200 has delivered the widest ride smile, and with plenty of good addon bits you can make a fantastic bike into an awesome bike.... From Australia, Best Wishes.
I always say that it's the best at nothing other than putting a smile on your face.
What’s the difference between the regular and the X?
Hi. I have both too. 2009 and 2010 x.
@@Eidrian111the difference is the X came with adjustable suspension front and rear and came all black.
Puts a smile in your face😀
Great video Dirk thanks. Really enjoyed it. Ride on, ride safely brother.
Damn this bike sounds nice.
Nice bike. I always liked them. I have a Buell and a Yamaha MT-01. So a bit similar.
1990 yes, very similar
Lovely bike
What area is that?
Kentucky
Nicely done. My buddy wants to sell me his 09 XR1200. I've ridden that and his VROD. Nice machine.
thanks, I've had my 2009 for almost four years now. it's a lot of fun.
My buddy still has his 09 for sale. I really like those bars. Beautiful countryside too. My brother has a house in Jefferson GA.
What a great ride, Bro! What exhaust is that? Sounds great!
Now discontinued FMF Apex full system titanium and carbon.
Just got a 2009 xr1200 from the original owner last Sunday, and I am wanting to change the bars out for sure. I have been looking at the drag bars. Did you have any issues w/ bars or controls hitting your gas tank when making tight turns?
Not at all. I've switched over to factory Harley Sportster Forty-Eight bars now. Highly recommend.
@@dirkhicks Awesome! Thanks for the reply and recommendation.
hey what's the handle bar model
i want to get one for my xr1200
it's the Harley drag bar
I'm loving this bike. Want to get one soon. Do you honestly think this bike would be good for a heavier rider (5'11" 1.9m and about 275 lb)? Big boy, but I like sport standards. Came off a 2007 ninja 650r
I'm bigger than that. 6'3" 300. So, yeah. No prob.
@@dirkhicks awesome! That's perfect. Thanks for your input! You found it quick enough? I love the sound on this bike. I want mine to have the belly pan like the V&H racing series rigs
You must have changed out the suspension for that weight, no?
@@professorvoluck9311 no.... its adjustable. You only need to firm-up the rear spring.
Yes, but at a certain weight they should be re-sprung. Forks & shock, if you want the best handling, not sure what the specifications are for the xr1200 though.
Hello, Can you say a little about the long term ownership of this bike? I am working on my list of 5-6 bikes I would like to consider purchasing but don't see much owner comment on the XR other than it is fun to ride, handles well excellerates hard and so on. Do the belts break? Is the tank range OK, can you do 150 miles in relative comfort, has anything failed or repeatedly failed and needs looking after? I have not had a HD since I had a 1989 Roadhugger and my opinion was tank range was bad 71 Miles till you were walking, Seat was uncomfortable, Shocks were bad, brakes were wooden and weak, top speed was too slow 89 MPH tops, and the exhaust burnt your riding gear .... All that said it was fun for around town. It looks like this bike would take care of a bunch of my issues I had with the old Hugger. I am currently on a 2000 Speed triple that I will likely just keep.
I suppose it depends on expectations. This bike will not make it 150 miles on a tank typically. I am usually filling up in the 110 range. Long term reliability is generally good. If you abuse it, it will break. If you care for it, it will last. I've had this bike longer than any other and don't plan on selling it anytime soon. So far, 8 years but not many miles. I am too busy to get to ride much.
Nice. What's up with all of the double yellow lines, though? Clearly there are many safe places to pass.
jroberthadden I agree with your comment. I’ve ridden around 60 years. Riding like that gives us all a bad name.
I passed when it was safe to do so. If you watch the entire video you'll see that in my area, rural farm roads do not have marked passing zones.
Missouri state statute 304.016 states that passing is permitted if the "left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken."
My point was that it seemed to me that there should NOT have been double yellows in these stretches of roads. I was not criticizing your decision to pass. I was questioning the reason for the double yellow.
@@jroberthadden ah I misread your intent. Yeah. They don't mark passing zones on secondary roads around here.
@@dirkhicks I noticed that too, your crossing the double-yellow, I guess in your state it is a "suggestion" rather than a statute, prone to interpretation. I did note you went wide in a turn at 5:31 ....why?...I'm assuming you should know every turn, ripple in the road, crack, rise, etc. I ride an exacting line, a tire placement if you will...especially on a well known piece of road. I'll assume your HD is new for you & the handling quirks are a learning experience...when watching I tensed up my right arm, pushing the phantom bars down to tighten up the turn.
Nice one, the roads are a bit straight tho. .
That's about 80 of the continental north Americas
You are a very meticulous rider, i wish i can be liked you.....
What is the top speed on one of these bad boys?
Not all that high. It hits the rev limiter in 5th at around 122mph.
@@dirkhicks What's the rev limiter set at? I have mine set to 6200 on my 2018 forty eight. I'm curious to see what kind of power it makes and how much difference in top speed it makes when i put the motor back together and install my chain conversion. Is there anything done to your XR? I plan on buying an XR1200 and a Buell XB12SCG in the near future to have 3 sweet Sportster setups haha
@@jonnymac8925 it's got a full titanium FMF exhaust, custom intake, tune and rev limiter set to 7,500. These are definitely different engines than a Forty-Eight.
@@dirkhicks sounds like a fun little unit! I mean, different motors the sense that it has a beefed up 1200 evo shared with the XL. It has sweet factory upgrades as I am sure you are well aware of haha The downdraft throttle body, bigger cams than the XL and a lightened flywheel make it a beast, plus the XR has much better brakes and suspension than the XL tho as I'm sure you know lol. The XR1200 is the best handling and quickest Harley stock for sure. The Vrod might be a bit faster but they don't compare in the handling department. I have an s&s teardrop breather, vance and hines stainless 2-1, vance and hines fp3 tuner, screamin eagle plugs and wires, Feuling 505/515 cams installed right now. I have an s&s 1250cc big bore, feuling endurance beehive valve springs, feuling hp+ lifters, hammer peformance sledge pushrods, Buell bronze oil pump gear and a tmf chain conversion, with a little more bottom end gearing but not much different than stock that I will be installing when I get the bike back. I just finished putting 13 inch progressive 490 sport series shocks and adjustable monotube cartridge fork kit, 11.5 inch brembo floating rotors front and rear(not on yet, I had a bracket made to fit the larger rear rotor size from the older sportsters with the new 2 pot HD caliper) a speed merchant bracket to fit a tokico 4 piston radial caliper from a gsxr1000, braided lines, xr1200 master cylinder, barnett extra plate clutch plates, barnett pressure plate, barnett 25% diaphram spring, 1fngr easy pull levers, magnum clutch cable, saddlemen step up seat, westcoast 10 inch mx tbars, steering damper, gauge relocation, hd customizable tach, oil temp level/temp gauge, master cylinder fuel gauge, carbon fiber side panels and front fender (the rear fender didnt get installed yet) and some gloss black HD engine parts like chopped cam chest and primary case in October and an old lady hit me when I was 700 meters from my house to store it for the winter on November 21. The bike is fixable luckily, me and her car took all the damage (5 broken ribs, shoulder, severed ligaments from my collarbone to shoulder, punchured lung, and road rash). I'll add a video a friend of mine took of the bike right after the accident happened. All the stuff on the road is from her car in the video, so with that being said I am waiting to get the bike back so I can finish the motor built, rear brakes and chain conversion, send the heads to be ported and pokished and fix the little things like the shift shaft, foot brake and the levers and mirrors. Safe to say the bike is my baby, but after I fix it I will be on the hunt to pick up an XR1200...and maybe fire a turbo on it😂 sorry for the long winded post, I have all the time in the world while I am off work healing up! Again, fuckin love the XR man, never sell it becsuse it will be worth a fortune and like I said, best production HD ever! I'll toss the video of the bike on my channell now!
@@jonnymac8925 extra oiling too. Not sure what all was different to allow the XR to rev way higher than XL
Is every road in your county a 100% no passing zone.
No. On these very rural roads they don’t mark passing zones.
@@dirkhicks I work for a street department in the most Rural State Wyoming they don't mark them because your not suppose to pass on those roads.double yellow means no passing anywhere in the world.
@@mbsnyderc that is the implication by the double yellow but Missouri allows passing where it is safe. Missouri 304.016
Dam, what the hell is is that, double yellow line county? I'd never pass like that, heh, heh. Hey, check out my 1200 Sportster Street Tracker vid..........
Yeah they don't mark passing zones on the backroads around there. I'll check out your vid.
Is that an 883 ape hanger?
Uh, what?
@@dirkhicks your bike, does tht have a 782 or whatever and is it ape hanger?
@@chrisaskme811 it's an XR1200 with a drag bar.
@@dirkhicks with 454’s or whatever or no?
@@chrisaskme811 what's a 454? What's a 782?