Although the 1977Harley - DavidsonXLCR motorcycle was an attractive machine , competition from Nipponese bikes was too fierce for the XLCR to be extremely successful in the American marketplace .
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In an endeavour to capitalise on the café - hotfoot tendency that was sweeping the body politic in the mid-1970s , Harley - Davidson venture back into the human beings of customs to bring out the XLCR .
It apply a modest " two-piece " fairing , lean front fender , angular fuel tank , solo seat with fiberglass fundament incision , tripledisc brake , and especial " siamesed " two - into - two exhaust header to a standard 1000 - cc Sportster , and then cloaked the whole amour in black .
The job was that although the XLCR was claimed to be " the most powerful product cycle Harley - Davidson has ever built , " that was n’t order much ; Japanese competitors were quite a bit quicker and cheaper to boot .
Furthermore , the distinctive Harley buyer seemed to take small interest in get together the route - racing crowd , so sale never took off .
What was in fact a very interesting motorcycle ( and quite soon , a very collectible motorcycle ) faded aside after only two years .
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Harley - Davidson ventured back into the world of customs to farm the 1977 Harley - Davidson XLCR and claimed it to be " the most knock-down output cycle Harley - Davidson has ever built . "
