Saddlemen Harley-Davidson FXR-R

The guys at Saddlemen love racing, and some of them are also obsessed with Harley-Davidson FXRs, a bike that hasn't been made in over two decades but is still regarded as one of the best handling Harley-Davidsons ever. At the same Saddlemen Racing Development shop where we build our championship-winning H-D Pan America and Road Glide racing motorcycles, you'll also find quite a few FXRs hanging around. Most are runners, some are showbikes, and occasionally a new FXR project finds its way in. This 1990 FXLR was one such project.

The team's Pan Americas regularly win MotoAmerica Super Hooligan races, so we know how to build a competitive bike. The class features many different manufacturers and engine configurations, including Yamaha, KTM, and Ducati, Super Hooligan rules allow for more displacement in an air-cooled motor, and nobody has ever built a racing FXR before, so we figured why not? Enter the Saddlemen FXR-R.

It's got an M8 racing motor from King of the Baggers, and the 1990 frame is dripping with custom racing parts, many handmade, but all still legal to compete.

The FXR-R was built to race, and was taken to Daytona for the annual MotoAmerica race season opening event. Travis Wyman is an experienced roadracer and has competed in both King of the Bagger and Super Hooligan races, and he agreed to ride our FXR-R. Travis did not disappoint.

The FXR-R, in its first race outing, took 4th place, closely following the 1-2-3 podium finishes of the liquid-cooled Saddlemen Pan America race bikes. Saddlemen made history that day by taking home a 1-2-3-4 podium sweep for the first time!

Here's a link to the Hot Bike story:

https://hotbike.com/saddlemen-fxr-r-the-air-cooled-super-hooligan-race-bike/