{"id":55994,"date":"2020-08-18T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=55994"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:04:08","slug":"street-superhog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2020\/08\/street-superhog\/","title":{"rendered":"Street SuperHog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Cathcart brings us the most lust-worthy bikes from around the world.<\/p>\n

The engine in this purpose-built racer bears an uncanny resemblance to the V-Rod\u2019s engine, which was introduced nine years later.<\/p>\n

Exactly 25 years ago, in 1995, Harley-Davidson\u2019s production of the motorcycles that made Milwaukee famous broke the 100,000 annual production barrier for the first time. Moreover, the new-for-\u201995 30th-anniversary Electra Glide became the first volume production Harley-Davidson model to feature electronic fuel injection. But one year earlier, besides the Sportsters and Fat Boys, America\u2019s finest had briefly added a new, radically different customer streetbike to the company\u2019s catalogue that also featured EFI: the VR1000 Superbike.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, you could buy a V-twin Harley road bike that was: a) liquid-cooled; b) had anything other than a 45-degree angle between the cylinders; c) used some means other than pushrods to work the valves; d) featured EFI; and e) could break the U.S.\u2019s 55 mph speed limit then in force (until December 1995) in second gear. The fastest street-legal production motorcycle ever made in America could have been yours for just $49,490 \u2013 a huge sum back then \u2013 in exchange for which you had to promise you\u2019d never ride it on U.S. streets.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Go Racing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Germany was okay, though \u2013 because that\u2019s where the street version of the bike that brought Harley-Davidson back to road racing in 1994 was homologated for everyday use in 1993. Well, AMA Superbike rules didn\u2019t say where a bike had to be approved for street use for it to qualify for homologation; only that it must be so somewhere in the world. That, and you had to build at least 50 bikes with lights and a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alan Cathcart brings us the most lust-worthy bikes from around the world. The engine in this purpose-built racer bears an uncanny resemblance to the V-Rod\u2019s engine, which was introduced nine years later. Exactly 25 years ago, in 1995, Harley-Davidson\u2019s production of the motorcycles that made Milwaukee famous broke the 100,000 annual production barrier for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,1927],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCustom 1995 Harley-Davidson VR1000 Roadster | Motorcycle Mojo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo magazine, we take a look at a great custom motorcycle. 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