Motorcycle Classics

“It is a survivor with all original factory paint.”

Harley racer

Editor’s note: Reader Steve Breese has recently purchased a Harley-Davidson XLCR that was raced in the late 1970s through the early 1980s. See his note and send him an email if you have any information on the bike you can share.

Do any readers of know anything about Rick Swiderski, who rode a racing XLCR in the late '70s and '80s? I recently purchased his old racing bike (see photos) in England. We are going to recommission the bike and either race it or parade it in the Classic Motorcycle Racing Club over here. What we do

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