Wonder Bikes superlight Harley XR1200

Jason Wonder’s Rev-2 was one of my favorite Harley customs last year. It was also a big hit with Chris Ronan of design company RD2, so Chris commissioned Jason to build a sequel. And here it is, but this time based on an XR1200 rather than a V-Rod. It’s also 120 lbs lighter than a stock XR1200. ‘My goal was to simplify the bike and bring back the attitude of the real Harley XR race bikes,’ says Jason Wonder. So he started by taking off the fuel injection system: ‘We wanted a hot rod with zero dead spots. So we...