The short-lived Harley XR1200 was a special bike. If you?ve ever thrown a leg over one yourself, you know what we mean; an 80-plus horsepower Sportster with factory flat track style and a chassis that?s built for twisty roads.
But if you?re truly familiar with the XR1200, you?ll also know its tragic story. This rowdy street tracker was ever so slightly ahead of its time, and H-D killed it after a few short years due to poor performance on the showroom floor. If only they?d held out for the current street scrambler craze…

We?ve always felt that the Harley XR1200 never got a chance to see its full potential?and the folks at Macco Motors in Málaga, Spain feel the same way. Their latest creation, a 2010 Harley-Davidson XR1200X dubbed ‘The Revenant,’ shows us what could have been if the Bar and Shield had stuck to their guns just a little while longer. The customer?s request for this build was fairly straightforward. They wanted a tough-looking bike that was built for the city, but they also wanted a healthy dose of scrambler style worked into the design. And they requested that the two-up capability of the donor machine be maintained, which meant a rear seat and a second set of pegs would need to be worked into the design.

If you?ve followed our coverage of Macco?s past projects, you?ll be familiar with their penchant for building super-clean twin-shock motorcycles. A tidy tail section can make or break bikes like these, so naturally, that?s where build...