XRX Sportster Hooligan Parts for Racing and Street

Hooligan XRX Kit

Hooligans are the hot thing for dirt track racing and street. For whatever reason most Hooligan bikes use stock 3+ gallon tanks. I have adapted my stuff to the stock tanks. If you want to use an XR styled tank and tail, flip over to my SXR products. Hooligans can be used on the street and track without much in the way of changes. You may want to pull your license plate and avoid using your signals. (I love the idea of a brake light and left turn blinkers spooking the racers behind you.)

A note on XRX tail

I will fit Evos 1994 to 2022/23 frames without the Screaming Eagle module on top of rear seat rails. The tank must be the 3.3 gallon with a completely rounded back end. The rear of some big Sportster tanks have a slight step in their roundness and they won’t work with the tail.

Sportster dirt track racing

I have restructured these pages with an emphasis on racing. Street riders can also benefit from this information.

Advice for Hooligan racers

California Hooligan racer Tony Alves (third in points as of 5/29/19) has words on what works best on the track. “Don’t mod the engine with a hot cam-leave it essentially stock. An engine with a big hit is very hard to negotiate in the corners smoothly (the light switch thing!).” Don’t use a 2004 and on Sportster. Those rubber frames bikes are 40 pounds heavier and the ergos are not as good as the earlier frames. Rubber frames will push in the corners and inhibit quick cornering. Those with quick steering kits will pass you on the inside coming out a corners.

If you are building a Sportster for short track racing on less than a third mile tracks here are some suggestions.

Small trick.
If you are a slider, cut the right edge off the steering stop so you can turn further to the right. Keep your bars at least a ¼” away from the tank. If your ability to counter steer to the right is hampered you could risk a ‘high side’ and that you do not want!

Do not modify your engine.
Sportsters are a handful on short tracks. You want controllable, tractable power to negotiate short tracks with short corners not some berserko rocketship that can get you in all sorts of trouble. S&S will not be happy I’m telling you this.

Don’t buy a SuperTrapp 2-into-2 system.
They much too expensive to trash in racing. (And I sell ‘em.) Try my less expensive 2-into-1 system for power/torque gain at under 600 bucks.

Learn how to slide.
This will be a huge advantage against most other Hooligan racers who have no clue about sliding. Sliding allows you to back into corners and steer with the rear wheel. Watch others do this and copy them.

Concentrate your spending on these items.

1. 19” rear wheel conversion kit and 19” tires for traction and steering control.
2. Get taller 14¼” race style shocks-you will not believe the ride difference.
3. Order Davey Durelle’s fork handling kit
4. Order my flat track bars for more leverage. (That’s all you have to do to make a race Hooligan.) Oh and get number plates!

XRX Hooligan prices - 3/29/24