Harley XR1200 launches in Europe

Is this the best-looking Harley ever?

Maybe that's revealing our riding biases at Bikepoint, but we're hanging out to see if Harley-Davidson will relent and make the new XR1200 pictured here available world-wide.

The flat-track inspired machine was first revealed several months ago, and has finally been released on the European market at around $16,000.

H-D has said all along this was is Euro-only model, though it's hard to imagine the company turning down other markets if it were convinced they are viable.

The machine runs Dunlop rubber, Showa suspension and Nissin brakes.