The XL1200CP was Harley-Davidson’s factory-custom version of the Sportster 1200 Custom, introduced for the 2011 model year as part of the Sportster lineup. It kept the familiar Sportster 1200 Custom formula, but was positioned as a more personalized, showroom-built variant with its own factory-custom treatment rather than a separate ground-up platform. Harley-Davidson’s model-code references and owner’s manuals show the XL1200CP in production from 2011 through 2016, after which it disappears from the 2017 Sportster model lineup. That makes it a relatively short-lived but distinct chapter in the long-running Sportster family. Enthusiasts generally recognize it as one of the more style-forward XL1200 variants of the early 2010s, bridging the traditional Sportster layout with Harley’s growing emphasis on factory customization and special-market presentation.
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