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[PeterV]

Just picked up an 05 Custom 1200 for the wife.
She can hardly believe it!
300 miles on the clock...Creampuff!

[4cams]

Originally Posted by PeterV

Just picked up an 05 Custom 1200 for the wife.
She can hardly believe it!
300 miles on the clock...Creampuff!

Maybe she will let you ride her Sportster!

[PeterV]

She's vertically challenged (5 foot nothing) so had to get new seat. LePera silhouette upclose. Tough for me to ride it now, with my knees wrapped around my ears...
OTOH.....
Always wanted a spring seat for the Glide

[flyinfinn]

Ever since my mini-bike riding days in the late sixties, I hoped to someday have a Harley-Davidson Sportster and a Bonneville Triumph. I finally managed to get one of each and enjoy riding them both. The '99 XLH 883 is smoother than I ever expected it to be, unless I push it pretty hard and the counterbalanced Bonneville 790 twin is all I hoped for and more. I have some vintage metric bikes, too, but these two carry most of the riding load each summer.

[Defender]

I've owned two Sporties: a 2000 1200 Custom and a 2005 883 Standard. Both were great bikes and aside from a charging system issue with the '00, they've been pretty reliable.

Rubber mounting that Evo motor definitely helps with the vibration. The '00 would shake the fillings out of my teeth at idle, but the '05 was "like buttah".

[burtondl2]

1983 Ironhead, fat bob tank, straight pipes, stock wide glide bars, 99 badlander seat, silver with black flames...and fast...something to be said for being able to twist your wrist in 4th instead of foolin with the gears!

As for responses for other riders raggin on sportys...these are some of my favorites...

1) no...it's your sister's she sent me out to get her a pregnancy test

2) know what kind of bike a real man rides? any F****** kind he wants!

last, not least and my favorite when sitting beside a big twin...

3) wanna race? :-)

I have a t-shirt that says it all...sportsters rule...blowing away big twins since 1957! Love to have a BT but i'll never get rid of the sporty!

[sportsterpaul]

Originally Posted by blehr

Cudos to all of you Sporty owners. I have been a Sportster fan since 1977 and until recently i have had to deal with ridicule regarding My Sportsters. I have heard "is that you ole ladies bike", " thats the womens model,right " and " When are you going to get a big boys bike". I am at a loss when it comes to replying to other HD owners and would like a quintessential reponse that would basicly shut their pie hole. My recent purchase was a '06 883 converted to 1200, SE pipes, dyna jet kit, drag bars and some other goodies for the eyes. When i figure out how to post a pic i will.

I used to catch flack from some of the guys but have learned to reply " I'll give up my Sporty's when they can outride me". None can so those comments have pretty much ceased. My 2000 XL1200C currently sports a 89" S&S motor and has about 87.000 miles on her. My best day on her was about 800 miles running over to Americade and then up to Laconia. She's been to Daytona 3 times on down to the Keys once, out to Bikeweek Phoenix and on up to Las Vegas. My 2006 1200R has just turned over 53,000 and 2 weeks ago took me to the AMA museum in Columbus, Ohio then on up to Seneca, New York for a friends wedding and home to Michigan, all this with out a windshield, is that hardcore or what? Actually I have been running a Spitfire shield on it but in a moment of stupidity I changed out the bars to Drags with 4" risers,(always did hate the stock R bars) two days before the trip and didn't try mounting the shield until the morning of departure. Wouldn't work and will have to modify the mount bars. Did enjoy the clean air passing over the helmet without the buffetting and roaring of disturbed air. This bike has also carried me through 4 Ironbutt Saddlesore 1000's with my best day of 1400 miles in 22 hours. Don't bother with the math let's just say we rode quickly on some excellant roads with little to no traffic. Not bad for "girls bikes" and a 62 year old with a back condition. Ride safe.

[doorgunnerjgs]

I just bought my '09 Sportster 883 Custom at the end of August. This is my first Harley and haven't had any bike since 1965 (44 years ago!!) and that was a German Zundapp. I only have 400 miles on it so far, but have loved everyone of them! Luckily, my son's father-in-law is a Harley owner too and doesn't mind riding slow and easy with me. It really helped during the permit weeks and is fun to ride with someone else. My wife has NO plans on ever getting on this bike, but we'll see!

I took the Riders Edge Course and am very glad that I did. I'm 66 years old and on my way to being decrepit so anything to improve my odds of surviving this thing is highly recommended.

[cman]

Growing up I recall the "Girly Bike" was in reference to a dresser or a bike with a windshield, floorboards and the SOFT suspension!

[83XLX]

My first and only Harley, a 1983 XLX-61 that I've owned for almost 20 years. I know every nut and bolt on it - I'll probably never sell it...