1st ride with passenger... review

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#31

08-26-2014, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by slyedog

I tried and tried to make my sporty better for 2 up. Bought all the right stuff but just was no seat room. One ride on Dyna and sporty went bye bye. To me my dyna is just a big brother to my sporty with just enough extra room to make 2 up better. For myself it would be a toss up but that extra 30 cubes is nice in a bike that's 80 lbs heavier than my sporty.

Well, uhhh...ahem, this is a little embarrassing.

While I fully support anyone who loves a Sportie as much as I do, I...uuhhh...did trade mine in on a Dyna, but in my defense, it was only an 883.

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08-27-2014, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Rog48

And once Im there Id rather do this on a sporty than a couch.

ROG48, what are those tires? I like the look, seems like you get great traction with those.

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08-27-2014, 08:35 AM

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08-27-2014, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by edgeofinsanity

I just hope I never get fat enough to consider a Sportster a little bike. Plenty of people have ridden cross country on 750cc motorcycles when they were considered the "big" bike.

+1. Guess I'm showing my age but I can remember when the 750s were "King of the Road." Now my 1200 Sportster is supposed to be a "small" bike. Riiiigghht...

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08-27-2014, 06:43 PM

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I joined the Army and rode my old Iron Head from East KY to Ft Bliss Texas. Got married and took my prego wife back home on an 883 I bought new while there. Then took that same little bike to Germany where it would run all over that country. I put no stock in the term Touring or big bike. If you tour with a bike its a touring bike. Size well as we all know is just ones own opinion. Or that's how I view it.

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