Back in the day one of the bikes I owned was a 77 Sportster. I had 0 problems with it and I wish I still owned it. Since then I have owned another Sportster, Heritage, and an 06 Ultra. Had 0 problems with them. I sold my 06 Ultra in 08 ( August ) when I bought my TG. I had 32,000 trouble free miles on it. It is my most favorite bike. I owned 3 or 4 other various brands with no trouble.