I'm 60 years old in a few days. Not as limber these days. I love riding the Bobber but, doing 2 or 3 hundred miles a day are starting to be, shall we say uncomfortable. It is a blast to ride and scary fast. I have an Ultra for longer trips but, I'm finding myself riding it daily instead of the bobber because of the comfort. Think I may find me a Softail or Heritage for a daily rider. I found an 82 FL Shovel for a pretty good deal. Hate to sell a bike though. LOL


EDIT: This was not an advertisement to sell my bike on the forum. It was moved here by a mod for unknown reasons. Sorry for the confusion.

EDIT the EDIT: Moved back....

 

Put a more comfy 60 yr old style seat on it and keep it.

 

Well your bike does perhaps look like it rides rough/ stiff to me anyway.

Before selling post # 2 has a good idea, try a thicker seat and or different seat springs.
(The seat could be done on a budget.)
Different shaped bars could also help.
You could try lower air pressure...at your own discretion.
Perhaps relocate your foot pegs to get your feet/ legs to support some of your weight.
The springer front fork...I am unaware of any options there, yet there may be softer spring options.

Guess it depends on what makes the bike uncomfortable to you.

Else your bike looks great.

Good luck with your decisions.

 

A dyna would be closer to the sportster than a softail. I had a dyna with a HD pillow top seat on it and it was as comfortable as the seat on my ultra classic. I've heard that the softails aren't as maneuverable as the sportster and dyna.

 

bitchen bike

It looks like it would wear out my 48 year old butt pretty quick. Congrats on making it to 60 on that.

 

Sportster? That is not a sportster.

 

Well, it looks like a sportster with that gas tank and you didn't specify. So...

 

Always look at the engine. That primary between the engine and the transmission is a big twin, not a Sportster that has unit construction. Looking from the other side you could see the push rod tubes are crossed as they are on all big twins. On a Sportster the push rod tubes are straight up and down, no crossing because it's a gear driven cam motor with 4 cams.

One of the quick ways to tell an Evo from a Twin Cam is to look at the lifter blocks. A Twin Cam has the lifter bore cast into the engine case, an Evo uses the lifter blocks as the lifter bore; that's why they had to be aligned.

 

somebody is looking for cross thread points!!!

 

they sell hydraulic shocks for the seat, still keeps the profile low, but are more comfortable that just the spring. Along with keeping the tire presser lower, it may make the difference needed. As for a 300 mile day, on that bike, thats asking a lot for a thirty year old, but It sure looks great!! How about instead of selling it, you just add another bike to the garage? Something for those longer trips. This bike is a great bar hopper/short Saturday ride kind of bike, that I could see getting yourself attached to. Could be an option, depending on finances.