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Old Mar 18, 2018 | 12:29 AM
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I'm about to buy my first HD tomorrow. I've got an 03 suzuki vl800 in my garage and it's just not enough. The wife loves it but when I ride with my buddies I can't ever keep up. For my first HD I decided on a beautiful 97 sportster 1200. I know it's not a beast of a bike but it's thru a friend of a family member and with only 15k miles, leather bags, new screaming eagles, $2000 worth of extra chrome and a leather cover for only $3000 I can't justify not buying it. Just wanted to say hi and that I'm happy to be here. 😃
 
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Sporsters are great bikes and for the price you cant go wrong!
 
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