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Picked up my first Sportster (and first Harley) today! It's an 04 with 8000 miles. Coming from riding small Honda Twins for about 5 years now and I'm really excited!
Bought it from a dealer in the area and its running pretty darn good. Some scratches and dings on the tank but that just means I won't be totally bummed when I ding it, ha!
How it sits now:
Last edited by Dudepants; Oct 27, 2016 at 10:05 AM.
Nice bike! The Sportsters are a BLAST to ride, I'm trying to talk my CFO (spouse) into letting me get one again. Scratches and dings just mean it has some character.
Congratulations and welcome to the madness
Pretty nice condition for a 2004
Looks like there are some kind of covers missing just below your rocker push rod tubes?
Picked up my first Sportster (and first Harley) today! It's an 04 with 8000 miles. Coming from riding small Honda Twins for about 5 years now and I'm really excited!
Bought it from a dealer in the area and its running pretty darn good. Some scratches and dings on the tank but that just means I won't be totally bummed when I ding it, ha!
Congrats! Give er a going over, some say it may need rubber because its 12 years old, I still have original rubber on mine, but have 13000 miles on it. getting ready to put new tires on mine.
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Picked up my first Sportster!
