Are Sportsters considered "starter" Harley's?
Tourer
Joined: May 2011
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From: Orange County, New York
depends on who you talk to. any bike could be a starter bike. for me my sporty happens to be a starter bike since it's my first (road legal) bike. now, I never plan on trading it or selling it. I love my sporty.
Tourer
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From: Canada
Ive got my medals to prove it and Ive been riding since I have been 12, so dont call me pathetic for comparing riding a motorcycle to war.
I have skull tattoos and a multitude of skulls on my ride because I have been to Hell a few times and back.
Like we use to say in the Army, "get some TI before you open your trap Bucko, because my Army boots sitting in my closet are older than you"
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Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: New Jersey
To some they may be a "starter harley" But I prob will never own any bigger harley ... I went for a ride with my dad the other day and the sportster is so much more fun on back roads compared to a fatboy ! If Harley didnt make a sportster I wouldnt own a Harley period ...
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Clear Lake, CA
I rode small road bikes from the time I was 15. Finally saved enough money in '72 to move up and had the choice of the brand new Honda CB750 or the Triumph Bonneville 650. Back in those days it wasn't a big deal to get a test drive. Rode them both and came away feeling like I was riding the Triumph and sitting on top of the Honda, so I went with the Triumph. Always wanted the Sportster, I just wasn't mechanically inclined to keep one running to my way of thinking. 40 years down the road and I finally got that Sportster, life is good! It is like everything in life, to each his/her own. It is not my starter Harley, it is my Harley.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Beroun, Czech Republic
As a motoring journo I get to ride various Harleys relatively often but I have yet to ride one that beats my Roadster for purity of riding experience. I chose it because it combines the feel and character of bigger hogs with weight and manouverability of a generic "standard" motorcycle. Plus it has at least some cornering clearance to speak of (unlike most todays harleys incl. Sportsters).
I love riding my bike and dont care the slightest bit what some deprived loosers think of it. You never ever hear anyone who really knows about motorcycles speaking of Sportys as girls or starters bikes, models like Superlow aside.
I love riding my bike and dont care the slightest bit what some deprived loosers think of it. You never ever hear anyone who really knows about motorcycles speaking of Sportys as girls or starters bikes, models like Superlow aside.
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Joined: Jun 2010
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Funny story, was at the dealer Tuesday this week, get a new tire on and a quote for new cables. I ended up waiting a bit, as they have started washing bikes after service (ok by me, did a real nice job).
Any way, I was sitting out at the tables reading through a magazine and a parts catalog with a few other guys and we heard a bike come into the service area from the back and those guys looked at each other, then me. I said that's not me, not loud enough, one guy said, that is pretty loud, not mine (can't these guys tell the sound of there own bike). Just as they pulled it up and shut it down, you hear this ridiculous roar coming from the back. They were like, what the hell is that? I smiled and said, that is my 883 sporty, the one turned and said, no way in hell that is a Sportster. Just then my buddy Scott from the dealership is walking by and says " I think I hear that evil sounding Iron pulling up"
These dudes were shocked. Now granted the openness of the building and all the concrete make it sound ridiculous inside with the Shortshots, but I was smilin ear to ear. The service manager even commented on it, said that thing sounds wicked.
I love my Sporty and will never get rid of it, almost paid off along with my car, then the saving starts for a CVO Street Glide.......
Any way, I was sitting out at the tables reading through a magazine and a parts catalog with a few other guys and we heard a bike come into the service area from the back and those guys looked at each other, then me. I said that's not me, not loud enough, one guy said, that is pretty loud, not mine (can't these guys tell the sound of there own bike). Just as they pulled it up and shut it down, you hear this ridiculous roar coming from the back. They were like, what the hell is that? I smiled and said, that is my 883 sporty, the one turned and said, no way in hell that is a Sportster. Just then my buddy Scott from the dealership is walking by and says " I think I hear that evil sounding Iron pulling up"
These dudes were shocked. Now granted the openness of the building and all the concrete make it sound ridiculous inside with the Shortshots, but I was smilin ear to ear. The service manager even commented on it, said that thing sounds wicked.
I love my Sporty and will never get rid of it, almost paid off along with my car, then the saving starts for a CVO Street Glide.......
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2010
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My Sportster was a tire shredding wheelie monster that blew most other bikes away. It was my first harley because at 18 I couldn't afford the FXR that I really wanted. It was a good compromise.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: New Orleans
Call it pathetic, all ya want lad, You report back when you have been forced off the road, had a vehicle used as a weapon towards you, Chewed on your heart because a cager did something stupid and your life flashed before your eyes(you know kinda like when a weapon is being pointed at your skull) or been in accident and your tending to your OL, so she doesnt go into shock at the same time several cagers drive right by, because they dont want to get involved because your a motorcyclist.
Ive got my medals to prove it and Ive been riding since I have been 12, so dont call me pathetic for comparing riding a motorcycle to war.
I have skull tattoos and a multitude of skulls on my ride because I have been to Hell a few times and back.
Like we use to say in the Army, "get some TI before you open your trap Bucko, because my Army boots sitting in my closet are older than you"
Ive got my medals to prove it and Ive been riding since I have been 12, so dont call me pathetic for comparing riding a motorcycle to war.
I have skull tattoos and a multitude of skulls on my ride because I have been to Hell a few times and back.
Like we use to say in the Army, "get some TI before you open your trap Bucko, because my Army boots sitting in my closet are older than you"
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2010
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I've seen women on a bike where I'm just counting the moments until they kill themselves or someone else. I've refused to ride with certain groups over it because to be honest I've seen plenty of nasty **** in my life and adding a woman dying in front of my eyes is something that I'd like to avoid. Don't get me wrong, I've seen plenty of guys who are the same. I've also seen women who ride like they were born on two wheels. Either way, it is way off topic from the original post.