So I bought my first bike a couple months ago 2002 1200c and have been putting some serious miles on, it's all I want to do. I love the bike and have no complaints but have been seriously considering selling the sporty and buying a street bob. Why, I don't know as I love everything about the sporty but just feel this urge to go to the street bob. I ride any where from back roads to all day highway riding and have zero complaints with the sporty. For the life of me I can't figure out why I want out of it and into a sb.
So my question has anyone done such a thing and regret it. Who here has had a sporty, bought something else to only find out you should of kept the sporty?

 

I had a streetbob...hated it...rode really hard, even on the softest shock setting...make sure you take a long test drive before you buy...also streetbobs have a strange handlebar mount that you can't easily put risers on (nothing is impossible)...BUT, the streetbob made tons more power (once I got the pipes,ac and PC5 installed)...

 

When I get another bike it will be a street glide but I won't be getting rid of my sportster.

 

Man i went through this exact same thing a few months ago. I went as far as getting the financing and paperwork prepared. All i had to do was sign the paper and it was mine. The way I took care of it was by taking some of the money i would have put down on the Dyna and buying some parts. I started to really move my sporty in the direction that i wanted to see it go and I havent had the urge to trade up as much. I think my biggest issue was the size. I have an 883 and wanted to go up to the 103. I may still do it, but Ive decided to hold off and make sure that is what I really want to do.

However, I can say that had my local dealership been willing to negotiate a little, I would have rode a 2014 Street Bob home that day. I had worked out a solid deal with the guy on the sales floor. It was about two weeks before the 15s were set to hit the floor and we both knew they were trying to push the 14s out. He was going to give me 7k for my Iron, drop 1000 off the the dyna and throw in Forwards for free. I was looking at a payment only like 15 dollars more a month than I had for my Iron and for the same term. I was ready to go. Then I went to do the paperwork with his manager and apparently, the salesman didnt have the authority to do all the stuff he told me he was going to do so i walked.

 

Hey Lotaluck, I rode a friends Street Bob and was very impressed with the performance for a stock bike. I did 40+ miles of canyon twisties riding and was impressed with it's cornering abilities as well. As far as ride quality, I thought it was pretty decent. Especially compared to a Sportster, anything is an improvement over a stock Sportsters suspension.


I personally highly doubt that you would regret the upgrade. And what do you have to lose? Fortunately you bought a used 2002 Sporty just a couple of months ago. So there's probably not a strong bond formed yet, if ever there could be one. So you shouldn't suffer any financial or emotional loss.


The way I see it is that the Sportster can easily be replaced should you later have a change of heart, which is highly unlikely. But let's just say you do, and you want to get back on a Sportster. If you buy a used Street Bob, you should be able re-sell it without any financial loss 6 to 12 months later. At that point you can buy an upgraded (2004 or newer) rubber mount Sportster.


If you post in the Dyna section you'll find many who have made the same upgrade with no regrets. From what I've read in the past, regretting such an upgrade would be a rare exception. In fact I'm pretty sure the above post is the first I've ever seen.


You only go around once in life ...

 

I've thought about it...still undecided. I like the looks of the street bob, while it isn't that much bigger, it is 100 pounds heavier. I can do the 1250 conversion on the Sportster if I need more power. Maybe bob the rear and throw on a cooler set of bars. Who knows, I haven't had my bike for a year yet. Hell I could end up on a Scout.

 

I rode a Bob at the local dealers demo days (bone stock of course) and although it was a nice bike I had no burning desire to trade, I couldn't justify spending money difference for what it had to offer.
In fact after trying 5 big twins that day I was not tempted to trade mine on any of them, all were nice bikes in their own way but I was happy to throw a leg over mine and enjoy the ride home.

 

Talk about getting your hopes up! Sounds like it worked out better for you in the long run anyhow.

 

That's some good stuff right there, probably because that is what I want to here.
I still haven't heard from anyone that bought a dyna then went back to a sporty with the exception of mrfixer, by the way thank mrfixer for the feedback. I'll probably give this's a few days then post over on the dyna board and see what kind of feed back I get. I am pretty sure the dyna is a popular second bike after a sporty, Mabey them guys are sticking with it.

 

Traded in my 09Nightster on 2012 Switchback for two up, nice bike put 18k on it over two years, married her and traded Switchback in on a very gently used 11 Iron and leftover 13 custom. Missed the sportster too much, no regrets.