no.... just spokes and paint, ride height may have differed. All malleable. The iron is the cost effective little cash cow bro that could. Hd ran with it.

The black nighster was solid.
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Hey, thanks everyone for the replies. I caved. I bought a 2017 today but I won't have it until near August because I'll be on vacation. I do have a bunch of questions, and will post a few different threads, so I hope you fellas don't mind. So stoked.

 

Congrats.
Hope you don't feel too bad in the unlikely event that a 1200 Iron is announced later. I really kind of doubt that though.

If after you ride it for a while, you decide you want 1200cc's, you can always do a conversion on it.
It'll still have 883 gearing, but that's fun with the bigger motor.

 

Thanks man. I thought about it and not at all. The dealership could do a conversion for under $3,000. HD would probably charge about that much for a factory 1200, so I consider it a wash. I didn't commit to any sort of extended warranty, that's one of the questions I'm going to ask here, but I am going to ask the dealer if the conversion would be covered by any extended warranty if they were to do it, which I believe it is.

 

If you don't have a bike now, don't wait. if I were you, I would get a used one. there are a ton of irons out there from people that loved them and thought they would like riding but didn't. you can get one a few years old with a couple thousand kms for so cheap. get a local shop, not the dealer to do a hammer 1275 if you really need the power. kits are cheap and can be done in an afternoon. buy a service manual and learn to work on the bike yourself, don't get the dealer to do it. the best part about sportsters is how easy it is to work on them yourself.

 

I think you should get one now, there's no sense in waiting. You need to ride!

 

The Nightster had a sandblasted primary case and cover, while the Iron's is coated black. Also, the new Irons have the important safety feature of ABS available, which I heartily recommend.

The handlebars shook so much that my fingers would tingle after riding it. I don't have that problem with the 883. I'd be loathe to upgrade to 1200 or 1250 for fear of introducing the Nightster's vibration.

 

What hammer says

883's and 1200's share the same crank, literally the same part number, and they're balanced the same. It's been that way since 1995. Yet the stock 1200 piston is about 120 grams heavier than the stock 883 piston. The factory balances the crank for a piston weight that's in between the two.

Well, we have over a dozen different 1250 pistons for different applications, and they vary a little in weight from one dome configuration to the next, but every single one of them is in between the stock 883 and stock 1200 piston in weight. So the balance actually comes out better. Our common reverse dome 883-1250 conversion piston (our best seller, as used in the Basic Conversion Package) sits almost exactly half way between an 883 and a 1200 piston in weight. It's just a little lighter than the halfway point.

http://www.hammerperf.com/883conversions.shtml#balance
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I know when I converted to 1250 what vibration I had went away. My bike ran really smooth after the build.

 

If you're not picking it up for a while, have them do the stage one, and a 1,200 conversion now. It comes with the upgraded AC already. Just add some slip-ons and the efi mapping unit. It should not cost $3000 though. It should be half that much. The 1200 kit is on the Harley site for $1,200 and most dealers give you 10% off parts when you buy your bike there, then $400 ish to install. $1,500 total at the most. Best part is, since you installed it within 30 days of purchase, it is covered by your factory warranty. It's fun to pick it up with all this good stuff already on it.

 

Stage one right off the bat. I thought about a 1200 conversion now but I will postpone that by maybe two years. I want to learn the bike (well) first. Plus, it gives me something to look forward to.