I have own my 2003 883 sportster now for not yet three months,,already put over 1500 bucks in to it,,thats with the 1200 conversion/andrews N4 cams,,which I love ,,,I can see there will be alot more as the week ends too,not to say what will happin by the end of summer,,,,DIABLO666,,i know how you feel there about that other guy posting what you where talking about,,,I feel the same on that,,but I don't see the post,,it must have goting removed before I read'd this,,,,but I would like to say this about all other bikes other then HARLEY,,,,if i see you on the side of the road broke down,,I WILL DO ALL I CAN TO HELP YOU GET BACK TO RIDING,,,, IT JUST SO HAPPINS today I was going down 58 here in mecklenburg.Va,,and I saw a guy on a bike setting there on the bike , leanin back like he was asleep,,but he was in the sun in the middle of the day( 1/4 mile up the either way he would have been in the shade),, so i new he was broke down,so I turn'd around to see what was wrong,,,he was broke down,,an on a Kawaski,,,the front windshield he had just put on had feel off an the headlite assembly had feel down on front fender(he had forgot to tightin the bolts),,so I went to the next town up an got what he needed to get him going again,,,,he wanted to pay me,,but NO WAY WAS THAT GOING TO HAPPIN,,I just hope that if i was to break down some day SOMEONE will do the same for me,,,,,,dIABLO666----THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU SAID ,,,,, so please dont take it as that,,,,