j par said

My dad had the old right hand 4 speed sportsters. Mine was an 03 883 with a wisco 1200 kit. Foot clutch, hand shift, lowered rear shocks, blacked out lenses, spoked wheels with white walls, low-cut seed with nice tall ape hangers. I'm very loud straight pipes LOL. It was the slowest heaviest pile of crap that I ever had. I loved it a lot but it was a passing love. I think they're heavy and have bad brakes and are not too enjoyable to ride whatsoever. honestly I think it's the Goldwing that I had last that messed me up. Damn that thing was comfortable!

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Sublime one said

So here are a couple of pix of yours truly. In the wind on my dual plug shovel and the other, I had perhaps tapped out and was taking a siesta! I have been riding since before I was ten and had my first wreck with my grandfather in a liquor store parking lot in the gravel. I still ride and have a relatively strong opinion on the sportster. My Brother (RIP) had a Harley shop in which we hand built bikes for years long before Orange County madness. Do not use the sportster as a first bike, feel free to PM me and I can give you a litany of reasons on why not. Do not let your frame size deter you from getting "more" bike. There are a million ways to lower the stance on a bike just like a car. The peanut gas tank is another killer, you can barely go anywhere without topping off. And if you are with a group they can go twice as far. There are a lot of nice HDs for sale out there reasonably priced from folks that the only thing they put on their bike was chrome not miles. Just my .02

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