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5th November 2007
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Biker
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Why badmouth the sportster?
I am fairly new here and do not have a ride at present ( former Honda rider ) but I really like the latest sportsters. My question is, why do so many riders I meet badmouth the sportster? They say I will grow out of it in a short period of time. Won't like it for long rides, especially if I have my gal on the back. My use of the bike would be for a 23 mile comute into work and some rides on the weekend. How do I defend the sportster?
Your thoughts guys and gals, I am in the Salt Lake City valley area and may wait to buy till next spring with winter coming on.
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5th November 2007
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Leg Man!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: South of Lancaster, PA
Posts: 3,775 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 Custom Sportster/Buell Year: 2004
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Yeah, it's a "chick bike", "half a Harley", "starter model"....yada, yada,yada. 
Twinkies are trucks, Sporty's are hot rods. Buy what makes you happy, personally, I'm happy with my Sporty! 
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5th November 2007
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 262 Sportster/Buell Model: Last ironhead! Sportster/Buell Year: 1985 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Rigid 1000 Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1970 Other Motorcycle Model: Too many to list
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most of them are just jealous. I can't tell you the number of new BT's that start talking smack, then we line up and when I'm done smokin 'em they want to know what hopups I have done. I simply tell them thinner headgaskets for higher compression, 23t front 49t rear for sprockets, lowered 4" and that my sporty was designed as a "sport bike".
It usually makes even more mad to know my 4 speed smoked their 6 speed too.
After that they don't talk much crap! I kinda look forward to it now.
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5th November 2007
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wyoming Valley, PA
Posts: 681 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2005
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Why defend it at all?
Getting defensive is exactly the reaction they want.
And if you have to defend it at all, don't do it with words. Do it with speed on a twisty road.
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I have nothing clever to say.
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5th November 2007
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Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Sweet Melissa Texas
Posts: 453 Sportster/Buell Model: 53.9 C.I. XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 1987 Sportster/Buell Model #2: I Wish
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Chrome oil filter.
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5th November 2007
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,741 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200V Sportster/Buell Year: 2013 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL883C … long gone Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDB … gone! Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Originally Posted by jeffco
I am fairly new here and do not have a ride at present ( former Honda rider ) but I really like the latest sportsters. My question is, why do so many riders I meet badmouth the sportster? They say I will grow out of it in a short period of time. Won't like it for long rides, especially if I have my gal on the back. My use of the bike would be for a 23 mile comute into work and some rides on the weekend. How do I defend the sportster?
Your thoughts guys and gals, I am in the Salt Lake City valley area and may wait to buy till next spring with winter coming on.
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Don't bother defending it. Just ride it! Most riders don't badmouth others' bikes. Do you really care about the opinions of those that do?
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Super Moderator
'The green machine'
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5th November 2007
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Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 3,128 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200N-Traded :( Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: Harley Fat Bob Other Motorcycle Year: 09
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The only people who are overly concerned about what other people ride are poseurs. Those dudes standing next to their Softails with fringe blowing in the breeze don't like it when someone chooses to ignore their perception of what is cool. They've never ridden a Sporty because they caved in to what others had told them was cool. They can't think for themselves and don't like it when they encounter someone who can.
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Edward
Pasadena Motorcycle Club
http://pasadenamc.com
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5th November 2007
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Biker
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 44 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200c Sportster/Buell Year: 05
Reputation: 10
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Get the bike that you feel most comfortable on. That's the most important thing. Remember that girls ride BTs, sportsbikes, trikes, quads and drive cars, trucks, so they could all be classed as "girls stuff" as well.
Don't go off what others say, go off what you think and enjoy it coz you will know that you made the right choice for you.  |
6th November 2007
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Biker
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Kent/East Sussex Border, UK.
Posts: 62 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 roadster Sportster/Buell Year: 2007
Reputation: 80
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Originally Posted by ludlow555
The only people who are overly concerned about what other people ride are poseurs. Those dudes standing next to their Softails with fringe blowing in the breeze don't like it when someone chooses to ignore their perception of what is cool. They've never ridden a Sporty because they caved in to what others had told them was cool. They can't think for themselves and don't like it when they encounter someone who can.
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 couldnt of said it better myself. 
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2007 1200 Roadster, V & H shortshots, fueler. SE filter. Progressive Front 10w, Progressive All Black 412 Rear, Smoked LED Tail light.
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6th November 2007
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XL FORUM LIFE MEMBER
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 13,175 Sportster/Buell Model: XL50 0596 Black Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: E-Glide Other Motorcycle Year: 2003
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I'm lucky enough to own an UltraClassic and a Sportster and I love them both. One of my biker friends could not understand why I bough another Sportster when "I already had a real Harley." I asked him why he bought his Camero when he already had a Suburban. He just gave me his dumb look.
Owning an Ultra and a Sporty is like owning a Caddy and a Vette. Neither one is better, they are different. When I'm heading out on the Interstate for a full day of cruising I take the Ultra with the XM Satalite Radio. When I want to raise hell it's Sporty Time.
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