Members Birthdays
|
swanny, Mrs Jimi, SnarleyHarley (63), UtahMark, ihjonny (56), fatchuk (55), provision (47), randreb (47), joeyhunter (44), junk runner jr (38), Pegscraper05 (35), cowboy_hamilton1@yahoo.co (34), wi1dwood (34) |
|
Main Menu
|
|
4th April 2010
|
 |
Biker
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Grants, NM
Posts: 33 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 1993
Reputation: 10
|
|
More Older Guys Like The Sporty
I have notice that more older guys like the sporty. For me, I'm 50, with a bad back, but I can still pick my sporty up if I should lay it down, lol.. For those guys on the bigger bikes.. They may take my butt on the long run, but I get pay back in town... lol...
|
5th April 2010
|
 |
XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 261 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 1992
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pepper8892
I have notice that more older guys like the sporty. For me, I'm 50, with a bad back, but I can still pick my sporty up if I should lay it down, lol.. For those guys on the bigger bikes.. They may take my butt on the long run, but I get pay back in town... lol...
|
I'm 56 and the Sporty is just so much more fun than the big bikes. Quicker, more maneuverable, just plain fun! And...an added benefit...I seem to feel younger after a good long ride!
Dave
__________________
Dave
(Drifter)
1992 XLH883
|
5th April 2010
|
|
Post no Avatars!
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dubois, WY
Posts: 2,714 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200S Sportster/Buell Year: 2001 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1972 Other Motorcycle Model: XLH-883D Other Motorcycle Year: 1988
|
|
I'm over 50 and did 2 cross-country trips on my sportster since turning 50.
Did another one on a Dyna. It wasn't the bike but the seat and the rest
of the bike setup that made it great trips.
A Mustang seat and back support and I'll ride just about any bike long range.
A lot of the older guys you see are not long time riders, so they don't know
any better. Way too many 'new' riders buy what they see not what they know. No ill feelings on anyone who buys a big bike, as long as they don't dismiss other great bikes like the XL.
Damn one of these days I'll be old too.... 
\
Quote:
Originally Posted by pepper8892
I have notice that more older guys like the sporty. For me, I'm 50, with a bad back, but I can still pick my sporty up if I should lay it down, lol.. For those guys on the bigger bikes.. They may take my butt on the long run, but I get pay back in town... lol...
|
|
6th April 2010
|
 |
The XL Forum Host
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Somewhere in the woods, looking for a Geocache
Posts: 12,177 Sportster/Buell Model: 883>1250 Stage 2 Sportster/Buell Year: 2002
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by decman
Way too many 'new' riders buy what they see not what they know.
|
I agree. These are the bikes you see for sale in a few years with VERY low mileage. |
6th April 2010
|
 |
Brass Nut
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,423 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
|
|
What's this got to do with "Famous and infamous people who ride Sportsters"?
Moving to seperate thread.
__________________
Folkie
Super Moderator
'The green machine'
Last edited by Folkie; 10th November 2012 at 20:21..
|
21st August 2011
|
|
Biker
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Grants, NM
Posts: 33 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 1993
Reputation: 10
|
|
Sportster is the best, the the last bike rally. (Fire & Ice) My sporty ate those grandpa bikes for breakfast... lol Sportster are the best, lol
|
11th July 2012
|
 |
XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 238 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 1998
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by drifter02
I'm 56 and the Sporty is just so much more fun than the big bikes. Quicker, more maneuverable, just plain fun! And...an added benefit...I seem to feel younger after a good long ride!
Dave
|
+1  I'm 53, rode a sportster when I was "a kid" and decided it was time to get back to it. Why'd I wait so long????????????? 
__________________
I care not for what others think of what I do but I care greatly for what I think of what I do. That, is character! - Theodore Roosevelt 1912
" A citizen may not be required to offer a good and substantial reason why he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right‘s existence is all the reason he needs." Wollard v Maryland
 
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:46.
|
