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1st May 2008
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Know It All
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 161 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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New from souther colorado
Hey all - just found the site looking up sportster forums in google - looks like a great place to hang out.
I don't officially have my bike yet - I get it tomorrow May 2, 2008. It took me 9 years to convince my wife a Harley would be good to get, and while I would eventually like to get a big v-twin, I have always enjoyed the looks of the sporties and the possibilities they have. So, with gas prices where they are at, and a 70 mile round-trip commute every day, it "just made sense" to get a bike.
So I will be picking up an 2008 XL 883C in vivid black tomorrow after my co-signer gets the papers signed after work, just in time to start breaking in the engine on a weekend that should be about 65-75 degrees!
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1st May 2008
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XL FORUM LIFE MEMBER
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 13,143 Sportster/Buell Model: XL50 0596 Black Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: E-Glide Other Motorcycle Year: 2003
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while I would eventually like to get a big v-twin
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Do you mean in addition to the Sporty? I'm lucky enough to own 2 scoots, an older Ultra and a 2007 Sporty and I love both of them equally. The Ultra is my Caddy and the Sporty is my Vette.
Hello from Pittsburgh and welcome to the forum.
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Sportys tend to keep getting faster the longer you own them.
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1st May 2008
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Beware broken records...
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Thornton and Boulder, Colorado
Posts: 4,949 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 Low Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1200 XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1999
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Welcome from Boulder!
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--Special Agent Megan Reeves, Numb3rs
2006 1200 Low--NRHS HurricaneFlow 2", slash down Screamin' Eagle Street Performance exhaust, Progressive 12" 418s w/ heavy duty springs, Progressive fork springs + Ricor Intiminators, HD forward controls, Mustang Vintage Wide seat, HD QD windshield (smoked), HD mini-apes, and surely more to come...
1999 1200 XLH--In progress.  Custom Led Sled frame--4" up, 2" out; Baker/Vulcan chain conversion; Buell 17" rear wheel...
http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/s...d.php?t=708796
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1st May 2008
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Know It All
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 161 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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Originally Posted by bobflowers
Do you mean in addition to the Sporty?
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Yuppers - my budget right now meant to get the sporty first, then to get the other later down the road. I am married, with 5 kids, 3 of them step-children which are going to be going into college in the next 2-3 years, and I myself am a year out from finishing my bachelors degree - so hopefully the pay becomes commensurate with experience (10 years of that already) and school, kids move out....then I can get a nice bagger for cruzin with the wife and hot rod out the sporty....I have also thought about passing the sporty on to my son when he is old enough, he's only 7 right now.... |
1st May 2008
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: U.S.A.
Posts: 3,339 Sportster/Buell Model: SXL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2002
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Welcome to the forum!
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1st May 2008
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Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Colorado Front Range
Posts: 315 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2007
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I assume you're buying from Outpost H-D. They were pretty fair with me when I bought my '07 XLC about a year ago. I'm nearby in Colorado Springs; welcome to the Forum!
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1st May 2008
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Brass Nut
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western Weald
Posts: 30,408 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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'The green machine'
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1st May 2008
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Sunny Italy
Posts: 15,356 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 1993 Other Motorcycle Model: Moto Guzzi California EV Other Motorcycle Year: 1998
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Welcome to the forum from sunny Italy!
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'93 1200
4"Extended Jaybrake Forward Controls
58mm Inverted Wide Glide Front End
Super E Carb w/Forcewinder Air Cleaner
WetDreamz Pipes
Holographic Metal Flake Paint Job
Six Piston Jaybrake Calipers
16" Carlini Apes
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1st May 2008
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Houston (Katy), TX
Posts: 1,122 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 Custom Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Congrats on the new bike!  to the site!
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2006 Sportster 1200 Custom (Rich Sunglo Blue)
| Color Match Side Covers | Vance & Hines Straightshot HS | S&S Air Cleaner Kit |
| Corbin Hollywood Solo Seat | Auxiliary Brake Light/Turn Signal |
| Changed to Low Risers & Mini Apes | Progressive front springs and 440 rears |
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1st May 2008
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Western Ontario
Posts: 3,972 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 R Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Buell Uly (sold) Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2009 Other Motorcycle Model: 2010 Ural Patrol(sold)
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Congrats on the new bike and welcome to the forum from Ontario Canada
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