Best Sportster Year?
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Basement rat
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Go for anything with the Evo engine. Everything is rubber mounted to dampen vibrations from the engine to the belt drive. It wont shake its self to pieces or fall over if you leave it running while you run in the house to get something.
But... those older engines sure look cool.
But... those older engines sure look cool.
SrgtBear
The arsenic has oddly shaped feet...
Sportsters = average middle class suburb man who wants Harley but too cheap to buy anything but the base line model. At least that how it goes in the suburbs of philly. I see way too many where I live on the streets and craigslist. They are too boring for my liking. The classics are probably a different story. No offense to you sportster lovers.
[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hQN4Amaeg[/flash]
BTW, one of the funniest south park episodes.
[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hQN4Amaeg[/flash]
BTW, one of the funniest south park episodes.
i could not dissagree with this more... same as the "Chick" bike comments that are made on sportys. they are some of the fastest best handling bikes in the HD line up, as well as the reason that HD name is so respected and sought after now a days. Sporty is still my fav harley made, they constantly change and adapt this bike to reach new markets and are not afraid to take a risk, adn to be flat out they are not so cheap, a new super low is 11,500 out the door, to me that is not cheap by any means.
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
I think the Evo's are better, the Ironheads look cool and can be made reliable but they will always take more work.
Any Sportster should be street trackered , preferably with front head on rear and dual carbs so it looks more like a real XR.
if you do 1200 conversion, you can bore cylinders 0.493" and get special 'low compression' pistons to use with 883 heads.
I don't know how many I've done (a lot)
883 heads have a lot of potential when reworked, plenty of material to re-shape ports and combustion chamber, particularly if you fit oversize valves
Any Sportster should be street trackered , preferably with front head on rear and dual carbs so it looks more like a real XR.
if you do 1200 conversion, you can bore cylinders 0.493" and get special 'low compression' pistons to use with 883 heads.
I don't know how many I've done (a lot)
883 heads have a lot of potential when reworked, plenty of material to re-shape ports and combustion chamber, particularly if you fit oversize valves
dead bound
5'6" piece of twisted steel and sex appeal
I would love to have one of the 50-60's models. Other than that it would be a "forty-eight"
we are picking up a super low this winter for the wife so i can tear it all down and build her a hot rod sporty... awesome bike sickly over priced, but she will not let me get her an 05 and build the super low out of it,s he wants a brand new bike, then i will tear it all down and build what she wnats
it is really sick! jsut a great built bike and when i rode it, she rips! the wife fell in love with it... what mama wants mama gets!
it is really sick! jsut a great built bike and when i rode it, she rips! the wife fell in love with it... what mama wants mama gets!
not all evo sportsters are rubber mount or belt drive.
rubber mounted engines weren't available til 2004 and belt drive wasn't standard til 93.
my vote is for the 88-90 1200 model w/chain drive and teeth rattling solid mount engine.
also the sporty can be made into a formidable street bike with suspension mods, better rubber and a few tweaks to the powertrain.
built this one in 91.
1988 883 bored to 1200 with wiesco forged pistons and some other engine goodies and a buncha brakes and suspension mods.
lived in the wine country at the time and could keep up with the crotch rockets in the twisties.
rubber mounted engines weren't available til 2004 and belt drive wasn't standard til 93.
my vote is for the 88-90 1200 model w/chain drive and teeth rattling solid mount engine.
also the sporty can be made into a formidable street bike with suspension mods, better rubber and a few tweaks to the powertrain.
built this one in 91.
1988 883 bored to 1200 with wiesco forged pistons and some other engine goodies and a buncha brakes and suspension mods.
lived in the wine country at the time and could keep up with the crotch rockets in the twisties.
it was a great styling exercise for hd but unfortunately most everything made in the amf years suffered from horrible quality control.
if i was going to ride any amf bike it would definitely be this one.
i actually had a friend whose father owned the local harley dealer and he got 3 of those bikes when they came out.
a year and a half later he gave one to his son, one to his service manager and one to his sales manager.
couldn't sell em. nobody wanted them.
if i was going to ride any amf bike it would definitely be this one.
i actually had a friend whose father owned the local harley dealer and he got 3 of those bikes when they came out.
a year and a half later he gave one to his son, one to his service manager and one to his sales manager.
couldn't sell em. nobody wanted them.
DrJ
Over 1,000 Posts
VonYinzer said:Im really amazed that this old girl has'nt shown her face here yet...
But of course, how could I forget. And I'll raise you a 1983 XR1000, an even rarer Sportster. An homage to the legendary XR750 flat tracker with XR style dual carb heads on top of a standard bottom end. I've only seen one of these for sale around our area.
