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Originally Posted by dyna mo
hah, those sportster riders sure need to build up the tall tales about sportsters. and to justify a 10k asking price for a 6 year old sportie!
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You gotta admire the chutzpah of a guy asking $10000 for a $6500 Sportster.
Unless he's one of those Harley owners who has what he's got invested in it confused with what's it's actually worth.
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Originally Posted by TCLGirls
He forgot to say:
THIS VEHICLE IS NOT FOR A MAN WHO: lives in San Luis Obispo, AKA: Hippy Haven of Central California
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I occasionally amuse myself by riding over to SLO and going up Marsh Street and down Higuera setting off car alarms with my pipes and causing all the hippie liberals on the sidewalks to cover their ears and flee shrieking to the shelter of their Safe Place. (The Apple Store)
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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
i see sportsters going for that price pretty often. Why are they so much cheaper? I kind of like the idea of them being a lighter bike. I have zero interest in riding a couch on wheels myself.
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Sportster is a smaller, lighter less horsepower bike with a corresponding lower retail price, fewer are sold new and they are seen as a less-desirable used machine.
Seen by many (not me of course) as a "chick's" Harley.
How tall are you? If you are over 5'7" I wouldn't consider getting a Sportster, it will soon seem too small.
Ask Vendzilla, he had a one for a while, he very soon traded it off on a bigger bike.
You go out for a full day of riding and you get to about 300 miles covered you might just rethink that "couch on wheels" comment.
Like you I didn't want the full "Geezer Glide" and everybody on a Harley these days seem to be on Road Kings or Road Glides or Street Glides, I wanted to go a bit lighter, more nimble so I went with a Dyna, same motor as the bigger bikes but a couple hundred pounds lighter. Which makes it easy for me to outrun most other Harley riders I meet on the road.
But, it's not a great bike for long-distance touring, I'm thinking about getting a second bike for multi-day trips.