just posted this in the sporty forum and got no response

freebyrd · #1 06-26-2008, 11:26 PM

maybe some of you all that own both can give me some opinions i know sporties are top heavy and kind of difficullt to control if your noy used to them but i was wondering if the low version or the nightster gives you that feeling of sitting in the motorcycle and not on it like the dynas and soft tails do, anyway heres the post

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first of all i am from the dyna forum and a 07 streetbob owner, i just about got the old lady convinced that with rising gas prices the way to go for commuting is a motorcycle she loves riding double up with me on the streetbob, i have it all set up to switch back from solo seat and saddlebags to sundowner seat detachacble backrest and fairing,

now i have a 2000 ford f150 that i should be able to get about five grand&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; out of and another ten thousand froma trailer i inherited, i owned a 2001xl1200 custom sporty before i bought the street bob and sold it to get the payments low on the bobert,

after riding the two as us sprorty riders know the sporty is top heavy and a little tricky if your not used to it, but the nightster looks like it has a lower center of gravity than the standard xl1200 i was used to, do you find this to be the case, both her and i love the looks of it,
how easy is it to set up for two up riding and saddlebags, she is just going to have to haul my son around starting when hes like seven or eight so it won't be much of a weight issue, also need foward controls i think sportys are a little cramped without them,
there is also the sporty low version what is the seat height and center of gravity like on that as opposed to the nightster?

i'll stop asking questions now and await your responses, there are many smart folks here that will help me with my choices
thanks for reading
freebyrd

sclonghairbadboy · #2 06-29-2008, 11:16 AM

Reason you didn't get a response was this is a dyna forum, and not the sporty forum.

l.ray · #3 08-01-2008, 12:58 PM

for picture too