Bike looks great.

Funny, I posted almost the exact same impression on my FXDC VS my 883C. After putting about 500 miles on the Dyna I rode the old girl about 40 miles to drop it off at the buyers house and couldn't wait to get off the damn thing! Girls bike my ***, Sportsters are torture racks and by far the most difficult Harley to master I honestly think Softails are about the best Harley for shorter people, Dyna's coming in second.

I still love Sportsters and would own one again as long as it didn't require giving up my Dyna. I'd love to have a little barhopper with a hot 1250cc in a rigid frame.

 

Congrats ...



... very nice ... enjoy the new bike and welcome to the Dyna forum ...

R/
'Chop

 

I'm with ya Von...after riding the Dyna the Sporty seems pretty crude and difficult to handle. I totally agree that a Sporty is not the "girl's bike" or "beginner Harley" a lot claim it to be....maybe a beginner bike from a price/affordability perspective but that's it. Glad I owned a Sporty first, now I have a good perspective for comparison.

I however wish I could have kept the Sporty though for a short-tripper, but after riding the Dyna I doubt it would have gotten ridden much since it was set up in Custom trim with extras similar to my Dyna. I too would love to have another Sporty in the garage someday in addition to the Dyna, but a stripped down version...I dig the 48 and the new 72, but just for a solo fun, run around town thing.

 

Glad you got it home, looks great! The sporty was my first bike and it was hard to learn on. The first time I test drove the dyna I was more then comfortable on it. I blew away a few dyna's on the sporty, and I've just gotten to the point on the dyna where I can now say the dyna would blow away my old sporty.

The big difference in comfort is on the freeway...

 

Thanks Rooti!
I've had a lot of bikes over the years in many different forms, but I would say the Sporty would not be a good bike for a true beginner compared to many others.

You're right...highway comfort is huge & I'm most impressed with it when coming to a stop and taking off from a stop...much more controlled and better balanced.

I've riden several bone stock Dynas, and from the seat of the pants feel the race tuner in combination with the breather & exhaust made a HUGE difference....my Sporty ran very well, but my Dyna would smoke it easily at any speed/rpm. Can't wait to get it on the Dyno @ 1,000 miles and really get it dialed in! Can't imagine what some cams would do..

 

I just checked out the 72, if that had come out before I bought my Dyna I might have gone that way instead. Wish my OL rode so I'd have an excuse to buy one, that is a clean looking bike. I got to hand it to HD, they're doing good things with the Softail and Sportster line up. The new "Slim" is a good looking bike for a slushtail. IMO the Dyna line is hurting a bit. I think the Switch Back is nice but I wish they kept the regular old Super Glide in the line up.

 

Nice Ride!

 

Real nice scoot! Enjoy!

 

Congrats on the new Dyna. They are great bikes. I was thinking of adding a Sporty but decided against it after reading many post like yours.

As far as the OL goes, prove her wrong about which one gets ridden more. Just saying....dd50

 

Cograts on the ride, I love riding my SGC.