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Old 04-15-2022, 04:45 PM
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New Nightster Pitched as Instrument of Expression
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It basically looks like the old Sportster with a new engine. Looks great.

Sportster Redux / Harley-Davidson Reveals The Nightster - Adventure Rider (advrider.com)

 
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Whoever is responsible for the design of that rear fender should be kicked square in the *****. Those chopped off rear fenders look like ****.
 
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Waiting for someone to mount a stupid set of apes on the bike. Oh and plaster some of those retarded Willie G. skulls all over it...
 
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Waiting for someone to mount a stupid set of apes on the bike. Oh and plaster some of those retarded Willie G. skulls all over it...
Hope they are planning on new exhaust ! 🥴
 
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Replace the exhaust and it's not a bad looking evolution. Put a long rear fender on it and you will lose 90% of the target buyers. H-D is special because of style, sound and feel. Interesting to see if style alone will be enough of a draw. I hope so.
 
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Four hundred bucks for a gas tank or "airbox cover" that is gray or red. Just the tank.Nothing else. Hope you at least get a kiss with that..
 
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as far as the custom ones shown I liked this one the best

 
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Targeting the young hipster market. HD is doing what it needs to bring new blood to the brand. It had a good start with the Pan America. Hope it continues with the new Sportster...
 
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It looks very Japanese to me, but styling is subjective.

I don’t like fake ****. The tank is not a fuel tank. So right off the bat that’s a fakery. The covers on the engine give the impression that it isn’t a real engine and there may be an electric motor somewhere and this is just something made to look like an engine. Kind of like legos.

Fuel capacity is 3.1 gallons. That isn’t much but it’s more than the old peanut tanks were.

Still, I like it better than the previous Sportster S and the Pan America.

At least it doesn’t have the hideous rear tail light turn signal EuroWeinie contraption hanging off the rear like the Sportster S and FXDR. Whoever designed that thing should have a football shoved up their ***.
 

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