Sportster ?
#41
I think the appeal of the Sporster is it is the epitome of what a motorcycle should be in a helluva lotta people's minds, they're imaginations and < THAT'S what sells anything. Its just a VERY simple, uncomplicated, fast, loud, basic, relatively cheap motorcycle. It's like Andre the Giant in wrestling. He wasn't much a technical wrestler, had no 'personality' like Macho Man Randy Savage or Hulk Hogan but he epitomized in the public's mind what a pro wrestler should be like the Sportster epitomizes what a motorcycle should be.
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#43
Anybody here ever done business/upgrades w/ these guys?
https://www.883sportster.com/
That 5th gear pulley sounds like a good idea. Be kinda nice to drop the rpms by 500 or so at 72mph.
https://www.883sportster.com/
That 5th gear pulley sounds like a good idea. Be kinda nice to drop the rpms by 500 or so at 72mph.
its still a 400 rpm drop and since i had to go back to the 31 about a month ago,i am glad i did.bike is just more fun.if in fact i wanted to spend a lot of time in the 80 plus area,i would build the engine for more power like 2 others have done here and go back to factory pulley gearing and change out the primary gearing to that of the 1200.i live in a country setting where i have my own fast fun hwys with hardly any traffic.
if i lived in the city and commuted on the big slab.primary gearing would be a must around here in TN.LOTS of idiots that dont belong behind any wheel of anything... i will say that even with the basic 1250 kit.32/66 was just too high a gearing.not power wise,gearing and engine wasnt in sync imo.31/66 ? Perfect.i can still ride the big slab with the 31 tooth
at 3661 rpms at 77 mph instead of 80 with more pep but would need more sustained speed than that to avoid the morons once i hit going through the city and beyond.better be prepared to do way past 80 to survive.rpms will be just too high for my liking for that kind of distance riding.thats about a hr and a half in a kamakazi set up lol..i would much rather carve the country hwys with the sportster.way more fun and less stress of being run over.especially in this day and time.i could get a bigger bike and really act like a idiot on the big slab,but i like my sportster way better.
also with the saddlemen step up, my little wind screen, mini boards with extensions, and apes,i can ride in pure comfort.the more u stretch out the legs,the less stress will be on your ***.i seen a guy on a sportster last week on one of my country rides.it was a stock peg setup and it looked uncomfortable as hell.his legs were positioned like he was sitting on a chair at a dining room table.no thx.
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#44
yeah its real nice.be aware that if the 32 tooth requires the aluminum spacer to clear the engine,do not get that.trust me on this.u can get the 31 tooth which requires no spacer,if its the one without the lip on the pulley and get the 66 rear tooth.
its still a 400 rpm drop and since i had to go back to the 31 about a month ago,i am glad i did.bike is just more fun.if in fact i wanted to spend a lot of time in the 80 plus area,i would build the engine for more power like 2 others have done here and go back to factory pulley gearing and change out the primary gearing to that of the 1200.i live in a country setting where i have my own fast fun hwys with hardly any traffic.
if i lived in the city and commuted on the big slab.primary gearing would be a must around here in TN.LOTS of idiots that dont belong behind any wheel of anything... i will say that even with the basic 1250 kit.32/66 was just too high a gearing.not power wise,gearing and engine wasnt in sync imo.31/66 ? Perfect.i can still ride the big slab with the 31 tooth
at 3661 rpms at 77 mph instead of 80 with more pep but would need more sustained speed than that to avoid the morons once i hit going through the city and beyond.better be prepared to do way past 80 to survive.rpms will be just too high for my liking for that kind of distance riding.thats about a hr and a half in a kamakazi set up lol..i would much rather carve the country hwys with the sportster.way more fun and less stress of being run over.especially in this day and time.i could get a bigger bike and really act like a idiot on the big slab,but i like my sportster way better.
also with the saddlemen step up, my little wind screen, mini boards with extensions, and apes,i can ride in pure comfort.the more u stretch out the legs,the less stress will be on your ***.i seen a guy on a sportster last week on one of my country rides.it was a stock peg setup and it looked uncomfortable as hell.his legs were positioned like he was sitting on a chair at a dining room table.no thx.
its still a 400 rpm drop and since i had to go back to the 31 about a month ago,i am glad i did.bike is just more fun.if in fact i wanted to spend a lot of time in the 80 plus area,i would build the engine for more power like 2 others have done here and go back to factory pulley gearing and change out the primary gearing to that of the 1200.i live in a country setting where i have my own fast fun hwys with hardly any traffic.
if i lived in the city and commuted on the big slab.primary gearing would be a must around here in TN.LOTS of idiots that dont belong behind any wheel of anything... i will say that even with the basic 1250 kit.32/66 was just too high a gearing.not power wise,gearing and engine wasnt in sync imo.31/66 ? Perfect.i can still ride the big slab with the 31 tooth
at 3661 rpms at 77 mph instead of 80 with more pep but would need more sustained speed than that to avoid the morons once i hit going through the city and beyond.better be prepared to do way past 80 to survive.rpms will be just too high for my liking for that kind of distance riding.thats about a hr and a half in a kamakazi set up lol..i would much rather carve the country hwys with the sportster.way more fun and less stress of being run over.especially in this day and time.i could get a bigger bike and really act like a idiot on the big slab,but i like my sportster way better.
also with the saddlemen step up, my little wind screen, mini boards with extensions, and apes,i can ride in pure comfort.the more u stretch out the legs,the less stress will be on your ***.i seen a guy on a sportster last week on one of my country rides.it was a stock peg setup and it looked uncomfortable as hell.his legs were positioned like he was sitting on a chair at a dining room table.no thx.
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#45
Originally I bought my Buell because its basically a race version of the Sportster and I loved riding it....but I quickly discovered no HD dealership would touch it and there are NO spare parts. Luckily, I sold it for 2x what I paid for it (no exaggeration!) and even more luckily the next day I found an '05 883 in Midnight Black (my fave color) w/ 6k easy miles and had been extremely well taken care of.
Last edited by MidnightXL883; 06-05-2021 at 11:16 AM.
#46
this with longer gearing..n you get the best of both worlds.
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#49
As a sidenote I own both a HD Sporster and a VW Beetle and both are two of THE longest production motor vehicles in history. The Model T ended w/ 10 million and the Beetle ended (?) w/ 20 million ultimately being produced. The Sporster having been in constant production since of 1957. The Yamaha FJ1200 still in production is commonly the #1 selling motorcycle of all time.
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