i'm new to this site and a possible first time buyer of a h-d motorcycle. a coupla years ago i saw a totally blacked out sportster (at least i thought it was a sportster)... black aluminum wheels, pipes, engine, tank, fenders... just about everything was black or matte black and it looked to be factory done. can someone tell me what model bike this was? 1200? 883?

 

Maybe an R series or nightster type of sportster, or a Street Bob

 

Hard to tell for sure without more information.

Could be a Sportster Nightster, and Harley also made 'blacked out' models such as the FXSTB Night Train.

 

Have you tried visiting HD's website? They show all the current models there.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/C...p?locale=en_US

 

Check out the Sportster Nightster and see if that's what you saw.

 

06 -883 roadster

 

Depends on how many a "couple" is. More than 2 or 3 it probably wasnt a Nightster

 

Could be an XL 883R. Click on the camera icon under my user name to see pictures of mine.

This model is stiil available new as an '08 in several markets; e.g. Europe, Brazil and some others. It's no longer, however, on the US model range.

 

Yeh, if it was a sporty, it was probably an R