First thing.......I love my Sporster....BUT
Lets face it. It is an entry level bike.If not a Sporster and you had to name a model than which one? Its the lightest, cheapest,smallest, and handles with ease. I bet most new riding first Harley owners buy Sporsters. Hence the entry level tag? This does not mean you can't ride them fast or agressively and blow by larger bikes. I originally bought my Sporster for my wife which was her first bike. She gets mad at me all the time because I am always taking her bike out. Bottom line its a damn fast, nimble, fun riding bike.

 

Well Mandog,

I have been riding since I was 4 years old and I am now 33. I have had every bike under the sun except a ducati. When I went to the local Harley dealership and expressed my interest, the first thing they did was shove a credit app in my hand. I filled it out and 30 minutes later I was told I could have any bike in the showroom.

I went in to look at a sportster and price or level had nothing to do with it. I really like the night trains, so I sat on one. I still like them, but the sportster had a better feel to me. May have been because I am used to riding sportbikes for most of my life, but it just fit me.

So when people say "He just bought a sportster so he could say he owned a harley and could not afford anything else." That is certainly not true in my case. I could have afforded anything they had in there, but I chose a sportster and I have no regrets.

 

I think 3 of these threads at the same time is 2 too many.
No offense mandog.

 

ONE of these threads is ONE too many

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Everyone read this:
https://www.hdforums.com/m_2880057/tm.htm

 

Get over it already.

 

As long as nobody is bashing an individual, I don't see a problem with these threads. If they rub you wrong and don't entertain you at least a bit, you can simply choose not to read them. I don't see why one should be locked as long as people are being civil.

 

It seems everyone (most) wants to be a bad *** biker,from stem to stern. Do you know a hard core biker? He could give a rats *** what you ride, so long as you ride and have his back. There's something about a brotherhood that's getting lost in these threads. This is a broterhood, not like we're all driving a VW Bug, but a very small percentage of people that love the wind and freedom. Opinions are like A**Holes. we all gotem. Now go out and ride. Get off the computer. Cold out, well then go wax some chrome.

 

3 threads going on at the same time about the same subject (any subject for that matter), is ridiculous. I'm sure any of the other mods would fully agree with me on this.
I did leave this one open, didn't I?

 

I love that the OP can't spell Sportster... :-)