It's very simple. Just ride your Sporty. I put over 52,000 miles on my bike in 3 years. Then ya just ask those a-holes how many miles did you ride last year. Shuts em up in a hurry!!
Then you can give em a little of the above!!!
I really have never got very many of those comments.
never had any comments made about my sporty, every one i ever met on it liked it, and yeah, i thought it was a pretty nice bike myself... in fact the only bad comments ive ever heard were on motorcycle forums... and those were probably made by someone who had never owned a sportster... but then i dont really hang out and all... i ride by myself and never had to defend my ride...