How tall are you?

Guardian - I was leaning towards a nightster too..

but then I saw the bluecollarbobbers bike and started to drool. Found some late 90's sportster 1200's around here sub 5k... wheels are turning in my head

 

The only reason I steer away from a 48 is..Why the hell do you want to ride a "customized" bike that 5,000 other people have? you can do so much more with a nightster than you could a 48 in your mind because it's a fresh start.

 

5 foot 6

 

i'm qouting haknslash here but he said it better than i could.

I look at a bike like a canvas. It doesn't matter if it's a "48" or not. I'd still add my own flavor to it which would make it my own to match my style and personality. I look at bikes like that from Harley as just giving the customer a head start into making it their own. To me the word "custom" gets throw around too much. Custom to me means one-off or handmade.

As far as customizing goes. It's alive and well. Doesn't matter if it's just forward controls and a windshield or full on raked out frontends and fat reartire. People are still making their bike their own. It's none of my concern if someone chooses to even leave a bike stock. As long as theyer happy is all that matters.