Do a forum poll. Loozer sends the whin......err I mean winner a $25 Starbucks card. Or if you don't drink coffee we can do something else. But I do love my cappuccino :-)

Here's your chance to put me in my place :-)

What say you Sporty?

 

I could have bought any bike I wanted, more or less. Since I don't "tour" I don't want a touring bike. I'm more of a "right tool for the job" kinda guy. If I ever get to the point where most of my riding is touring, or two up, I may get a bigger bike. Until then I'm having too much fun on the one I got to get in a pissing match over it. Lol
Ride what you got.

 

Good looking bike!

 

From sitting on just about every bike in a show room I notice 1 thing. they are all set-up for about the same size riders anyway, in fact at 6'0" I like the seating position of the 1200 custom with forwards much better than most other "big Bikes" because they are set-up for short people. riding sportsters is effortless because they are so light weight. I haven't test drove a bigger bike but I can imagine whipping it around like a sportster.

Sure if you are into those crazy 300 mile trips then sure, the bigger the bike the better, but those don't make much sense to me, I don't really want to spend all day on a motorcycle anyway, I use mine mainly for commuting,

 

Probably not the 600+ lb sporty, either. 'less they were a big'un or knew the trick to it. I don't know if I could pick up the Glide... or the sporty. I'm 67, ain't near as buff as a few decades ago, so I just don't let em fall over.

 

Couldn't have said it better, that's what it's all about, fun, freedom and the eternal expensive customizing.

No pissing match, just a friendly chat ;-)

 

Hey, I got a Sporty...and it is great for crazy 300 mile days...even 600 mile days.


But when going on long trips with the wife, like to the Arctic Circle last summer, I do have a touring bike-I think we did something like 13,000 miles on that trip.

Here's the thread to that ride report- Like LonestarXL said...different tools for different jobs

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...er-2013-a.html

 

I did it once and coincidentally it was shortly after I watched the video of a female picking up a fallen RK. I did it but definitely not something I want to do again real soon!

 

OP, I agree with most of what you said. But I do NOT ride a cafe racer.

 

I bought a sportster because I wanted one, that's all. Don't need justification or reassurance from anyone else.