Go Sportsters

Still have it?

No. It has a new owner.

Bought it last Spring. Love It!

kirk the jerk and rouser, 2 of the best Harleys i've ever seen.
Cant stop looking at them.

kirk the jerk, what was the song in the video of you riding?

CLEARLY, the Buell Lightning is faster, has far superior handling, and is much better looking.

Sorry, couldn't resist.......it's late and I can't sleep.



Revan.

Now that is sexy! Care to share some details on what all you did to it?

Kris

That is a stunning pic, with the black and white background, and HD's beautiful orange paint!

I have a friend who has an 883. She has the smallest hands I've ever seen on a "grown up". She's looking for some sort of levers that come in a bit more. Has anywone here tried these?

http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/3972/Boss-Blades

She may also be adding Avon Contour grips, they seem a bit smaller.

http://avongrips.com/shop/products/Custom-Contour-Anodized-Grips.html

It's not that hard to take the levers off, heat them up with a propane torch, and bend them in a bit.

Thanks.

Doomriders - Ride or Die.

New here, my first post.

This was my first bike in 20 years. '99 Sporster I bought from a college kid in '99 who was living with his Mom. He spent part of his college fund on it. When Mom found out, she said "Sell it, or move out." I got it for half what he paid for it. Sold it in 2002 for more than twice what I paid.

I don't think I've run a full pic of my Ironhead in this thread, so here 'tis.

Nice - that's pretty much the look I'm going for with mine.
What is the saddle? Fairing?

i think that bike looks REAL good. like it having dual discs up front, too

The seat is a Mustang Fastback, the fairing an old Tracy "Black Rain" model. Dual drilled discs on the front with EBC kevlar pads, Progressive front springs, SE fork brace, and a Ness cafe front fender. The rear has a bobbed stock fender and FXDX (Superglide Sport) shocks. The engine is a little past Stage 1 level, with hot-rodded carb, modded SE air cleaner, ported intake, free-flowing exhaust, extra crankcase venting, oil cooler, 23/49 gearing, and SE ignition. For comfort, I'm running Night Rod Special handlebars - sort of like the old K&N superbike bars. It's a fun bike, and it handles pretty well.

Thanks for the compliments.

Nice bike but it is an XL1200C NOT "R"

The XL1200R is a different bike... Has a 19" front wheel (cast) with dual front brake rotors and some other differences. I do not believe an R was offered in '02'...It was an "S" model.

The "C" (bike pictured) has a 21" and single rotor.

Thanks, I realize now I asked you the same questions on xlforum.

No problem - we all like to talk about our bikes. I'm always happy when someone likes what I've done to mine and asks questions. Most Harley riders don't give it a second look...

Getting there. Switch to a stock R seat, which is damn fabulous - not sure why there's so many complaints. Superbike bars, NRHS hurricane AC, progressive shocks and ricor intiminators. Few other little changes in there too.

Still not sure if I want to throw a 2-1 on there.