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Saw my first new Sportster S
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#11
04-04-2022, 09:17 AM
Needs a larger, higher set of exhaust pipes.
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#12
04-04-2022, 10:00 AM
ROFL
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#13
04-04-2022, 10:01 AM
What the heck is on the other side to balance out the "locomotive" fashion?
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#14
04-04-2022, 10:07 AM
Looks like a beached whale compared to 60's/70's Sportsters.
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#15
04-04-2022, 10:45 AM
(04-04-2022, 10:01 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: What the heck is on the other side to balance out the "locomotive" fashion?

Um... I guess the kick stand?
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#16
04-04-2022, 10:56 AM
(04-04-2022, 10:07 AM)LouA_imp Wrote: Looks like a beached whale compared to 60's/70's Sportsters.

lol - "beached whale".
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#17
04-04-2022, 01:16 PM
I just think it is ugly, excuse me, but if I ever was to own a Harley, it would be a Dyna model and no other.
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#18
04-04-2022, 07:57 PM
Spare a thought for the rider, those new Sportsters have 2" of rear suspension travel. That will be the full travel too so more like 1.5" on the compression side - ouch!
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#19
04-04-2022, 11:46 PM

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "That's not a Sportster. This is a Sportster!"
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#20
04-05-2022, 04:43 AM
Must have a toilet on board, why else would they have those two sewer pipes running down the right side?
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