Fun Little Run Around

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  1. jaffa

    jaffa Well-Known Member

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    #1 jaffa, Jul 8, 2020
    have owned this little sportster for nearly ten years now hardly used really, but when i do get it out its good fun round the pembrokeshire lanes

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  2. JtC

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    #2 JtC, Jul 8, 2020
    I agree. Sportsters are fun to ride.
     
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  3. Steve 998cc

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    #3 Steve 998cc, Jul 9, 2020
    Took 1200 Sportster out for a test ride thought I was old enough to own one at 60. Took it back 10minutes later they don't go, wont handle, and don't stop it was like riding a tractor.
     
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  4. jaffa

    jaffa Well-Known Member

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    #4 jaffa, Jul 9, 2020
    yeh i know, there very dated reminds me of my days riding bikes in the 70s, they do look good though and always courses conversation when you pull up on one
     
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  5. Havit

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    #5 Havit, Jul 9, 2020
    I must admit I'm not a Harley fan, But if a bike gives you pleasure and you get the buzz you want from it , then that's what it's all about. We all feel the same wind whatever we ride. That's what brings us all together as a biker family . We may all ride different bikes for different reasons , but at the end of the day bikes are our passion .


    And that ends the political broadcast on behalf of the biker lifes matter party :p
     
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  6. Steve 998cc

    Steve 998cc Well-Known Member

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    #6 Steve 998cc, Jul 9, 2020
    Yes bikes of the very early 70s bad brakes elastic frames. Not sure how i survived the 70s on those bikes. Perhaps that why some of us can and prefer to still ride powerfull bikes without all the electronic wizardry. But hey each to there own just enjoy your bike.
     
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  7. Judd Dredd

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    #7 Judd Dredd, Jul 9, 2020
    so its exactly like a harley............. actually scratch that, it started and completed the journey........
     
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  8. Wessa

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    #8 Wessa, Jul 9, 2020
    Definitely ditto to that @Havit
     
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  9. Don the Don

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    #9 Don the Don, Jul 9, 2020
    1200cc Sportster Engine when tweaked and made to go, handle, and stop.

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  10. JtC

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    #10 JtC, Jul 9, 2020
    Totally opposite every Sportster I've ever ridden -all both of them. It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow as far as I'm concerned. :cool:
     
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  11. jaffa

    jaffa Well-Known Member

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    #11 jaffa, Jul 9, 2020
    yeh, if we get to go to the GMU i will be using my other bike a faithful suzuki vstrom 1000 the most comfortable touring bike i have ever owned, ticks all the boxes

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  12. Wessa

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    #12 Wessa, Jul 9, 2020
    I agree @jaffa , had one back in the day. A great all round bike :cool:
     
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  13. Don the Don

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    #13 Don the Don, Jul 9, 2020
    They are a very good bike indeed a mate of mine has one and he does some serious touring on it without missing a beat.
     
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  14. Wire-Wheels

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    #14 Wire-Wheels, Jul 9, 2020
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    Back in the 70's I was riding a 1974 Yamaha. It was dual overhead cam, 4 valve per cylinder [a twin]. Had a disc front brake a put out 49 h.p. out of 498cc, and a redline about 10,500rpm. I used to laugh at the
    H-D riders dragging all that useless weight around with that wheezing industrial motor. I changed to Triumphs back in 2002. I still laugh at those guys. Quit pretending and go buy a motorcycle ! ...J.D.
     
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