Lets see your Bikes - Sportster

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  • doda
    doda
    7 years ago

    Here is a picture of my Iron and son's 48 at Morpeth, NSW
  • HOG48SYD
    HOG48SYD
    7 years ago


    Finally Have Possession of New Wheels .. Braaaaap ! 
  • steelo
    steelo
    7 years ago
    Looks VEERRY nice. Love the black / chrome / whitewalls combo.
    Cheers and welcome to the forum
  • Adrian1200CA
    Adrian1200CA
    7 years ago
    A couple of mates have started a group on Facebook Melbourne Sporster Riders and we are having our first ride on Sunday so if u ride a sporty and wanna join Just search for Melbourne Sporster Riders on Facebook and join us.
  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    7 years ago


    A little more blacker, want to black out the front forks possible rocker boxes in black wrinkle like the iron 883 clean up the rear license plate with a nice black from and done 
  • noctm
    noctm
    7 years ago
    nice buy mate. i like the paint job
  • kermit
    kermit
    7 years ago
    Some very cool sporties in here!
    Plenty of inspiration and useful info. Some worrying too. Mine has over 45k km on her! Oh well I didn't expect a low km bike for little $.

    This is the only pic of my ride so far. My first road specific bike (got some road trailies too) and first harley obviously. Had her for a couple of months. 

    2005 XLH 883. Not sure of all the upgrades (total noob when it comes to HD) but from what I can gather, it has pillion back rest/luggage rack, headlight nacelle and riser cover, highway bars and pegs and Kingchops pointed out the matching side covers, so I take it they're not standard? Italso has braided lines. Dunno if they came stock? 

    I have already gotten drag bars for her. Not real keen on the buckhorn bars (I think they're called that). Also have new grips and mirrors. I bought brass and black grips and pegs but don't think I'm going down that road. It's not easy settling on a theme! Like the black and brass look, semi steampunk, but think I like the classic look more. Might do a springer front end but from googling, it seems there aren't many options for 04-06 sporties. Paughco do some but are over $2k. Vpw do also and I think they're much cheaper iirc. Not sure what style pipes I want. Like a few styles as usual. Upswept or dumps probably the most. 

    Anyway, here's a before pic, how I bought her...


  • Wobble44
    Wobble44
    7 years ago
    My Iron on the big trip from Melbourne to Alice earlier this year.

  • Kingchops
    Kingchops
    7 years ago
    They are brilliant photos!
  • Kingchops
    Kingchops
    7 years ago
    Hey Wobble,
    That's a nice fuel can setup on you're sissy bar.  It'd be nice to see a close up and get the details of what container you've used and mounting system.
  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    7 years ago
    love seeing sporties doing long rides .

  • Kingchops
    Kingchops
    7 years ago
    Great info, thanks for posting.  The Sporty can be a decent touring bike if setup well.  An extra 2L of fuel is not too heavy and should give you 40 to 50 km's of extra range, great idea.
    My first Harley was a 2007 Sporty 883 with the 3.3G tank.  I recall looking into fuel containers just in case I ran out, I never found anything suitable at the time, but the one you've got looks perfect for the job.
  • steelo
    steelo
    7 years ago
    that seat will be tough custo!
  • Stel
    Stel
    7 years ago
    Here's mine - 2013 Hammer 1250






  • Boismnguyen
    Boismnguyen
    7 years ago
    My 2016 Forty Eight  :) 




  • Stel
    Stel
    7 years ago
    Patriot Defender
  • shadowarrior
    shadowarrior
    7 years ago
    Those whitewalls look good on your bike Crop!
  • shadowarrior
    shadowarrior
    7 years ago
    Took couple of days off to extend the QLD long weekend. So today was 'wash the bike' day. "Polish till you can use it as a mirror" is the principle I like to follow. 

  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    7 years ago
    Looks good, pity its about to rain again
  • Dan C
    Dan C
    7 years ago
    So she's finished and I'm not throwing anymore $$$at it.Ok maybe a few more hundred.Tank, paint, every bolt changed to stainless,monster 585 Cams(made her very angry)2/1 red thunder exhaust and heaps of other little bits.

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