My dad just bought a 2006 1200 sportster custom,with sunglow yellow paint.And holly crap its fast!! 80ft lbs of torque!it never stops pulling in any gear,no matter how fast your going.u can be going 90 mph and twist the throttle and it still wants too lift the front wheel! plus it sounds bad a$$.its funny because if u double the savages cc's it would be 1300cc and would have 60hp ,the sportster has 70 hp,and 1200cc.thank god for pushrods!! i took the 883R for test drive,and it still has more power than the savage in any rpm,both sportsters have self cancelling turn signals,which is pretty cool.it has a trip meter too.the engine is rubber mounted,so its a lot more comfortable than the 70's models!!! matter of fact when your crusing ,u cant feel any vibrations,but when u come to a stop the whole bike shakes,just enough to get  [glow=red,2,300]everyones [/glow] attention.then when u take off theres that signature harley deep deep RUMBLE.

all in all its a KILLER bike. 8)

PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:



i got nothing against the bikes, it's the posers that buy them that i got a problem with.  

Yup ... will admit there's plenty of RUB's Ridin Harley's ... even all the way out here in the North Atlantic ... but darn, the HDMC make some sweet lookin' Bikes ... most of the major Asian manufacturers have looked to H.D. for styling inspiration for their Cruisers ... though lately, some of the Far East Builders have come out with some unique looks all of their own ... Yami's beautiful Road Star Warrior comes to mind ... now only if Suzi's "Next Generation" 650cc Cruiser could be a V-twin RSW knock-off that would come in at under 400lbs dry ... hmmm ... that's a topic for another Thread!!

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


no posers here   it was kinda funny the salesman said that it is very rare to get over 1,000 miles a year on any motorcycle,we have had yours for three days and put on 300 miles! my dad told the salesman he was full o sh!t,it was pretty funny

LANCER wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


Match what?

vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:

That is if you assume he ONLY uses it for his work commute and never rides it anywhere else.

vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:

Those would be the HD posers, mate!

Cheers. Tammi

1000 miles ayear???!!!!  I've put a thou on my bike in less than 2 months!  In a normal riding year here in the midwest (feb- nov) I easily put 5-6 thousand a year on my bike(s)