Buying a Harley Sportster

**JimO** · 31st January 2009, 20:00

Originally Posted by peasea

It's ok dude, I'm just trying to rark him up after a long absence. Plus he rides a Harley, fuckin' nancy boy.

ok

it takes more than that to rark the scumster up

**peasea** · 31st January 2009, 21:41

Originally Posted by jimjim

ok

it takes more than that to rark the scumster up

We'll see. Way back he said something like "you don't know anything about me" etc, but he's a cop and they're all the same, so I think I know him intimately.

**Rob Taylor** · 5th February 2009, 20:45

Originally Posted by cheshirecat

A friend of mine is wanting to buy a Sportster for around $9-8000. I know next to nothing about Harleys but there's a few on trademe with one in particular looking v promising but a little suspicious with no Harley decals on tank and not too sure re exhaust.
see here http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=192215277

Any advice - without dropping anyone in it!

Tell your friend to talk to Kerry at KTL motorcycles...Go to his web site for contact info www.ktlbikes.co.nz Bloody good guy and im sure he can put him/her on the bike they want...Worth a try.Good luck

**scumdog** · 8th February 2009, 14:47

Originally Posted by peasea

What the fuck would you know?

Yeah, you'd almost think I use to own one eh?

It was being ridden around Nelson and Mot on Monday and Tuesday last week, you might have seen it??

**peasea** · 8th February 2009, 15:54

Originally Posted by scumdog

Yeah, you'd almost think I use to own one eh?

It was being ridden around Nelson and Mot on Monday and Tuesday last week, you might have seen it??

Ah he lives! Was wondering if a bit of lip might brighten your day. I thought you'd vacated the site, but no.

Been catching the bugs lately have ya?

**scumdog** · 8th February 2009, 19:29

Originally Posted by peasea

Ah he lives! Was wondering if a bit of lip might brighten your day. I thought you'd vacated the site, but no.

Been catching the bugs lately have ya?

Bugs? burgs?....same thing I guess.

**peasea** · 8th February 2009, 19:47

Originally Posted by scumdog

Bugs? burgs?....same thing I guess.

You get burgs in your teeth?

**scumdog** · 8th February 2009, 20:01

Originally Posted by peasea

You get burgs in your teeth?

Nah got bugs in the teeth alright, also got some burgs in the cells....

Speaking of bugs..went to the Woodstock rally via West Coast, them 'coast dragon-flies are massive, reckon they would whip your leg right off if you hit one, lordy-knows what would happen if ya got one in the gob..

**Subike** · 8th February 2009, 20:17

spied this on Trade Me yesterday

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=199097558

It would be the best of the bunch in my opinion, I had one for a while, whish I still had it.
You can keep ya belt driven, 5 speed, 1200 cc sportster evos, these 1100's were the origional design from the engineer , not the enhanced design from the marketing men.
They will show their tail to many a 1200 XLH, no problem.

now all I need to do is find a sucker to buy it for me

**popelli** · 9th February 2009, 02:41

Originally Posted by Subike

You can keep ya belt driven, 5 speed, 1200 cc sportster evos, these 1100's were the origional design from the engineer , not the enhanced design from the marketing men.
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no the iron heads were the original design

originally designed as a stop gap model whilst they sorted out a replacement engine for the side valve k model it was one of the more successful stop gap models lasting 28 years

**Subike** · 9th February 2009, 05:34

Originally Posted by popelli

no the iron heads were the original design

I didnt know that the Iron heads were evolution mtrs.
which ones were those?
Im talking the first alloy evo 1100's

**popelli** · 9th February 2009, 07:08

Originally Posted by Subike

I didnt know that the Iron heads were evolution mtrs.
which ones were those?
Im talking the first alloy evo 1100's

his thread is titled "buying a harley sportster"

and weren't the first sportsters iron heads?

I was just correcting your quote about the 1100 being the original design which clearly it is not

**Subike** · 9th February 2009, 18:02

Originally Posted by popelli

his thread is titled "buying a harley sportster"

and weren't the first sportsters iron heads?

I was just correcting your quote about the 1100 being the original design which clearly it is not

I now understand what you mean,
I was refering to the "origional specs" for the evolution motor, not the orig sporty motor.
The 883 and the 1200 evo motors were, as far as I am comcerned< marketing developments.
The 883 as un underpowered , low riding bike to get girls onto harleys,
the 1200 for the guys who wanted that "extra" power and the go boost that went with it. Owning an 1100 evo was not cool , just like the 1340's grew on cc's but not in performance.
Thus IMO, the 1100 evos were the best of the bunch, even buel used them in preferance to the 1200 IIRC.
anyways, give me an 1100 evo sporty anyday, thrash the crap out of it,
it will be faithfull as any Jap in line 4 would be.
Thrash a 883? run a bearing,
Thrash a 1200 (early)? cook the top end.
Thrash a 5 speed belt drive, hope you got a deep wallet.

**popelli** · 9th February 2009, 18:53

I hate to disappoint you but

the 883 and 1100 were both released in 1986

the 1100 was originally designed as a 1200 but the factory did not think the 4 speed gearbox could handle the extra power so it was released as an 1100

meanwhile the aftermarket started selling 1200 kits for the 883, surprisingly the gearbox's did not disintegrate and seemed to handle the extra power

this left the factory little option but to drop the 1100 and release a 1200

bottom end bearings on the 883 are the same as on the 1100 and 1200

however as stated previously the 5 speed sporties are a vast improvement over 4 speeds and do not have the troublesome alternator mounted on the back of the clutch

one thing the 1100 did have that no other evo harley had was different heads (with bath tub style squish bands in them i think), harley only tried this for a year or so (at the same time ford did who also dropped the idea)