LostArtist
Ex Member
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the nightster has a vicious ride, not much travel and the engine shakes you through and through, the Iron 883 is much better, smaller engine, less shakin' and seemed to have better road manners than the nightster, both handle good though. the Savage is a much better value though. I love how the nightster looks, then I test rode one at a Harley Demo Days event (look for them in your area, harley has them all over where they bring a truck with their line up and you can test ride pretty much all you want all day and no real pressure to buy, unlike dealership test rides) The ride on the nightster ruined the bike for me, just vicious, that seat is a pan, no real padding there and with the shaking from the engine, kinda made it worse. The sportster 1200 is better though, the seat has a bit more cushion to it so helps absorb the shaking a bit. There's no huge benefit from going from a Suzuki Savage/S-40 to a sportster (any of them) though. only real benefit is no valve check. The highway won't be very comfortable on either the sportsters or the savage, if you are used to the savage just keep it, mod it and make it rule! and just fyi, a triumph bonneville is about the same cost as an 883 and has more horsepower than a 1200 better ride and handling too, if you can get past the sit on top not in feel of it.
there are lots of options for bikes like the sportster 1200, I'd check them all out, suzuki has a few options that I think are pretty close to the sportster/nightster in looks and style, check out the intruders/s-50 and s-83 (vs800 and vs1400). Honda Shadow RS is cool too.
main drawback to the nightster besides the harsh ridin is lack of passenger stuff and where do you put bags?? and stuff like that, it's good for a single barhopper in town riding maybe even commuting if you don't have too much highway but wont' be good for long road trips if you're into that kinda thing or going in that direction
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