zipidachimp wrote on 03/07/15 at 02:33:14:Hey, Serow, can you answer this? every time I go to a new bike show, I sit on a sportster and it feels like I'm sitting on a rail, especially compared to a 750 shadow or 800 vulcan. What gives? Why is it so bloody stiff?
Well,.. I did ride an 03' Sporty with a humped stock seat that literally did feel like a rail... (or maybe a telephone pole)... This one is a Superlow, and the seat is quite good...
The suspension is another matter... only about 2 1/2" in the rear and not much more in the front,.. so it is a hard ride... (and at 140lb, I don't think I move it very much)...
I'm used to my Savage, with 12.5" shocks, and it rides like a cushy DP bike...
I love the Sporty engine... Torquey, torquey, torquey... ...but, I could live without all that weight, and the hard ride...
Too bad there just ain't a shoehorn big enough to get an 883 into my Savage frame...
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