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2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L
08/12/17 at 19:25:08

Just bought a 2007 Sportster... 1183 miles on the clock. That is not a misprint: less than 1200 miles in ten years! The warning stickers are still on the bike, and the original tires still have their nubs intact. Yes, I know I will have to change the tires as the rubber is quite hard.

By the way, I still have the 2015 S40, I already have more miles on it than the Sportster has

, and I plan to keep both.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #1 - 08/12/17 at 19:48:39 It's still new,,, I hope you got it super cheap.
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Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L
Reply #2 - 08/12/17 at 20:08:48

Cheap enough... I just don't understand people who buy a motorcycle and then don't use it, but don't sell it when they stop using it either! The last time that bike was registered was in 2011. It has been sitting in a garage since then. I just finished checking it over... quite a few loose bolts, oil change just done, everything works, will be checking new tires Monday.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #3 - 08/12/17 at 20:29:14 If stuff is loose in only 5,000 miles I'd be wondering about how carefully it was assembled. Guzzis, as upper crust as they are are commonly not greased well in the head bearings.
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JLC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 262 Black Forest, Colorado Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #4 - 08/12/17 at 20:39:51 Actually, loose within 1200 miles... I wonder if this bike was ever checked after it left the dealership when new. I assume everything was tight when it left the factory. Don't know for sure. If things get loose again, I'll start using Loctite!
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Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L
Reply #5 - 08/13/17 at 01:53:00

In the late '60"s I had a friend who brought a 350cc Honda, it came from the dealership, he rode it once and returned it. A few years ago a workmate brought a 250cc Suzuki V Twin cruiser, despite my suggestion he start on a GN250, he had one bad experience going on a so called group/social ride, despite my suggestion he get used to it first. Then followed endless professional tuition, but it sat in his shed for five years until he sold it to another workmate.

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #6 - 08/13/17 at 17:19:17 I got my first bike last year. It was a (2010 Ninja250R). It had 600 kms on the clock! That's 100kms per year!! It was absolutely spotless. I don't understand it either. I switched to the S40 after about 4 months I've been riding for about a year and so far have done a bit over 10k kms
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JLC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 262 Black Forest, Colorado Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #7 - 08/13/17 at 17:40:59 Right now there is a 2016 Kawasaki Vulcan S ABS for sale in Boulder, CO, with 42 miles on the clock. The lady who bought it drove it the 42 miles from the dealership to her home, and it has been sitting in her garage for 1 1/2 years!
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #8 - 08/13/17 at 18:27:03 Local dealer says he gets bikes all the time with only 500 miles on them. Some 10 years old. One local guy told me he bought a Speed Triple with 5 miles on it. PO locked up the brake on his first ride and dropped it. Enough scratches that the insurance company totalled it.
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Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L
Reply #9 - 08/13/17 at 19:36:22

I think motorcycling is one of those things that people get the idea they want to do it, but can't really give it a go unless they buy a bike. Some of them decide on the way home "Nup, this isn't my thing." Then they put off selling it because they can't face the reality that they just dropped 20% of the sale price on the way home. eventually (five years later) the get over it - that and the fact they've now dropped another 30% or so.

It took me a while to get comfortable on the bike. I found riding felt natural but I was very uncomfortable on the Ninja (in any context other than gliding through the twisties - which I now understand is exactly what it was built for). As soon as I sat on an S40 I knew I'd found my bike. Still modding it for comfort and style though! - and loving it ☺

This forum helped me a great deal in choosing the S40. And as I've become more experienced I've come to appreciate what a little gem of a bike it really is.

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Jmpell YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 6 Vancouver, Canada Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #10 - 08/17/17 at 08:05:07 ^ Couldn't be more true. I'm always browsing used bike ads and the number one thing is "I just don't ride it enough" because they purchased it on a whim and it ends up just collecting dust.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1417 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #11 - 08/18/17 at 21:05:06 Was tempted to buy this until I realised I was 73 and looking at 560 lbs of form over function. Rats! https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/mcy/d/2002-harley-davidson/6264991102.html
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Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L
Reply #12 - 08/18/17 at 22:13:07

I wonder if 'function over form' is something that unites Savage/S40 owners. Not that it's a bad looking bike, but it does lack something of the wow-factor of many other cruisers. I personally love the ground clearance, weight, handling and simplicity much more than having people admire my bike - although, people do admire it!

I do like the 883 HD but I couldn't see the point of going from a 650 to an 883 ... with all the extra weight to go with it.

If I ever did buy a HD (which is unlikely) I'd opt for one of the lighter bikes up around 1200 cc. But honestly, if I was gonna spend that kind of money I'd prefer to work the S40 (rebore etc) and just get a bit more or of that - and probably save myself a fist full of bucks too Cool

Just thinking out loud

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1417 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #13 - 08/18/17 at 22:24:14 IMO, with the light weight, short wheelbase, the S40 really isn't a cruiser, more a 'standard'. Wish Suzuki realised this. Put a flatter seat on it, nicer tank, call it a '2018' model.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster XL883L Reply #14 - 08/18/17 at 22:54:07 Fair call. I always thought it didn't really sit properly next to the M50 and C90. Calling it the S40 was just a marketing move to make it an 'entry level' cruiser and to consolidate their range.
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