Funny, the first bike I thought I wanted was a Harley Sportster or a 48, closely followed by an America. Completely impractical, even as a pose machine, here in shitsville ;) Still love the look though.
I was also thinking 1200 sportster... bought the strom 2 years ago... in 2 hours time exactly to the day... (just renewed insurance
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and went to the NEC bike show, sat on the Harleys- F##K are they small considering the size of your average American... I'm 6ft and 34" leg, I felt like a monkey sitting on the Sportsters, by bringing my elbow in 2" I could touch me knees! only bike that fitted was the Electra or Fat Boy/Bob, and I'm not that much of a prick! Just...
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the 48 looked like the tank was off another bike and the one they could get to go on it is about 8" short of the seat..
but I needed to scratch the quirky/cruiser itch so I bought this...
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got her running right, took her to work and she started leaking oil, and blew a fork seal. but I was pushing a 30 year old bike to 95mph
she's now sat in bits in my garage waiting for me to get a week off to do something with dropping the engine out.
where is shitsville, could describe Swansea, Port Talbot, Neath, Bridgend, Cardiff, oh hell most of south Wales!