Harley Davidson Sportster Pictures

Here is an update picture of Ken’s Matte Black 883 Sportster previously featured here.
http://www.hdsportsters.com/blog/?p=44

Check out this fat tired springer 2003 Sportster 1200. Deffinetly a unique look on this sporty. This bike looks like a real bruiser with that fat naked front tire. Thanks for sending it in to us Russ.

Hello there,

I came on to your site and saw some pics of sporty s
Here are some of mine, i build her last summer.

Greetings Marco de Lijster
The Netherlands

Just found your site and LOVE all the great pics. Some of them just make my heart skip a beatI

I thought you might be interested in seeing my improved Sportster as well. It’s a 2001 HD 1200 Custom I bought in 2005. I later got married and for my Christmas and birthday gifts, my husband completely customized my bike during the winter. He had a vision building the bike around me and my personality. I’m 5′3″ so he slammed it to the ground as well. The final product is quite a beauty! I will attach a before and after picture for reference.

Regards,
Mars

Mike in Seoul sent more info in on his 1992 Cafe Racer Sportster that he keeps in Germany.

My name is Mike and I’m the guy with the Sportster, which is pictured on John’s page.
It is a 91, originally 883. The frame is stock, however I put in a JMC rear swing arm. Rear tire is a 150, the sprocket is 10mm off.
The gas tank is from Storz (aluminium) while the seat is from Corbin, but shortened by me. The original length peeped out too much (in my opinion). The new length is perfect for a singe seater, thus has the perfect line on the back.

The front end has wide glide triple trees. That was the first thing I changed right away after I bought the bike back in 92. I always liked the Sportster look, but felt the front looked to small. During my first years with the Sportster I always wanted to copy the look of a big twin, that’s why in between, I mounted a sport bob gas tank, forward controls etc. Later on, I recognized the pure beauty of a Sportster and “went back” to pure sportser style, however adding the present cafe racer look.

Another item which I never liked on the Sportster. was the right engine cover which is in my opinion too long (1 piece only, covering even the sprocket). That why I machined the housing and fixed an single support plate around the sprocket, giving support for the Storz food pegs at the same time.

Engine is a 1200 with Buell S1 headers, bigger valves, N3 camshafts and a Mikuni HR42, Muffler is Supertrapp in Stainless steel. The head light is from my Fat Boy which I bought 3 years after I bought the Sportster (see Picture as well) Meanwhile I added a side car to the Fat Boy. Overall my favourite ride is still the Sportster, even though I have a 73 Beamer as well.

The Sportser is my first love, it is fast, quick and easy to handle. There was time where even my buddies made jokes about a Sportser in general (such as Pussy bike etc) However, this opinion has changed in general. Nowadays a Sportster is considered as one of the icons of Harleys history and the Sportser has his own place.

Best regards from Seoul, Korea, where I stay most of the year.

Mike

PS: I’m originally from Germany, where the bike is presently, but I’m always looking forward to the vacations, to have as many rides as possible.

My name is Braxdon Scaletta, from cleveland, ohio.

Im 22 years old and realized that life was worthless w/o a cruiser, matter of fact, not just any cruiser would work, a Harley Davidson would be the only bike that would satisfy my obsession. Anyways, my father and I decided to buy a used 2001 883 Sportster Custom for $3,500, which was a great deal. I realized that my bike would have to be one of a kind if I was going to get respect on the road and also have respect for myself. There are many ways to make a bike custom, but there are not many ways to do it cheap, except transfering a stock sporty into a street sweeping bobber, which we did. My sporster was plain silver with a terrible Harley Davidson sticker emblem on the tank that I immediatly sanded and removed. Here is a list of modifications I made to the bike.

MODS
New 18 inch spoked rear rim
New 21 inch spoked front rim
Chopped the rear frame struts that attached to the back fender
Chopped the back fender and made it into a point
Took off the rear shocks and welded together struts which drop the bike 3.5 inches
Removed stock seat and replaced with a La Perra black allegator skinned solo springer
Underneath the springer seat is a thin red LED taillight
Rearranged the liscense plate vertically and to the side
Put on Screaming Eagle II exhaust pipes
Painted the exhaust heat gaurds flat matte black
Chrome spark plug covers
Chrome primary transmission casing on the right side of engine
Flipped the side mirrors down to give a low sleek look
Rearranged the front turn signals on the front forks

CUSTOM GAS TANK
I wanted my bike to revolve around my La Perra alligator skin seat. So, after months of searching for the right paint I finally found a wrinkled black that was perfect for my masterpeice. The top of the tank is a wrinkled black which eventuallys wrinkles within 2 hrs after being sprayed. Must apply direct heat. After that we found a blood red chromish spray paint for the red band aorund the tank. And the bottom of the tank is a flat black look like the new 883 Irons. Since my father and I arent professional custom bike builders this was built in our garage over the winter. For the painting we made makeshift spary booth that worked flawlessly. Now, after 5 months of dedication and only $1,200, about, we have our very own custom sporty bobber. The best part is that this is only the begining of our motorcycle journey together. Enjoy!

Braxdon and Rich Scaletta

This is my 2004 xlc1200 custom with screaming eagle mufflers and many other extras and aftermarket trinkets

The wife bitched me out last night for walking through the house with my boots on again. So I decided to jump on the bike and go for a quick spin, to cool down…

Boy . . . that pissed her off even more!!!

Hi,
nice site you have!!
Have a look at my Sportzilla; 1200 wiseco’s, N2’s, King, Billet & PM brakes etc etc. More info at www.sportzilla.nl
Greets,
charles

My Sportzillasite; www.sportzilla.nl
Sportster Owners Netherlands; www.sportsters.nl

Some pics of my 95 Sportster,
2007 Wideglide Frontend,Custom 7/8 Axle,Bearings,Spacers To Fix Original Wheel,
2007 Front Caliper,Greater Stopping Ability,
10″ Mini Apes,
Custom Marbled Paint,
Fatbob Tank,
Vance & Hines Straightshots,
11″ Progressive Rear Shocks,
2″ Progressive Front Drop-in Lowering Springs,To Be Installed Shortly,
Sundowner Bucket Seat,For Comfort On Aussie Roads,
Rear Dovetail Guard,
Hypocharger,
Original Stock Motor,
Some Chrome,
Runs & Handles Great,
All Work Done By Owner.

Cook {Steve}
Perth,
Australia.