Harley Sportster

I finally got the old man out of the house to go look at some bikes and we decided to go to the Hawkeye Harley Davidson in Coralville (Iowa). He really started to catch the thrill of owning a bike again as he and I first walked into the dealership. I started walking around looking at bikes by myself, but my dad soon got tangled up with a salesman whom after listening to my dad determined that we would be best off with a Harley Sportster. I came over and we started looking at the used Sportsters, but after some notable differences largely including carburetion versus fuel injected (the new bikes had this) the choice became clear. At first I have some objections at the Sportster and it’s really the only bike that I don’t 100% love its more like a 90%. The reasons in response to this include the exhaust pipes and the small size of the gas tank; to me it just looks like a smaller bike even though it does have a huge engine (1202 cc). It looks like the Yamaha V-star 250 in almost every aspect except of course that the engine is over 5 times the strength and that only one has the legendary logo of Harley-Davidson’s prestige and legend on the side. Besides that it is my only objection, and the tail pipes can even be fixed by putting on some screaming eagles pipes, which I certainly think I would insist on getting. Also a little bit on the wish list or possibly in the hand would include adding a sissy bar and a chrome guard on the front of the bike (if you have ever seen highway pegs on a bike these are what they are mounted in) which make the bike look bigger, adds more chrome, and helps prevent damage to the engine if the bike is rolled ever, which I pray it never will. I’m definitely warming up to the idea of the Sportster and my dad and I have got it narrowed down we think to a limited edition “root beer” colored bike or a blue one. My dad is going to call on Monday or sometime this weekend to finalize the deal and thus I hope I will be riding the bike to school next week in the earliest scenario, which is very exciting to me as I don’t know any 17 year old boys who get to own a brand 2009 Harley Davidson XL 1200C Custom.