Killing a sportster in under 90 days

Killing a sportster in under 90 days

by Kyle LaPointe on March 01, 2024 Categories: Rudeboy Builds

There is definitely a trajectory to most motorcyclist's  and the machines they ride. For most of us over the age of 30, it usually begins early with dirt bikes and for most it was sport bikes at some point and inevitably, just as your body no longer can handle the fetal postion whilst strattling something as wide as yourself, it seems, almost like a bear knows when its time to gorge on salmon one last time and head to hibernate, a man in his 40's seemingly cant avoid owning a Harley. 

 

If you know me personally, you know that in the 36 yrs since I first swung my leg over my first dirtbike, I have been somewhere between uninterested and full on  vehemently anti Harley-Davidson since day one. This along with my love of motorcycles in total comes directly from my dad who unlike most, has owned no less than 150 motorcycles, had absolutely no interest in them and by proxy neither did I. That changed sometime last summer when I started my Motorcycle detailing business and realized no matter how clean my 06 FZ01 could be, my target market, older guys who roode Harley werent going to see me let alone speak to me as easily on a chance encounter. So I made the toughest decision Id made in quite some time, traded the 140mph Yamaha in for a 56hp slug.... 

2005 Harley Sportster 1200

I rode it home (miami to n miami beach) with these forward controls and I must say those are by far one of the quickest ways to ruin a motorcycle completely. So those were off the bike as soon as I could get mid controls.  

The bike being an 05 XL1200 C was shipped with those awful forward controls which means the exhaust it was fitted with, wouldnt work with mid controls so I made the choice to destroy the exhaust and wait on a replacement rather then ride another mile with the forwards. I ended up cutting bracket and cat then wrapping the head pipe which held me over till the exhaust I ordered arrived. 

 

While I waited I snagged a set of 15" Progressives.  Stuck them on as well as some 2" extensions for the narrow glide forks as well as purchased a bit more of a streamlined seat while waiting to come up on a saddleman step up 

sporty 1200 on 14" progressive shocks, available at rudeboycycles.com

 

 

Addded some tiny turn signals and a new tail light.

 

Added a new air cleaner and the new exhaust

 

 

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