Ironic that among the first videos motivating me to buy a Forty Eight was your review under the rain. Four years and 35,000 kilometres later, I am still in love and I don’t think it will change
Does nothing for me at all. If I had that kind of money to buy one I would buy a used 48 and lavish the extra, saved money on it. Good review as always Sir. Thanks
For all the positives of the new (not) Sportster, all the negatives are just glaring. Which is odd, since the Buell Super Cruiser suffers from them also. Yet, I like that bike. Thanks for the upload and keep them coming.
Here in Thailand the new Nightster 975 cost just a bit more than a Rebel 1100 and cheaper than a Triumph Bobber. After a Dynojet tuned the 975 makes around 105 hp at the wheel and reach the top speed of 270 km/h on a dyno. It is lighter and faster than both a Rebel 1100 and a Bobber. It will go faster than most m8. So overall is is a very good buy over here. Unfortunately they priced it wrong over there.
@@artvertex4152 speed and horsepower are the least important parts of a bike that makes it good or bad. Or value for money. Sounds. Looks. Ride. Fun etc all things you don’t get on a spec sheet are far more important
Please start making more UK meet videos mate, i just found your channel last sunday and i have almost watched all of them already 🤣🤣 you was proper local to me when you rode through tooting to get to the ship in wandsworth mate 👍🏻👌🏻
Great review by a fellow sportster fanboy 😊 all the reasons I didn’t buy one. I did go for the Pan America and agree the engine is fantastic but looks ugly, triumph make a water cooled engine look beautiful why can’t HD do the EVO but water cooled, oh they could look at the new M8 liquid cooled
You will get use to the new look and customizing is somthing we did even on the old models so no diff it will take time but people will adjust and then the mods will start to show how good they can look well thats what I think anyway. Thanks for the VLOG good job
Looks like you havw a lot of support on your view . Not me . I have owned 2 Sportsters in the past . I currently own a 2019 Softail Slim , 23.5 CVO Roadglide . I Enjoy riding my 23 Nightster Special more than any other Harley Davidson that l have ever owned or ridden . My Nightster special is yellow like you were riding. Two mistakes l made with it was fitting forward controls because l has made the rear brake useless. Fitting Mini apes made. It look better but make steering too light and harder to control . My only disappointment with the bike is the sound .
Your speaking my thoughts exactly, the motor and handling r so good!!! But the price and the cheap looking plastics, ruin what could truly be a special bike. Dynamically its really good and fun, but styling is a huge part of a motorcycle, especially one priced as high as these are. If they were priced way under $10k US then it might make more sense.
I agree they shouldn't have called it a sportster, as it's considered a midsize "sport" bike from Harley, but they also shouldn't have called the M8 softails, softails. I understand the dislike for it....but it's actually an incredibly performing bike. The aftermarket however, is almost non-existent.
I've always said that our tiny roads on this tiny island aren't suitable for Harleys and Indians. Now that our roads now resemble Port Stanley Airfield in 1982, nothing less than an Adventure bike will do.
Too expensive, too ugly, too much plastics, too short rear suspension. Oh and did i say too expensive.. Rather buy an old real Sportster and a Royal Enfield Classic 650 next year and still have change in pocket.
I'd 100 percent buy a Royal Enfield Super Meteor over a sportster. Half the price, keeps a classic look, it's a no brainer for me. I'm a laid back rider, so the lower displacement engine isn't a deterrent for me either
@@tomoates8568 Same here. Power is not the most important for me. Im thinking about buying the new Classic 650 when its out and put a side car on it and tour Europe with my girlfriend and the dog old school way😅
What if H-D borrowed Triumph's "modern classic" concept and made a retro-styled Rev Max engine, in various capacities, and put it in bikes that borrowed from the 1950s/60s K/KH/XL Sportsters? (I'll have one that looks like a KRM or an XLR, please 🙂) After all, the original Sportster was a response to the lighter, faster, better-handling British bikes of the postwar period.
glad you looked after your career and family ;; but it's nice to see you back ,,, the nightster is better looking than the sportster s so 1/ out of 10 sporster s = 0 out of ten ;hardly anyone wants this trash , - so call it a day and stop trying to sell horrid items for 15 grand ;;; harley d ;;
Well this came out a few years before Indian dropped the new Scout. If they were priced similar, I'd be all over the Scout for sure. I think the most difficult thing for this bike is it really depends on the market. I got the same model from this video with 100km on it (dealer used for a couple rides as example bike) for $11,000 USD (in Japan), they have since dropped the price for brand new ones to $13k, while the new 101 costs $19k here. Even the Scout Bobber is $16.5. For people saying it's not a Sportster, I would argue the Sportster hasn't been a Sportster (a racing bike from its heritage) since before most of us could ride. I'm almost 40 and this bike is the most fun I've had on a Harley for a while. I also enjoy that they decided to break convention and leave the diehard fans with the M8 if they like, but try to attract new fans also (like me). I just wish the tech wasn't half baked. Too many people have problems with the computers on this bike and that sours the feeling for what otherwise is an amazing machine.
Honest review? Sporsters are good for in state riding i cant imagine riding my xl1200 c acroos country unless on the run😅 but i do understand a bagger does drive like Cadillac witch compared to my bike crabby front tire . the bike ur on a nightster not a sportster cuz u only wana ride at night not to be seen sounds like a 500cc lol
Bloody Horrible, that is not a Sportster, more like something from the Street family. If HD are struggling to get people to ride them, just imagine its re-sale value👎👎
Ironic that among the first videos motivating me to buy a Forty Eight was your review under the rain. Four years and 35,000 kilometres later, I am still in love and I don’t think it will change
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Does nothing for me at all. If I had that kind of money to buy one I would buy a used 48 and lavish the extra, saved money on it. Good review as always Sir. Thanks
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For all the positives of the new (not) Sportster, all the negatives are just glaring. Which is odd, since the Buell Super Cruiser suffers from them also. Yet, I like that bike.
Thanks for the upload and keep them coming.
Here in Thailand the new Nightster 975 cost just a bit more than a Rebel 1100 and cheaper than a Triumph Bobber. After a Dynojet tuned the 975 makes around 105 hp at the wheel and reach the top speed of 270 km/h on a dyno. It is lighter and faster than both a Rebel 1100 and a Bobber. It will go faster than most m8. So overall is is a very good buy over here.
Unfortunately they priced it wrong over there.
@@artvertex4152 speed and horsepower are the least important parts of a bike that makes it good or bad. Or value for money.
Sounds. Looks. Ride. Fun etc all things you don’t get on a spec sheet are far more important
I owned a 1886 883 bored out to an 1100 with a screaming eagle kit , front fork brace Ioved that bike . Great machine.
Please start making more UK meet videos mate, i just found your channel last sunday and i have almost watched all of them already 🤣🤣 you was proper local to me when you rode through tooting to get to the ship in wandsworth mate 👍🏻👌🏻
Great review by a fellow sportster fanboy 😊 all the reasons I didn’t buy one. I did go for the Pan America and agree the engine is fantastic but looks ugly, triumph make a water cooled engine look beautiful why can’t HD do the EVO but water cooled, oh they could look at the new M8 liquid cooled
I have a Harley 48 and I love it.
Wheyyy good to see you back fella!
You will get use to the new look and customizing is somthing we did even on the old models so no diff it will take time but people will adjust and then the mods will start to show how good they can look well thats what I think anyway. Thanks for the VLOG good job
Nope😂
Plastic none-Harley which is seriously a puzzle to a real Harley aficionado. You said it right.
Looks like you havw a lot of support on your view . Not me . I have owned 2 Sportsters in the past . I currently own a 2019 Softail Slim , 23.5 CVO Roadglide . I Enjoy riding my 23 Nightster Special more than any other Harley Davidson that l have ever owned or ridden . My Nightster special is yellow like you were riding. Two mistakes l made with it was fitting forward controls because l has made the rear brake useless. Fitting Mini apes made. It look better but make steering too light and harder to control . My only disappointment with the bike is the sound .
Your speaking my thoughts exactly, the motor and handling r so good!!! But the price and the cheap looking plastics, ruin what could truly be a special bike. Dynamically its really good and fun, but styling is a huge part of a motorcycle, especially one priced as high as these are. If they were priced way under $10k US then it might make more sense.
Another grand vid young fella. Not sure if you have or can try the new Scout, be great to get your take on that.
The new 'Sportster' looks like it had an allergic reaction to shellfish :(
I agree they shouldn't have called it a sportster, as it's considered a midsize "sport" bike from Harley, but they also shouldn't have called the M8 softails, softails. I understand the dislike for it....but it's actually an incredibly performing bike. The aftermarket however, is almost non-existent.
I've always said that our tiny roads on this tiny island aren't suitable for Harleys and Indians. Now that our roads now resemble Port Stanley Airfield in 1982, nothing less than an Adventure bike will do.
We all know what's next. Try that sportster S. I have my Dyna but that thing was speedy. I'd love to see you give that the beans
Too expensive, too ugly, too much plastics, too short rear suspension. Oh and did i say too expensive..
Rather buy an old real Sportster and a Royal Enfield Classic 650 next year and still have change in pocket.
I'd 100 percent buy a Royal Enfield Super Meteor over a sportster. Half the price, keeps a classic look, it's a no brainer for me. I'm a laid back rider, so the lower displacement engine isn't a deterrent for me either
@@tomoates8568 Same here. Power is not the most important for me. Im thinking about buying the new Classic 650 when its out and put a side car on it and tour Europe with my girlfriend and the dog old school way😅
RE reminds me of my 64 BSA. If I could afford a new bike it would be the RE or Triumph Bobber
It’s so far removed from what makes me brand loyal to Harley - if I was after this kind of bike , I’d buy a Yamaha MT-09.
What if H-D borrowed Triumph's "modern classic" concept and made a retro-styled Rev Max engine, in various capacities, and put it in bikes that borrowed from the 1950s/60s K/KH/XL Sportsters? (I'll have one that looks like a KRM or an XLR, please 🙂) After all, the original Sportster was a response to the lighter, faster, better-handling British bikes of the postwar period.
That's a nice Honda you got there. 😂
I'd buy one,if it didn't look like ---t.They need to make a retro version 50's 60's vintage style.
totally agree, it isnt a sportster - it lost all of its character, they f'd this bike up
A) Too small for me. B) Yamaha still makes their Bolt.
They should have never called that bike a Sportster. A V Sport would be more reasonable
glad you looked after your career and family ;; but it's nice to see you back ,,, the nightster is better looking than the sportster s so 1/ out of 10 sporster s = 0 out of ten ;hardly anyone wants this trash , - so call it a day and stop trying to sell horrid items for 15 grand ;;; harley d ;;
No way could you recommend this or the sportser s over the new Indian scout
Well this came out a few years before Indian dropped the new Scout. If they were priced similar, I'd be all over the Scout for sure. I think the most difficult thing for this bike is it really depends on the market. I got the same model from this video with 100km on it (dealer used for a couple rides as example bike) for $11,000 USD (in Japan), they have since dropped the price for brand new ones to $13k, while the new 101 costs $19k here. Even the Scout Bobber is $16.5.
For people saying it's not a Sportster, I would argue the Sportster hasn't been a Sportster (a racing bike from its heritage) since before most of us could ride. I'm almost 40 and this bike is the most fun I've had on a Harley for a while. I also enjoy that they decided to break convention and leave the diehard fans with the M8 if they like, but try to attract new fans also (like me). I just wish the tech wasn't half baked. Too many people have problems with the computers on this bike and that sours the feeling for what otherwise is an amazing machine.
Honest review? Sporsters are good for in state riding i cant imagine riding my xl1200 c acroos country unless on the run😅 but i do understand a bagger does drive like Cadillac witch compared to my bike crabby front tire . the bike ur on a nightster not a sportster cuz u only wana ride at night not to be seen sounds like a 500cc lol
Sounds like a sowing machine. Total failure
Not only plastic as you said , but not a Harley at all for me . I know times change , but not a Harley for me
Prefer my Yamaha drag star, that nightster looks plastic,better off buying a used sportster low model.
Harley messed up when they put that engine in the sportster it will fail
Designed by Fisher Price.
Plastic + Fake Tank + Mids = NO 😐
Bloody Horrible, that is not a Sportster, more like something from the Street family. If HD are struggling to get people to ride them, just imagine its re-sale value👎👎
, crap
I have yet to see one of these on the roads here in the U.S. Asethetically, plain and simply, they're ugly.
they look better in person, looks about the same as a V-Max
Not a sportster
It's TRASH
Looks like a Royal Enfield, which is not what I'd want if I was paying Harley Davidson money.