Coolest Girl's Bike? Harley Sportster 48 Ride, Review...
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- Today we're taking the Harley Davidson Sportster 48 out for a ride, review, and impressions. I've ridden tons of Sportsters over the years and this is one of my personal favorites. I'll talk a little bit about the 48, the Sportster in general, the 883 vs 1200 for beginner riders, and just share my overall thoughts and opinions on the motorcycle.
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Girls bike? I disagree.
If someone is looking for a bar hopper or city rider and wants a cool looking bike that isn't a full dresser this is a great option.
Not to mention 1200cc is pretty respectable it's not an 883.
Im a guy still riding an 805cc.
2:01
I've had an 06 883 for a few years now and love how it handles. And at 65 years with only a 5'5" height it fit just right for me.
The Humble Sportster , Only Looked Down upon By the Insecure And Weak..It has Been the Longest and Best Production Bike in History of Motorcycles with Many Attributes and Records Under its Belt , and Still Considered the Best Evo Ever by MANY..I've had two..2012 883 and 18 1200 Roadster that pulled 106 in Third @ 6400 Rpm ,,Stage one Only with 79 lbs and 80 bhp.
That’s kinda why I’d rather just get a Sportster lol. A Harley 48 is 70 ft lbs torque and 60hp stock. If that’s just a stage one then you’re almost on par with some 103 and 107 softails for cheaper if you get it used.
I love this channel its one of my favorites. Nice to be early too.
I have 2 Sportys and I love them both. My 03 883 is just a basic mostly factory bike with the exception of exhaust, handlebars, and it's been lowered a bit. My 88 883 with the 2004 Buell XB9 top end is my rigid frame monster. I love both bikes. In short, love what you ride, and ride what you love. Great video!
Hell yeah I’d ride a Sportster, heck I’m saving up to buy one right now.
Cool vid Jon.
I love your intro. I see my self doing that on my harley night train and flinging myself into the bushes. So I'm going to live vicariously through you for that stuff.
So am I.
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Lol
I love your channel! Keep up the great work vato!
I have a Forty-eight for my urban bike, I’m 5’10 and I love it! It just rips up the streets with that 1200 evo motor.
fun rig =)
Had one, will miss it. Love your vids.
My first bike was a 1988 XLH 883 Sporty. I was 18 and I loved that bike. Wish I could find it so I could buy it back. It would make a great project bike for those cold Iowa winters.
My sportster is my Swiss Army knife. I have a custom set up like a 72 w bags. A sportster has a soul that’s for sure. That evo while at a stop light let’s you know it’s alive. I love it
Cool video, man! I liked your wife’s video on the same bike. Last bike I built was an 81 Honda CB900C that was a super low, bobbed out rigid. Fun, fast bike! I sold it to put money into my 2 truck projects and wasn’t in the market for a bike at all. 2 weeks ago, my cousin gifted me a ‘14 48 just like this one. Has 14” apes, tank lift and exhaust. I’ve never owned a Harley until now, but rode my cousin’s Street Bob plenty. The 48 is no slouch in power, and it’s a really fun bike to ride. Obviously, mine is a keeper due to sentimental value, and I plan on a few upgrades as well. Love your channel, bro!
Hells yeah! Congrats on the new ride! Super rad! 💯🤙
Just bought an 18 forty-eight. Im looking forward to riding it. Sadly bought it when it decided to rain for a few days
My first Harley was a 2014 Sportster 48, I loved it, and part of me wishes I still had it. It's slick looking bike, sounds fantastic, and with minimal work is a real head turner. The only reason I still don't have it is I have a 30 mile ride to work and I needed more horseys and gears to make it safely in Western Washington traffic. Now I have a Dyna Low Rider S but my 48 when put side by side with my Low Rider S may be the slicker looking bike even though it is inferior in just about every way.
Loved my sportster it was so much fun to rip around. I've ridden a lot of bikes and Harleys are the only ones worth owning for me
“boy girl ride what you want” won the sub from me
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In New Zealand the Sportster 1200's encroach on Victory 106 Steel Frame pricing. So I picked the Victory. I want a Sportster so I can cut it up and mod it, but the prices over here are just too high. My Hammer cost me more than my CBR600RR and ZX10R combined.
I personally own a 883 and I love it! Yeah I've gotten made fun of but idc lol what I love about them is that if I want more power I can convert it.. so gives you that real biker feel, work on your own bike and mod it how you want too.
I love the 48 for riding around city and local rodes
I have 2 Sportsters 02 883 & 08 1200 Custom both bikes are nice middle weight cruisers, not too heavy or sluggish. If I ever do start touring the 883 will be the one that gets traded in on a bagger. The 1200 is a keeper.
My first bike ever was a 2009 sportster custom. It was quick. But not fun on the interstate. So now i bought a 2006 sporty. But i kept my electra glide and roadking classics with 80" evos too.
Good for you John .
Awesome !!! Love it,great bike ❤️
I like that color too....however, you seem to be trying to convince yourself that you like it....I know it's just a stepping stone and I think you'll come out ahead on this flipster
Ok, brand new to the channel, and off the bat I’m laughing (in a good way!!!). “Can’t judge anyone on the bike they ride”... HAHAHAHAH I thought the same at one point... built a 1980 cm400 cafe race, and loved that little bike... and THEN, I saw a pic of my riding that bike!!!, hahahahha!!! My 6’1” 250lb ass looked like Harambe riding a kids tricycle lmao
No wonder that bike fought me to do 80mph
I can't do with ape hangers. Or feet-forward. I love these engine, though. Some girl rider at 2:40.
I can't wait to see the Honda Rebel 1100 DCT ridden. I may just get one.
My dad had a 2005 1200 Sporster. I learned to ride on it, put 8,000 miles on it in two years. He sold it and I miss it all the time. I think I'd pick a Indian Scout over one even though they mean a lot to me.
I love my Iron 1200,she is a blast to ride
What is the exhaust on it? Sounds awesome 👍😎
Definitely love my iron 1200 I like the simplesty of the bike
It’s how they are set up,
If you have the set in instead of the set on look, totally changes the character of it, and tank lift, gives it a chopper look
1965 I wanted a Sportster so bad. XLCH was bad ass fast.
What exhaust is on that beauty
Awesome vid Jon. I agree about this being a girls bike in the sense of size. Harley themselves advertise this and the 883 with women riding them. Is it just for girls? No,ofc not but for those intimidated by the size and weight of the other bikes, the sportster is a reminder they have smaller bikes too. I’ve seen women on road glides and road kings as well. Let’s see more women on bikes period so 😀😃
I'd still love my 48 if I hadn't test rode a 110 and a couple 114s. It's still fun, but I know what I'm missing now lol
I have one 2015 harley davidson 48. Cool bike 👍
As a guy that has never rode a Harley I think the 48 looks great. But I just can't live with the tank range. Wouldn't even get me to lunch places and back home.
Hi bro great stuff nice bar hopper.?👍
883 and 1200 have different heads, and different final drive ratio.
I’ve been looking for a forty-eight but they’re going for 6k plus around here which is too rich for my tastes. Seems like the market for them is hotter than regular sportsters.
Could the Sportster be the DRZ of cruisers? 🤔
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Their bread and butter seller for over 60 years , and I have seen some big men riding them the only nick they had was the AMF years
Power isn't a problem. The 1200 makes only 20hp less than the big M-8's, but the bike weighs 200-400lbs less. More often than not the Sportster 48 is faster than bigger bikes.
Plus, those Evo engines respond far better too modification than any other Harley engine. A set of pipes, intake and a V&H Fuelpak FP3 makes a much bigger difference on a 1200 Evo than it does on a 114. Getting 100hp out of a Evo is very easy, and it's in a 550lb bike!
Sportster is my favorite bike.
As a 6 foot 5 240 lb man that owns that exact bike. It’s not a girls bike
I would actually take out a loan just to buy a brand new 48 if it came with mid controls. I love the look and sound of it. I just hate forward controls
you can change it and install mid controls, there are 4-5 positions you can change your controls
According to my wife ALL bikes are "chick bikes"!
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Word!
@@BikerBabeBeth
She rides a VStrom. I ride an SV1000S. She keeps going where I cannot. But I can get to the point of her exploration quicker. And then.....wait until she gets back.
Miss my Sporty sometimes.
SPORTSTER RULE!!
Had one great bike
If I could find one on the cheap, I'd take it for a around towner
Those are cool but I'll take a nice Road King any day
Girls bike? You must be crazy bro, the 48 is a monster!!
The market in your area must be far different than me. Cheapest HD48 within 500mi is 8k, I can get Japanese cruisers for 2 to 5k all day.
Same here, and with that price difference it's a no brainer.
That's because used Sportsters hold their value more than Japanese cruisers. It's called the laws of supply and demand. Go get that Japanese cruiser if that's what you want. Harley's have the cool factor that no Japanese cruiser will ever have.
The fact that sportsters hold their value, just means that you pay more for them. As for the cool factor, it probably depends on who you're trying to impress.
Wasn't really commenting on how cool or uncool Harleys are, but starting that they are not the same cost in my area.
I ride a sportster. I don’t need a road glide to go to the grocery store.
Well said🙏🇦🇺
I love the 48 but that thanks is just too small
sportster is the last real HD ...its the equivalent of mustang for ford. thas the only one i'd buy
My wife has a slim s, so it is a girl's bike. 🤣 i have no problem being seen ridding it😁 i had a 2012 chrome yellow 48 and it was a guy's bike. The wife didn't care if see was seen ridding it...🤔 come to think of it bikes don't care who rides them 🤣🤣🤣 given the chance/Money i would buy a nother 48 it really is a fun bike to own...
Up here in Canada I couldn't gaze upon a used Sportster for under $6000. I can pickup mint metric cruisers for cheap any day of the year. Not disagreeing with you just crying in Canadian. I imagine Harleys of all kinds are cheaper down there.
Sportser is probably only harley I would own they are nice looking bikes imo but under powered and not a fan of the insane amount of shaking 😂 makes it unpleasant to drive on long trips
The vibration on the rigid-mounted ones was vicious, and the exhaust was so loud that after an extended ride it would take a couple of hours to get your hearing back. The rubber-mounted sportsters do not vibrate and the new exhaust is quiet as a Honda. (The one in the video has after-market exhaust.). You're right though that the power is nothing special.
Damn if that 48 is a girls bike what’s my 883 😓
Bro if thats you in your dp bangin wheelies who gives a fuck if its a 883 lol im jist starting into the stunt game and got a 1200 hopefully be up on 1 wheel by end of the riding season here in canada!
@@goatkiller6295 that’s me 😓😓🤣🤣
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1200cc girls bike what about rest of the world where 100 to 200 cc bike pretty common
Definitely not a woman's bike. It's a small persons bike. Saying it is a woman's bike is saying a ninja 250 300 400 650 is a womans bike because they're small and not a quick bike.
Girls bikes? You mean girls like Little Bihh, Dani Pray, Blondie? Girls who can do things with pretty much any bike they get on that would embarrass a lot of men? I hate when people call something a girls bike, especially here on the east coast where we have a lot of females who can outride most of the men. The Sportster has been in production longer than most of those idiots have been alive, and for good reason. Just because you can’t ride the bike you own doesn’t mean you get to call the bike you should have bought first a girls bike. SMDH. Great vid.
Exactly! Well said, brotha!
The only harley I WONT ride is the live wire. Nothing against it just don't like it
48 is not a girl bike it’s just a fun bike that it
Only issue is it’s 2 slow
You'll still get a ticket at it's top end of 105 mph, fast enough.
Why would you overpay for an overpriced bike that you know right out of the gate you're gonna have to dump a bunch more money in just to make it comparable to something you can get for a lot less brand new off the show room floor??
It’s culture over logic.
You don't necessarily over pay. I pick sportsters up on the used market for the same price (and sometimes less) than your metric alternatives. Ultimately, comes down to personal preference. 💯👌
What is a girls bike?
You almost lost me at the beginning when you started off by calling it a girls bike, then you put a twist on your statement and agreed it's not, its anyone's bike and a fuckin great bike at that
If it doesn’t matter why still call it a “girls “ bike
There's no such thing as a girls bike! Only morons who probably got up-sold into buying a bigger bike will talk smack about Harley sportsters. Real Harley owners respect every bike rider!
not a chicks bike matter of fact im getting rid of my streetglide and prob getting a 48 down the road
Girl's bike,that's not what your wife said.😅😅😅😅
Indian blows away Harley at the same price point.
Lol 1200cc is somehow a girl's bike? What girls ride 1200cc engines? Not many lol usually 650cc and maybe 883 sportster.
Barely you see women riding something that big.
Say girl’s bike one more time…
You said at the beginning of the video "this is a girl's bike 100 percent" ... twice haha. And went on to say you thought it was "whack" that ppl call it a girls bike. So you're whack? What's going on here Jon?
Girls ride the bigger ones too are they girls bike too HD to much info from people that don't know much about a real motorcycle ?
"girls bike" *sigh* lol
Not a girl's bike it's just a motorcycle quit being sexist
Girls bike? Girls ride what they want.All bikes are girls bikes.I’ve seen women riding big heavy bagger bikes.Girls bike is a dumb statement.
👎🏽 thumbs down. You think women want to ride a weak ass bike like that. I’m a 5’1’’ woman that rides a 111 stroke Indian dark horse bagger.
Video ?
@@triplesixone615 are you asking for a video of me ringing my motorcycle? Sure I’m on Instagram
Cool story bro
@@Liberalcali he’s probably asking if you watched the video. Any bike is for anybody. People make too big a deal over things that don’t matter.
I know you sportster guys don`t want to hear it but yes this is a girl`s bike or for really short kings ;)