Harley 975 Nightster vs Harley Sportster 48
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2022
- In this video I'll compare the 2022 Nightster 975 to the Sportster 48. Both are 2022 models in the same price range.
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I simply love the sound of putting in the gears on the sportster Forty Eight and the lower seat ( I am only 158 cm high ). So I am forever in Love with the 48 Sportster. ❤
Love at first sight with the 48!!! I haven’t rode a Harley Davidson in 34 years but the wife and I came to an agreement to buy the 48.
Be careful out there, there's so many lunatic drivers on their phone!!
@@eloy1004 that’s the truth
Hope you have smooth pavement to drive it on...that's all i'm saying.
Been training at the boat ramp for the past month and she handled my bike with confidence. She took the Sportster for a 30 mile solo ride this pass Monday without incident.
@@BigChill73 Keep it a long time, that bike will be a collection since they are not making them anymore
48 all the time. Great review .
Perhaps Harley could look at what Triumph did with their Bonneville range. They had to introduce watercooling as well but did it in such a way that the engines and bikes kept more or less similar profiles. Not only that but they vastly increased the model range as well.
The 2022 Nightster 975 - beautiful machine; the Sportster 48 - the original machine.
I have a Harley Davidson breakout and a Harley-Davidson heritage classic, I'm debating on selling both of my bikes because of all the crazy drivers, every day I almost get hit by a lunatic driver on the phone!!! Be careful out there guys!!
Be careful Sir🙏
Respect is gone only me Same in Finland texting and Driving😡
Defensive riding….. I expect the world to be in my way….and am pleased when I have the road to myself.
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@@lilo2469 i u the
The new “sportsters”
May be better in every measurable way.
But gimme that 1200 any day. Those new revolution motors sound like ass. Like every other bike on the market.
What makes HD special is the Look, feel, sound, heritage.. U know you’re on something special .. even tho there are tons on the road.
I’d not want to ride anything else.
I do understand the MoCo needs to stay alive with new stuff like the nightster and Pan-Am.. but I’ll always want the big air cooled motor, big cam(s), loud pipes.. love it !
That being said the pan am is BAD ASS. I’m not an ADV guy but if I was .. no question what I’d get. I love it bc it’s not trying to be a “revolution” of the Hd cruiser. I’ve seen ppl using the pan am as more of a road bike than off-road and i hear they’re dope for long trips too.
I own my dream bike. It's a 2019 48, with a Stage 3. I test rode the Nightster 975 and Sporster S. I can honestly say that I would never trade my 48 for either model. One thing I found bothersome on the new bikes was the tiny shifter peg and rear brake pedal.
Just bought a 2013 ultra classic. It's amazing how nimble it is.
Always enjoy your videos Jerry. Thank you
I like both bikes for different reasons ! Thanks Motor Man
Great review Jerry 👍
Thanks for the review!
Give me the 48 any day but with the super low tank! In other words keep your 90HP and riding modes. Give me METAL
I wonder how much they have saved shortening braking hoses on Nightster. The left side looks awful
Talking sounds, the black one sounds like a Singer sewing machine, the blue one sounds like a Harley. Jayman...
I agree with you on the looks. I would have tried to keep the older look as much as possible while adding the new motor and technology. Things like adding the fins to the motor and cleaning up the left side.
Great Review! Thanks :)
I got a 2018 forty-eight. Love the bike and it made for a perfect first bike.
Thank you, I am in the process of trying to make up my mind. I am thinking of getting rid of my 883 and getting a Nightster. I’m just not sure I like the sound of the Nightster. This gave me more information.
I think this is a good repacement for the previous 500 and 750. Seeing the end of the sportster is the end of an era. Makes me want a 48. Kind of looks like the indian scout to me.
I think you meant to say the Indian Scout kind of looks like the Sportster 48 😀
I have a 2020 Sportster 1200 iron. Black on black. 3 upgrades, windscreen, sissy bar, saddle seat. Crash bars, bought and paid for but on backorder (tentatively, august).
I have a 2016 Harley 48 💀🖤 it's awesome! Best sportster ever possibly.
I've modified my 1200c a bit. I have 80 hp out of it without cams or rebuild yet. But im looking at 6k to get 100hp. So a revolution bike is a very real consideration.
Well Jerry, I'll have you know that HD has trademarked the name "48X" about two years ago, which means there is a new Revolution Max Sportster 48 being produced in the near future. Let's hope it doesn't get butchered, but your hopes for the new motor in a bike that looks like the Sportster 48 may not be just a dream!
I love my 2010 nightster
I’ll take my 2019 FLHR allll day
But I’d love a bar hopper ..
A sportster 1200. Apes, Vance and Hines shorties .. I love an evo with VH shorties .. best HD sound no doubt
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Or a twin cam heritage softail. It’s like a lightweight road king… other day was on one and was like WTF.. been a year since on a softail (hadnt been on the new softsil chasis.. it’s way better. But it’s with the m8
I’d want the heritage with the OG studded bags
It’s the one I dreamed about when I first saw one back in the mid 90s. Was an Evo one tho
Thanks Motorman.
Have to agree with you on the styling, Jerry. Unfortunately, our opinions on that are a bit at odds with those of the average twenty or thirty-something target buyer of the new generation of Harleys. And honestly, they DID hold out as long as they could. Ain't it fun being dinosaurs? LOL
Nah these bikes are not going to appeal to the 20-30 year old. I can buy a Suzuki gsx s1000 GT+ for same price, and tour the country with 150hp saddle bags, cruise control, tft display with mapping, Up and down quickshifter
@@motorcycleislife8296 I'm 19 and just bought the forty eight, I love how barebones it is and I also kind of like the fact they wont be making it anymore. makes me feel like I own a little piece of history.🤙
@@verydicey same
I have a 2011 Sportster 48 and I love it, not my first bike but it is my first Harley-davidson. I have to agree that I think had Harley kept the classic style just introduced the revolution engine and modern features they will be more popular, just my opinion.
The nightster may be a better riding and running bike, and it may be the future, but the look of the engine lacks any charisma. The radiator draws your attention, which it shouldn’t.
The exhaust looks cheap.
It doesn’t interest me in the least.
Mormons: The 48 may be a better riding and running bike and it may be the future, but the look of the engine and carburetor lacks any charisma. The engine and carb draw your attention from your carriage and horse, which it shouldn't.
@@lphyxsius the 48 never came carburated lol the Sportster got EFI in 2007, the 48 wasn't put into production until 2010.
“Little bit of scrape there…. Wellll let’s get the hell outta here” 😂
I don't like fly by wire and all the computer controls. I can't fix a FBW bike myself without bringing it to the stealership to reprogram the bike.. The Nightster sounds like a sewing machine when it's idling😂. My 03'XL1200 would be left in the dust by the new model. I loved my Sporty, but the vibration was hurting me after 2hrs riding. My bone stock 02' Deuce is the most comfortable easy handling bike I've ever owned. She's no rocket, but who cares. it's like sitting in an EZ chair going 80mph. My bike looks huge, sitting next to a new soft tail. 😂
Sounds like the primary gear whine from a Kawasaki 900 or kz1000.
Slow & steadayyy ride. Great video man 👍👍
I rode 1875 miles in two days, on an Iron 883. 😁
Bronson (Michael Parks) did 2000 miles in 2 days on a 1967 Sportster so there's that.
@@motorman857 Idk how he did it because I only stopped for gas and I was cruising, full throttle, at 100 mph. Mine was a 2020. I upgraded for a Street Bob 114, this year.
How does the sportster 48 compare to an 2021 XL883N. I just bought the 883. I bought it used with 779 miles. I haven't rode for 5 to 6 years. I was riding a Susuzk 805 touring bike. I'm waiting on the tag right to arrive right now. A huge difference. I only rode my new bike around the block several times. The friction zone is sensitive. I think I should take a refresher course.
Main differences between an 883 and a 48:
Seat on the 883 is cushier, 48's is more flat/aggressive.
883 has mid controls, 48 has forwards.
48 is more powerful but has a smaller gas tank, holds a gallon and change less gas so your range is about 50 miles less, give or take.
The 883 is geared a touch more aggressively down low to compensate for its lesser power off the line, meaning the 48 will be slightly better at speed, but neither are upper range/highway bikes.
Every 48 has gloss black front and rear fenders, the only color difference on them will be on the tank.
Front tire on the 48 is wider which is a little more forgiving in bumps but also takes a little more effort to steer.
@Steve M Thank you. I'm going to sell it. I prefer the heal toe shift lever, which is not feasable on the 883, not can it be altered. Hey, thanks for the info.
Good looking Sporty's
The engine looks so nice on the nightster
so bad that it has cables on the other side thrown badly everywhere🤢. A motorcycle of this price is unacceptable that it is so poorly finished
I gotta disagree. I can tell the difference in the sound in the video that the sportster sounds more like a harley. also it has more the harley look. when I look at a bike im not looking for modern bullshit, but I also know times are changing. still can't beat the reliability of the older bikes. as a mechanic I learned the more you modern something up the more problems it will give you. just like the emmition systems on modern diesels. I have never been a sportster guy because I am far to fat for that lol. but I do know that when people go to looking for a used bike they will not be looking for the nightster. they may settle for it, but not what they are looking for. they will want reliability, and in the case of a harley, they will want that look and sound. personally I will hang on to my 2003 softail.
90 HP, never used more than 30 on the ride. If you want to go 120 on an open bike, you're a glutton for punishment. All those computer features like traction control and riding modes, the thing probably has a wired throttle. It all adds up to complexity and trouble after enough miles.
The Sportster is a bare machine. It looks better (The Nightster with its large radiator, plastic engine covers and goofy non gas tank is basically uggo), sounds better (especially with a set of slip ons (Rush), is easier to maintain and modify, and has a million aftermarket goodies to choose from to make it fit you.
They're dropping the Sportsters over emission regs and Gen Z preferences. I got me one, so go ahead, make it a collector's item H-D. Thanks!
Good review, well done.
Based on design only, I would get an Indian Scout Bobber ;-) by the way Jerry, I wish you review those Indian beauties one day!
The nearest Indian dealer is 70 miles away. The last time I went there with an appointment to ride one of their bikes, the manager told me when I arrived, Sorry, the bikes at another dealership. That was the last time I went to that dealer. The next closest Indian dealer is 120 miles away. There are 2 Harley dealers within 20 miles of me and they allow me to ride any of their bikes any time.
@@motorman857 too bad for them.
Been waiting for Harley to stop looking to the future and start selling it. Traditionalists will decry the liquid cooling bla bla bla and that’s fine they have many traditional air cooled bikes but this is a blend of some really good newer tech and yet still a Harley. A few changes for myself starting with the anemic exhaust and horn. Need some pull back risers or different bars. Mama needs accommodations. And the seat remains to be seen if I keep it or see what the aftermarket comes up with. Also that plastic cover on the airbox up top. Betting there will be a lot of custom pieces for that. Personally I’d like stainless spoked wheels with black hubs and rims. But I like it. 38 yrs riding so over the years I have a love/hate relationship with various models but this one fits the bill for me. See what spring time brings me
i like how the nightster looks a lot but i can’t get over the sound of a classic harley, i’ll probably get the 48 for the sound and add mods to make it feel better
Great review Motorman!
Yeah, the Nightster sounds just like my Sportster S. I like the dash on the Sportster S better than the Nightster... but, the Nightster isn't bad, at least you have rpm in the odometer window.
The Sportster 48 does have that classic look; I wish they had put the two together with the Nightster having the classic look, but the modern platform. But, we are comparing liquid cooled vs air-cooled. Its harder to make the liquid cooled bike 'look' classic.... I don't know, the Nightster has a 'fake' virtual tank, it could also have 'fake' virtual cooling fins !
marcus
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@@Elvis20101 Scam
2023 Nightster Special now has the same 4"TFT display as the Sportster S plus it has cruise control and a USB port... New ones in my garage!
I like the updated features on the Nightster, but the EVO sounds WAY better than the sewing machine sound of the Rev Max engine. A pipe to open the Nightster up would be on the list immediately upon purchase.
I agree. I would think H.D. could have done a much better job with the stock exhaust sound than they did. I had a 2012 Bonneville that also sounded like a sewing machine. Then I had a 2020 Bonneville Bobber with the same motor that sounded way better than the 2012 despite even worse government restrictions.
Like the 48, shame it's the end of the line and there's no replacement. The Nightster and Sportster S can go on your list of sales flops.
Just checked on the HD website and the Nightster is $1200 more MRSP than the Forty Eight.
Nightster $13,499
Forty Eight $12,299
The Nightster comes standard with ABS and security system. Equipped the same, and counting freight and surcharge, $14,574 for the Nightster and $14,658 for the Sportster 48. So the Nightster is 84 bucks LESS than the 48
I don't think the 48 or Iron are going away. I think they are going to remain unchanged and be around for a long time.
That comment didn’t age very well 😢
Harley Davidson really should rethink retiring Evo Sportster Models.
First, we need to retire the morons in Washington and Brussels who keep justifying their jobs by tightening the emissions regulations every year.
plastic vs steel
doesn't have the Harley sound for me
Hey Jerry. I like chrome don't like blackout.Nitster sounds like a sewing machine but I would get the nitster seat
All Harleys sound like a sewing machine until you put a custom exhaust on it
I have Kawasaki with the modes this that and the other thing electronic......the only one I really like is cruise control
If they changed the rear fender the rear view would look a bit like my XR1200
Talking about using just 2nd, that's what I do with my Night Rod 1130cc 90 in 2nd is amazing, NR and XR are stock.....nice and quiet
I wanted them to do Bronx, but noooo they had to copy Indian......thats why I traded for the Kawasaki and XR.........If I get another crotch rocket type it'll be FTR
I'm curious how they were only able to get 90 h.p. out of a 975cc engine. Should have been at least 130.
so have to pass on the nightster
Hi Gerry, why don't new harley sound like harleys anymore?
Because of the nature of liquid cooled motors and dual overhead cams. They sounds "like harleys" because they are harleys. They just sound like different harleys.
@@AudioArcturia I bow to your knowledge, and if you say these two bikes sound like a harley should then I retract my previous statement.
Iv owned two harleys in the past_ a sporster and a fatboy and they sounded nothing like these two
@@danthechippie4439 , because the new engines have nothing in common with the Knucklehead that all of the air-cooled engines are based on.
EPA.
@@byzantine1107 what's Epa and is there a way around it? Thanks
Did you say 9000 RPM???
Yes! 9000 RPM'S.
More revs mean more horsepower. I think I would buy the Nightster over the Sportster S. It fast enough at 95 horsepower.
I'm admittedly old school. Moreso even than my age. But the Nightster (while certainly a nice bike I wouldn't kick out of the garage) just doesn't sound right!
They do sound "anaemic" in standard out the box trim 🙄
Thanks to the EPA
Don’t like fake tank or all that metal showing where the bike meets the forks
48
Dang tar snakes everywhere 23:12
Can one of you spannerheads tell me why they couldn't put the 975 into the 48 ?
Just maybe update the 48 and keep this classic alive
I'll stick with my 17' 48.
80 pounds less on the nightster helps handling, braking, and acceleration
Too many computer systems to break and go wrong. Another failure from Harley.
It's all great, until it quits working.
I think they both suck. I'm not sure if it's your mike but it sounds like a Honda 250 from 1970's. I prefer the look of the Sportster 883's and 1200's. By the way...do they come with pedals so when you run out of gas you can ride it like a bicycle to the gas station?
You're in the running for dumbest comment of the day. Congrats.
Nightster looks like a plastic toy made in China... The other looks like it was built in the shed from whatever parts were left... Sorry Harley owners, but it's just a look from the side...
I don’t like the look of the nightster
I think that it looks like a first-generation Kawasaki Vulcan.
You shouldn't even be comparing those two bikes there's no comparison whatsoever totally two different bikes
hey grow your beard back, your snoz looks huge on camera now... LOL 😂
I can't hear you Jerry
If you're watching on a phone, it takes a while for youtube to process the video.
Theres way better bikes for the same price
Background music is distracting.
There's no comparison one puts out over 120 horsepower the other one barely puts out 40 no comparison totally two different bikes
No, the 975 is rated at 90 horsepower and the 1200 at 60.
The Nightster sounds like a wheezing asthmatic 12 yr old.
They both sound terrible!!!
The 48 with the nightster motor would be perfect sporty. Tell harley