If you are considering buying a motorcycle, it is
crucial you understand what is important to you first and foremost.
Is it your budget?
Riding on long tours?
Bopping along the boulevards with your bobber-riding
friends?
Spending alone time with a female passenger?
Looking cool?
In an attempt to attract the younger generation
Harley Davidson Motor Company introduced the Sportster 883 Iron. They invested
millions of dollars in design changes and aggressive and genius marketing like
getting Victoria secret models to encourage twenty to thirty -somethings to buy
the Sportster and look cool while riding it.
Harley Sportster 883 iron comes in one color – black. Everything is
pretty much blacked-out including the engines extending to the foot pegs
that are mid-mounted, the tank cover, and the headlamp visor. It is a bare,
pared down bike which makes it customable.
The handlebar is low-rise drag style. The 3.3 petrol
holder and solo saddle are standard. The seat sits 25.3 off the ground. The
only chromed parts are the pipes and forks. The
Iron 883 looks almost the same as the Nightster ( another member of the
Dark custom family of Sportsters) when it comes to chassis and suspension package.
The only difference is the Iron 883 has smaller motor.
In the middle of the Iron 883 tubular frame lies the
883 cc evolution engine with electronic sequential fuel injection. It has 19
inch front wheels and 16 inch rear wheels.
Iron 883 is perfect for vertically-challenged bikers. When you
straddle the bike you can feel that it is compact. The gap between the grips,
the seat and pegs is narrow.
If you are thinking of buying Harley Davidson
Sportster 883 Iron you might factor in
your riding style and body size. If you are short-statured and don’t plan on
long cross-country hiatus then Iron 883 is just right for you. It is an
entertaining bike, easily manageable particularly when making precise turns.
On the other
hand if you weigh over 200 pounds, 6 feet tall and has a fetish for going on
long motorcycle sabbatical you may find the ergonomics of Harley iron 883 a bit
constricting. Even though it may lack the technical refinement
compared to other metric bikes, the Iron 883 is a bike in its own category.
The Iron 883’s cockpit is as minimalist as it can
get with only a speedometer in the
middle. The license plate comes from the side which a very retro nod of the
days of yore.
You can order aftermarket exhaust system if you
believe loud pipes save lives, because the stock pipes do not produce window-rattling
roar.
Overall, the Harley Sportster 883 Iron definitely
carries on the brand’s mystique and squeezes out every pound of the good old
day’s fond memories. When you lay your eyes on an Iron 883 in the street or
showroom it will surely put a smile on your face. Now, you can’t put that in
any spec sheet.
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