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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The only reason so many trade up so soon from a Sporty to a "real" Harley is the peer pressure within Harley circles. If you are not entering those circles, you will not feel that peer pressure. The Sporty, in today's Harley world are most certainly "girls"" or "beginners'" bikes. Real men ride Big Twins...
Bullshyte. Unless you are considering a full-on touring Harley, the Sporty is the best bike they make today, bar none. They are way more fun to ride than the lumbering big twins, and far closer to what you are used to riding (even if it has been awhile). No Harley is "fast" by Duc (or many other...) standards, but the Sporty comes the closest. It will out-run the heavier big twins in any test of performance.
I see Harleys in three distinct catagories - touring, Sportster, and bad ass wannabe. IMHO, they make the best touring motorcycle, in the purest sense of the word, available today (Road King, Electra Glide, and such). The Sportster is a damn good bike, if you pick the right one. All the rest are bar-hoppers for the poseur crowd, compromising a great deal in performance and comfort for "the look". The Dyna line falls squarely into this category.
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Really surprising coming from you Jeff. "The only good HD is the one I happen to own...all the others suck". Grow up man...you should certainly know better if anyone! You really think the 70 hp. 800 lb HD tourers (including your RK) are better touring bikes than say, the BMW K1300GT (160 hp) or even the new Gold Wings? For real touring, the HD is a distant 3rd based on any practical criteria. . .wait...what about the Kawasaki Concourse, Yamaha FJR...no the HD tourers are not even in the top five...unless you just want something upon which to wear your assless chaps to the HOG meeting. Gotcha!
The dyna has a twin-cam 96 cubic inch engine (1600cc) in the lightest frame HD makes except the sporty. Pulls hard and will run 70 mph in SIXTH gear under 3k rpms....try that on a sporty. Lastly, if I wanted a comfortable bike that didn't weigh 800 lbs (like an HD tourer), with decent performance and a comfortable architecture, the dyna is a great choice. A sporty might be fun for 30 minute bar hops, but not for any distance riding at all. Either one can ride circles around an HD tourer btw.
To answer the question...the new twin cam engine has closed loop fuel injection vs carb on the evo. More displacement and six speed gear-box.
