| Re: Boat Tail Sportster... Classic!!!!
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Originally Posted by poplargreg  No - I don't either. I think originally they had a siamesed exhaust as well. When they were introduced, nobody bought them because they didn't look like what a sporty should! | I'm fairly sure the Sportster XLCH was introduced some time after the XL/XLH style displayed by this bike, which if you look past the gruesome green is not dissimilar in style to British bikes of that era, with a bench seat and larger tank. The Sportster subsequently achieved such popularity that this earlier style was dropped. We now have to make do with a multitude of variations on the Sportster theme with peanut tank, which frankly is a loss.
This is a more 'normal' version of the green godess!
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Harley owner since 1974, currently:
1990 FLHS/2008 V107T, 2003 FXDXT, 2007 XB12R, MG ZT 260SE.
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