Harley Davidson Ironhead Sportster 1982
Hi and welcome to the sale of my Ironhead Sportster! After researching some Harley websites I've worked out from the VIN number that this bike was originally made for the California market, and was manufactured in 1982. It was brought over here and registered in 1989. The speedo is obviously not original so the mileage is higher than shown. Having said that it was not used much. I know the previous two owners so can trace the bike back 17 years!!! How many times can you say that about an old bike? I bought it off my mate last year late August, to ride to the Trip Out show. It originally had a big sprung saddle and cow horn bars with fishtails on the pipes, which I changed almost straight away to drag bars with risers. It has a custom back mudguard, and a Sparta taillight. The last owner, and the previous owner, and myself have not ridden it throughout the winter, and it has seen light use. It had an electronic ignition system before but I changed it back to points as they are easier to fix by the road, and replaced the glass fuses with Harley mini trip fuses, which means you don't have to go rummaging in the dark if something blows, it just clicks back in... Very handy. The previous owner barely did 1000 miles per year, and owned it for 10 years, getting it serviced yearly with the MOT. Whilst I've had it it's been to Germany to the Kustom Culture Forever show in May, and did it without a hitch. (unlike me- my back went!) I've also done a few UK runs on it with no problems at...