Motorcycle Road Test: Harley-Davidson XL1200S Sportster Sport (Motorcyclecruiser)
Model(s) covered: 1998 Harley-Davidson XL 1200S Sportster Sport
Sometimes it seems as if Harley-Davidson's Sportster motorcycles don't get any respect. Some Harley-Davidson Big Twin owners act as if they are the bastard children of the family. A few cruiser zealots say they aren't true cruisers, and the sportbike set acts as though they are low-tech throwbacks, a forgotten branch on the motorcycle family tree.
Things are even worse for the Sportster 1200 Sport. "Sportster Sport? That's not only redundant," proclaimed one sportbike snob, "it's an oxymoron."
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