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<Harley's have come a long way and although they are not the fastest or lightest bikes....>

Yep, excepting some embarrassing cam-drive episodes with the early Twinkies, most of the disparaging Harley folklore dates from the Shovelhead/AMF days – and compared to the Limeys they were still pretty good, but the newer Japanese machines of that era were wonderfully reliable...

The Evolution engined Sportys have been essentially bullet-proof for a couple of decades... No bike is right for every rider, and none is totally reliable – few are even within spittin’ distance of the reliability and features of even cheapest cages – but when it comes to fit and finish there is no strong reason to prefer one over the other these days, and when it comes to unexpected maintenance, my metrics have surprised me more often than my Harleys – although in about 90K miles on my current bikes, neither has made me walk home.

Sportys are the unheralded bike in the Milwaukee lineup... but like other scoots, not for everyone...