The trouble with modern Sportsters is they all pander to short people. Older ones were decent enough handlers. My '78 XLH with Progressive shocks and springs and Conti Bltz's on 18/19 rims used to shit and git pretty well, likewise the bone stock XL1200R that some dildo is going to sell me some day will shit and git pretty well. I had amoung others 2 '05 Dyna's which though fun would not have beaten a 1200R in my opinion. Ground clearance is the problem, not grunt. I think I can toss my '08 FLHT around quicker than the Dyna's even though it's a heavier bike, it has more clearance and the wide glide plus 16 inch front wheel sticks better, I noticed the Superglide with 19 inch front was a Flexy Flyer when you tossed it around. That's a lot of weight concentrated on a skinny front end when braking and cornereing. Still fun bikes though, I only sold my last one because I wanted the bagger
As far as the article goes, yeah yeah Harley's doomed blah blah.....heard that one before. Their business will contract like all motorcycle business's have contracted but they'll still be around.
