[Not A Snowbird]

Yes it is, but once you learn the to use the weight to your advantage, it makes taking corners a real blast.

I do love my sporty. I can do without the batter casing poking me in the leg, but for a first bike it's great. The road up Mt. Rainier in the summer is fabulous on a bike.

[Melas]

Careful. Sporties can grow on you. I've owned 3 of them, and my sojourns into the big twin world were unfilling, and I always went back to Sportsters.