![]() ![]() The motorbike is very nimble and easy to manoeuvre and not intimidating to handle, which makes it great for beginners. The 883 is a great introduction into the brand. ![]() This was my first motorcycle after passing for my driving license. The Iron 883 is by all means an entry-level cruiser, but does this extremely well. Our Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 Iron owners review shows loads of love for this bike: "don't knock it until you've tried it". A liberal coating of XCP or ACF-50 should keep the worst of the problems away but, like all bikes, if you ride them in crap weather and don’t take care of them, they won’t respond well. The back of the front and rear mudguards are prone to rust, while the area below the fork seals are known to corrode. On the whole build quality is good however there are a few issues that crop up regularly. Keep it adjusted properly and you can do over 60,000 miles without replacement. Apart from that it’s just a case of swapping the oil every 5000 miles.Īlso like most Harley’s since the mid-80s, the engine has hydraulic valve lifters, so they never need a valve adjustment, while the final drive runs on a belt. Oil weeps from the rockerboxes aren't unheard of, but it’s a cheap and easy fix. It’s much cheaper (and easier) to just swap in a couple of extra clutch plates beforehand to stop it going wrong. The only potential nasty that remains is the spring plate in the clutch, which is known to fail and can be an expensive fix. The air cooled Evolution motor in the Sportster range has been around so long now that all the major kinks have been ironed out. Out on the road though you don’t really notice as you’ll rarely get yourself up to the speed where you’re going to trouble the brakes. ABS was an option until 2017 and works just like it should. The new dual piston calipers front and rear give a lot more bite, and feel better at the lever, but still require a bit of effort to pull up in a hurry. Rivals, like the Indian Scout, handle this much better. The forks are now much more progressive and no longer crash over bumps, although they’re fairly short travel (92mm), so braking into a pothole still sucks.Īt the back the preload is now adjustable through a 50mm range, instead of the three options previously, but again the travel is short (just 41mm) so rough roads are kidney bashing experiences. The result is a much-improved ride all round. They’re not labelled up but they’re from proper named brands: the suspension comes from Showa and the brakes are from Brembo. There were a few outcomes but the biggest for the Iron 883 was brand new suspension and much better brakes. ![]() Harley Iron 883 v Honda VT750C video reviewįor 2015, Harley-Davidson put the entire Sportster platform through 'Project Rushmore'. Mutt Motorcycles even created their own custom blacked-out Iron 883 in 2018. It appears in our Best Custom Motorbikes article. This bike is also very popular with those who like to personalise their motorcycle. There's a thriving enthusiast community for Harley-Davidsons run by the firm itself called HOG - Harley Owners' Group. It doesn't feel like riding an imitation of a Harley – it feels like the real deal. Riding the 883 feels good – and that's what matters most. If you removed the H-D badge from the Iron you’d still be in no doubt who made it. Then there’s the iconic 'peanut' tank, twin, side-mounted exhausts, classic cut-down rear 'fender' and 'drag' style bars. It has a heavy clutch, its brakes are relatively poor, it’s slow steering, the engine is comparatively clunky (as is the gearbox) and the rear cylinder gets uncomfortably hot in traffic – but it does look and feel like a genuine Harley and that shouldn’t be underestimated.Ĭompared with the Street 750 (Harley's old entry-level hog), the 883 has cleaner lines with its purer, simpler design and the lack of a radiator. They are without doubt expensive, underpowered and overweight but they’re also really brilliant hunks of metal too. It’s a hard thing to explain but the Iron 883, like many other Harleys to be honest, has a certain something that makes it more than the sum of its parts. Latest news: Harley-Davidson Sportster set to go off sale in 2020.It’s also not trying to be a Harley-Davidson, like the Honda CMX500 Rebel or Kawasaki Vulcan 650 for instance, which counts for a lot. Compared to another entry level middleweight, say a Yamaha MT-07, the Harley Iron 833 looks all kinds of bad (especially if you only refer to the spec sheet).īut compared to other entry level cruisers, it’s a no-nonsense, no gimmicks fun machine. Sorry haters, but the Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 Iron is a good bike for an entry level cruiser. ![]()
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