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THIS Sporting LIFE

WE ARE massive Harley Sportster fans here at Retrobike. What could be more retro than a model introduced in 1957 that with only one major update — the Evolution motor in the mid-1980s — has remained in continuous production ever since? Park a 1957 model next to a 2021 model and they are the same bike, pretty much.

We think of Sportsters as cruisers these days, but they were quick bikes back in the day, designed to take on the new breed of post-WW2

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