Absolutely nothing.
I'm 6' and 200+ lbs, so contrary to popular belief this is not a 'girlie' bike. It has plenty to spare to pull my fat you know what around.
Plenty of torque (although I'm looking to upgrade with a new exhaust, air filter and jets) in stock form and gas mileage is great (300+kms per tank before reserve).
Handles well, not as noisy as you would think, the rubber engine mounts really make a difference in vibration.
Forget the 1200 - do a cheap upgrade as noted about, and you'll have a little road warrior that will surprise a lot of people.
An update on the original review... I just finished a 4775km trip from Ontario through the N.Y., Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine states up into Nova Scotia, then thru New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. Absolutely no problems with the Sporty, and it was dead fun through all the twisties on the way. I now have 30,000kms on the bike and the only issue has been a faulty rear brake switch (replaced twice under warranty). I replaced the stock seat with a sundowner sportster seat, and it is as comfortable as can be.
This is a sleeper bike - go out and look at one!
I am from Windsor Ontario and I own a 99 custom with 22000 kms on the bike.
I recently went on a 3000 mile trip with the bike, and contrary to popular belief, it rode like a dream once I put a windshield on it.
The bike has never caused me any problems; she runs like a top, in fact someone offered to buy the bike for 7500 and I really needed to think about it. End result I couldn't sell her because she is like a member of the family, and I don't feel like I can replace her.
Anyway, that is my love affair with the 883 custom. Thank you and buy domestic so we can all have jobs to enjoy our Harleys.
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