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Is a 2003 Harley-Davidson Softail Springer a good first bike?

I found a 2003 springer softail for sale at a decent price, was wondering if it was a good beginner bike or not, if it isnt what is the best beginner harley that is bigger than an 883

Any Harley can be a good first bike, in the sense that their mediocre performance and crappy handling suits them for the inexperienced. But out of all the Harleys you could buy, the Softail Springer is perhaps the worst.

I once spent a couple of miserably uncomfortable hours on one. A buddy had just bought it. He was so proud of it, he could not wait for me to try it. The thing was instant pain. The seat chapped my ass, and the air cleaner raised a bruise the size of a silver dollar on the inside of my knee. We stopped and I asked for my bike back, a 25-year-old BMW with 150,000 miles on it. My buddy begged me to let him keep riding my bike, it was so much better than his $14,000 pile of crap. He bought a BMW before the next weekend.

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