1996 Harley Davidson Sportster 883 Hugger Walkaround. Introducing "Lucille" 

Had mine 15 years, its a 2007 883 . I love it, would never sell it unless i was getting another. It has been 100% reliable for the 26,000 miles i have ridden it, i do look after it and it is serviced regularly by myself. Enjoy yours😊

Good video. I have 883 a 98 with only 8000 miles on it It's still stock. I'm reliving my Then came Bronson days. Red Sporty and all. My watch cap keeps blowing off. Hahaha

You still have it? Well if you do....sounds like you love that sporty very much hence you gave her a proper name and all, way to go man! way to go; my first Harley was a 2009 sportster 883 custom, she gave nothing but smiles, I'll never forget her, my very first Harley Davidson. Hope Lucille is well and still with you giving you tons of smiles, only thing I'd change are pipes and those foot controls, I just hate rear controls! I know they are mids, but man! any kind of non-forward controls to me are rear (or should I say backwards?) I just hate 'em man! ha!, anyways really cool sled! that color with the peanut tank suits her just fine! cheers man! 🍻🍻😎😎

That red really compliments the chrome. Its beautiful

Just a nice basic looking sporty! Love the classic laced wheels, peanut tank and the low hugger stance. I’m looking for one myself.

Nice Sportster ,especially in red. I ride a Low Rider S 117 b but would love to have one of these sitting next to it in the garage.

That's where the wiring harness belongs. My '97 has it in the same location, and I have owned it since new.

Had a 1985 xlx and a 2001 883 .. really miss them ..especially that xlx …in candy brandywine… perfect paint ..

I have had bunches of them with a beautiful 94 883 deluxe that was loaded with chrome and upgrades. Yours looks like a hugger version. If you have any swapmeets near you, you can get a lot of stock stuff people take off.

Got an '06. Freakin' LOVE it! Wanna pit a 1250 kit in,

Nice one, small tank, buckhorn bars, spoke wheels, belt drive, beautiful stock pipes, sits right, AND a carb. I just found a pearl blue 96 with about the same mileage.

Mine came with narrow Buck horn bars. I am changing them out for some Drag Bars. I have forward controls, it is comfortable to me. It is great around town in and out of traffic. A lot better than my 05 Electra Glide Classic.

Beautiful bike! Next year I should have one of these. ❤

Nice little Sporty mate. I just picked up a '97 1200S yesterday and would love a set of standard pipes like you have on yours. Quite difficult to find a good set here in Australia, but I'll keep looking!

I have the same 95 version. I love it. 50 mpg

Nice bike. I had a new 94 model and now a used 2003 883. The only nice improvement was they increased the fuel tank from 2 gal to 3.3. 2 gal gives you a little over 100 miles range. Your bike has likely a stage one done to it. Screaming eagle air cleaner, exhaust ( punched out or slip on) and jetting. Look on the underside of the carb with a mirror and see if the idle mixture screw plug was removed. That will be a good indication if someone has dialed in the settings.

Give 'Lucille' a pat on the old tank thank you

I think this winter it will get a 1250 hammer kit & Cams and Pipes. 110hp will be fun. They sound perty good to.

Oh, by the way, love your bike!!!

Love the red paint, bright aluminum, and all the chrome, and the overall lack of flat black. To me there is nothing uglier than a flat black motorcycle. I'd replace the black oil tank with a chrome one, and get a chrome battery cover. Also a chrome belt cover and rear fender strut covers. You can even get chrome swing arms, and horns. The rear signals and tail light cover are not DOT legal. I would also replace the clutch. EVO engines have what is known as a "spring plate" in them. It is more commonly known as a "grenade plate" due to it's propensity to come apart and fill the primary full of tiny little bits of metal. They can even get into the transmission. I replaced the clutch on my '06 1200L with a Barnett "extra plate" kit to get rid of the grenade plate. Yours is getting close to the mileage when they start to fail. I love those bars. My '06 has much lower bars. I would love to install some like those, but the brake hose and all the cables would have to be replaced, and the wires lengthened. The engine needs 20w50 engine oil. That can also be used in the primary, but you can also get "primary oil" for Harleys. I'd stay away from H-D branded oils, there is nothing special about them, and they are ridiculously expensive. Those aren't Screamin Eagle exhausts. They have the wrong sound. My '06 came with no name aftermarket slip ons. I love the way they sound. They are louder than those.

Good looking bike. It is a keeper. I hope you can find some pipes.....

Cool ride!

Nice little bike bro. I dig it. I just picked one up myself. Curious, what did ya pay for a tire, only ask cause I’m in the upstate so probably not far from ya so prices will be close. Be safe ✌️

There's a date code on every tire that tells you the year of manufacture

i just bought a 1996 magna few months ago....no i saw a 95 883 $2.5k ....im tempted to buy it....harley sound is different LOL

Sweet!

I got the same bike, same color except a 2000.The air filter element is hard to find, I used a round filter and made it work. Looks like led tail light? I have a goofy seat on mine, what's that black plate behind the seat on the rear fender?

I have the same Bike 883 Hugger 1995

I have the 95 model, blue color; just bought it. I noticed your battery looks like it fits great ... the battery that came with mine is very very tight. Can you tell what brand/size yours is?

Superbike

what seat is that? Don't see where you posted it.

Does this bike have a choke

Lucille? What are you 12 yrs old?

Assigning human names to inanimate objects, no matter how nice they are indicates mental illness. It’s a very good condition red 1996 Harley Davison Sportster 883, end of. Sure you disagree but that’s because the old Sportster wasn’t the only one with electrical issues! Just stop 🛑