In 1957, The Motor Company, as they call Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, was in trouble.
The Sportster kept the K\'s best features, borrowed the improvements of the imports, threw in some homemade hot.
Never has a motorcycle been more aptly named.
It was time for the Sportster.
It was time for something new and different.
The big twins were too big, the small two-stroke single was too small, and a surge of imports had taken the sporting market from the under-powered Model K.
In 1957, The Motor Company, as they call Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, was in trouble