Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
3rd July, 2024 13:00
1979 Harley Davidson Sportster XL
Classic Ironhead Sportster
Estimate
£3, 700 - £4, 700
Registration No: BCV 437T
Frame No: 3A17138H9
MOT: Exempt
Iconic Harley Ironhead Sportster
Early 1979 electric start model
Supplied with a current V5C
Harley Davidson was established in Milwaukee in 1903 and has gone on to become one of the world's most iconic and longest-running motorcycle manufacturers. Harley epitomizes large-capacity cruisers that many have tried to copy but have never managed to match Harley's image and prestige. The Sportster is powered by the classic air cooled vee twin engine in a nice a simple chassis and has been in the Harley catalogue since the 1950s and up until the mid 1980s used Harleys classic Ironhead 1000cc which by 1979 had gained an electric starter.
This matching numbers Ironhead Sportster has spent most of its life in the USA before being imported a couple of years ago. It is presented in mostly original condition and is fitted with a low slung seat, twin disc front brakes, S+S carb and air filter, drag pipes and the all important electric starter. Fully registered in the UK, it comes supplied with a current V5C.
