| Author | Message | ||
     Dwardo |
My cousin has a friend who is thinking of acquiring a 99 Sporty with a bad transmission. He wanted to know if it is an easy fix. I said I thought it had a trap door and was easy, so I just want to see if I was correct. Does it come apart the way my M2 does? Any other thoughts/warnings? I think he's getting the bike for nothing so it can't be that bad a deal. Thanks. | ||
| Oldog |
yes the tube frame engines are sportster engines with some mild tweeks | ||
| Ducbsa |
When did Sporty engines lose the trapdoor? Didn't the last tubers have the 103 HP motors that the XB's do and have more than tweaks? | ||
| Kilroy |
The tubers always had the earlier generation EVO style sporty motor. 101HP with fuel injection on the last several years X1 and S3, slightly less for the M2s. Kilroy | ||
| Reepicheep |
Should be. All the tubers had trap door trannies. It's the XB's that lost them (  ). On the other hand, there have been precious few XB tranny failures, so it may be a distinction without a difference. | ||
| Rich |
Sportsters lost them in '04. |
