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Probably before you were born, a guy I met told me that when you buy a Harley, all you get is raw material. It's up to you to make it what you want it to be. The same goes for the Drifter, but to a different extent. You can leave a Drifter 100% stock and still be able to find it at a big rally. When I bought mine, it had been sitting for years in a barn. I won't go into the specifics, but lets just say I got it home in Aug. of 2009 and got it on the road in March of 2010...I looked at it and the first thing that stood out was "touring bike"... I'm all about miles...BIG miles. Living in the frozen upper mid-west, out riding season is short, compared to some other places, so putting on 10-12,000 a year can sometimes be quite a challenge. I spent the first 10,000 miles tweaking and repairing hidden damage. Starting in Spring of 2011, and since, any mods I have made are purely "want to" rather than "need to". I started with a bike with 40,000 miles on it, and I now have 93,000. so far, so good.

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Posted by Tim

- February 27, 2015, 23:05:56 PM

Definitely its the people that make something great. I would love to hear from different riders about what year they have and what they like about their bike, and maybe what modifications they have made. Cheers

Posted by chief

- February 27, 2015, 18:56:29 PM

You're welcome Tim. The folks on here is what makes the forum what it is. I have to say I truly enjoy the people on here. Some other places aren't quite the same. Cheers.

Posted by Tim

- February 27, 2015, 11:44:05 AM

Thanks Chief! Great forum.

Posted by chief

- February 27, 2015, 11:24:18 AM

99 and 2000 - smaller tanks, analog speedo, different cosmetics (seats, blacked out, etc). But overall the only differences after that were colors. They did update the clutch a bit, but we all can do that update. 2003 had an excessive oil pressure problem that they corrected with a weird oil filter set up for 2003 and fixed it after that.

Posted by Tim

- February 27, 2015, 10:55:16 AM

Hi All
Long time lurker. I am close to being able to finally pick up my dream bike - a 1500 Drifter. I had the dirt bikes as a kid and raced motocross, then a Yamaha FZ600 when I was 17, a CB750 in college then two FZ750s. I took a long break from riding but now that my kids are older I am itching to ride again! It never went away actually.
Forgive me if this has been discussed but I want to choose the right bike. I know the 99 has a smaller tank but what other changes were made year to year?
Thanks in advance and safe riding everyone.
Tim

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