I found out something very interesting yesterday morning….This gal (Deb) that I work with stopped by and said their son-in-law, the one that her husband sold my old Sportster to…just sold it for a large sum of money (whatever that is)….to, get this, Harley-Davidson Motor Company. They were told it is one of the last, if not the last known, to be still in it’s original condition (except that I modified the exhaust [internally] when I owned it). Headed for the H-D museum in Milwaukee.
To think, I once owned a piece of legendary history……..1977 Sportster - Confederate Edition…only 242 were made. I think all we have is a couple pictures of it...and not sure where those are at the present time. It was bluish-grey light metallic and had the Confederate flag across the H-D script along the tank sides. Also had some gold piping/filigre looking stuff on the leading edge of the front fender. All in all very unique.
I was the second owner. I now can’t remember if I bought it in fall of 77 or fall of 78. The original owner had a premature baby & little/no insurance & they were selling off almost everything they had to cover the hospital bills…baby was still in IC. I do remember it was in November…cold/wet/rainy and I had been looking for another HD earlier that summer. I found it listed in the Sunday newspaper…long story short, when I stopped & looked at it later in the week..the guy said make an offer and I low-balled him and he took it. He was in a bind…I felt bad about taking advantage of the situation but, it was a deal I couldn’t pass on. Anyway, I rode it until I got hurt working construction in 82. Because of my injuries, I had to make a career change & the bike was kick start (now that I had a new/bad back) so I sold it in 1983 to some friends….ie: Dean & Debbie S. They had it for a few years & then sold it to their son-in-law who now just sold it to HD. I had asked Dean/Deb about it a few times over the years to see if the son-in-law would be interested in selling it back….anyway he sort of knew that it was a rare item and always said he was going to keep it. So now….the rest really is history.
I did some internet searches and didn't come up with much...did find the attached picture. Rumor has it that HD is buying up the Confederates because of the now "politically incorrectness" associated with them. They made 44 dressers & 228 glides as well. If you know of anyone that has one of the Confederates....tell them to keep it. I wish I had.
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