An gabatar da shi a 1957, an tsara dangin Sportster a matsayin babura masu tsere, kuma sun shahara a kan datti da kuma tseren tsere ta hanyar shekarun 1960 da 1970. Karami da haske fiye da sauran samfuran Harley, Sportsters na zamani suna amfani da injunan juyin halitta na 883 cc ko 1,200 cc kuma, kodayake sau da yawa an canza su, suna kama da kamanninsu ga kakanninsu masu tsere. Har zuwa samfurin shekara ta 2003, an saka injin a kan Sportster a kan firam.
Shekara ta 1957