Iron Sportsters made in the 1979 model year:
![SportsterPaul's 1979 Sportster chop](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLCH_SportsterPauls-Sportster-chop/Thumb.jpg)
My 79 Sportster came with a burned front piston courtesy of a leaky O-ring.
![imcranco's 1979 Sportster bobber](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_Imcrancos-Sportster-bobber/Thumb.jpg)
This bike runs awesome, starts up easy, and is a blast to ride.
![bayouboy09's 1979 Sportster chopper](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_Bayouboy09s-Sportster-chopper/Thumb.jpg)
This bike is blast to ride and sounds like a Harley should sound like.
![panshovel2010's 1979 XLH Sportster Chopper](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_Panshovel2010s-Sportster-Chopper/Thumb.jpg)
This chopper runs, starts, and shifts good. I have not ridden it very many miles.
![technoz1's cherry 1979 XLH Sportster](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_Technoz1s-cherry-Sportster/Thumb.jpg)
Here is my 1979 Harley XLH 1000 Sportster in red.
![steve*buys' 1979 Sportster XLS Roadster](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLS_Stevebuys-Sportster-Roadster/Thumb.jpg)
This is a two-owner Harley Davidson XLS Roadster.
![jfit5512's 1979 ironhead Sportster](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_Jfit5512s-Ironhead-Sportster/Thumb.jpg)
This is a 1979 ironhead Sportster with matching numbers.
![lmm4g's 1979 special](http://www.open-sport.org/Smorg/1979-XLH_lmm4gs-1979-special/Thumb.jpg)
This bike sat for 10 years and then I bought it in march of 2007.