Charlie-brm
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<<<< THIS.It depends on the crowd you hang with. If you ride with other 80CI Harley owners, than most consider it a "chick" bike because it is one of the smallest HD bikes. If you ride with the non HD crowd, than no.
It's only a chick bike as a derogatory tease by big HD riders. Nobody else gives a $#it. The 883 weighs 570 lb. weight. Hardly what you'd call chicks only territory. Plenty of hairy men have ridden ratty Sportsters hard across North America for decades because they think the rest of the lineup are overweight pigs too.
Same as a Honda CRV is a chick truck according to some people who are proud of their big trucks.
People pick up these terms and run with it because it gets some laughs, not having a clue to their origin .