My poor Road King is finally coming apart. I knew there was 285 reasons I got it for 3 grand, and expected plenty of work so it's all good. Valves are so thick with crud I probably gained some compression points, and the broken breather gear explains a lot. Cylinders and the rest of it are surprisingly in good shape. Going to do heads, cam, .020 over, ignition, exhaust and a paint job in black and orange similar to my old Heritage...The green picture is how it was when I bought it, the black pic was after a few repairs to make it road worthy last year. Going to start de-greasing parts tonight....I'll keep ya all posted on the progress.

 

Keep us posted. Those exhaust "brackets" in the first picture are scary....

 

The whole bike was "maintained" just like the exhaust. The guy rode it to my house so I knew it ran and rode but I wouldn't ride it until a bucket of repairs got done. He had a too long seat bolt in it, cut the tire so bad you could hear it leaking when he pulled in. was kinda comical but I wanted to slap him for even riding the thing there.

 

Well at least you will make it right and save it!

 

Like the old saying...you get what you pay for

 

Looking forward to it.

 

Probably picked up a couple of M'sPH with the flat streamlined shape and the weight saving speed holes though.

 

Good on you for keeping it alive!

 

I knew I wasn't paying for much but I wanted another project. Sold my CVO Ultra when I got this one. I pulled up at the local and up comes an ultra just like mine, can't have that. This will be lots more fun when it's done. I just left Menards with 85 bucks worth of rags, degreaser, brushes, gloves ect. Guess I need beer on the way home now too. Will be a long night to get the oil off this one! I still need the rocker box gaskets, got everything else ready. Ported heads with fresh valves, Andrews EV27, Super E, new clutch, 45 amp stator, we made the 23" apes, with a buddies bender, and next week I'll start prepping it for paint. This is a photo of my old Heritage I went through a few years ago. Going to paint it similar to this. I've never painted the same thing twice but this was my favorite job I did for myself so I'm going with the same idea..

 

Deep inside every beast lays a beauty waiting to be awoken - can't wait to see the final project