2011 Custom Tango paint set (#96 of 200) - never seen another.

I also have a 2011.5 blue SEUC (around 900 produced in the US) - have seen 2 others (1 in CO & 1 in CA).

SJ Ron

 

i assumed there wouldnt be much chance of me running into a bike with the same paint scheme as 2002 deuce but while on ebay i found the same bike but it was a 2001

 

I have a 2001 Fatboy that did at one time have a Limited Edition tank and fender set (18 of 150). The original owner and her father had ordered consecutively numbered tank and fender set bikes (18 and 19 of 150) from the factory (or so I'm told).

I bought the bike in 2005 from the second owner and while I was at Myrtle Beach for bike week in 2006 I happened to see 49 of 150 at Broadway at the Beach.

I got rear-ended in 2010, had to replace the rear fender and consequently had to get the entire bike repainted. There are several things that I learned during all of this:

1) If you get a Limited Edition tank and fender set from Harley, you're going to pay a lot of money and there's always going to be 149 tank and fender sets out there just like yours.

2) While Harley's Limited Edition tank and fender sets do have some interesting paint schemes and interesting graphics, those schemes and graphics are not typically unique and the actual paint jobs are of intermediate quality at best. Until you see a quality paint job by a talented custom painter, you can't really appreciate the difference between a Harley Limited Edition tank and fender set and a quality custom paint job.

3) If you work with a custom painter and provide them with input as to what you want, you'll end up with a 1 of 1 instead of a 1 of 150. Yep, it'll most likely cost you more money but, at the end of the day (given the right custom painter) you'll end up with a paint job that will hold up much better than a Harley Limited Edition paint job (i.e. less susceptable to chipping and sun fading).

4) Not all Harley Limited Edition tank and fender sets are painted by Harley. Some are farmed out to custom paint shops. And, if that shop happens to go out of business, you're generally screwed if you have components that need to be touched up or completely repainted (guess how I discovered that).

In case you haven't guessed by now, IMHO Harley Limited Edition tank and fender sets are over-rated.

 

I have a limited paint set (red w/red ghost flames) on my '05 1200 custom. Not sure what #it is. In 8 years, I've seen 3 sporty's with the same tins. Doesn't bother me. It just means there are a few people out there with great taste like me.

 

Bought my '08 Fatboy last December and rode it down to Daytona Bike Week in March. In a sea of several thousand parked bikes I discovered the same paint set two bikes down. What are the odds -- go figure!

 

 

In 2008 at bike week I saw three electra glides parked within 20 spots of each other sporting the same custom tins.

 

I have a custom paint set (#30 of 105) that I bought on Ebay from Bartels HD after the 2009 Sturgis hail storm dented my tank. We were doing a toy run last year in Sacramento and I saw the same paint set on another Heritage.

 

My local dealer has a wide glide that matches my heritage....wish i could buy it too

 

I had a numbered paint set on my 2005 Dyna Wideglide, I saw one other WG with the same set. It kind of surprised me, because to set only fit the 2004 and 2005 WG