new old 85 sportster
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new old 85 sportster
Hey guys, im new to this forum, but im very experienced with the wrangler forums. I recently purchased an 85 sportster, pretty much the exact bike ive always wanted for myself. It doesnt run but has recently. It is rough tho, but for the price I have room to make it pristine again. Its the 1000 iron head, and supposedly has a problem with thCO oil pump gear. Previous owner was my friends dad who passed away mid repair. RIP. I promised to return the bike to glory for my friends father's honor as well as the club its served for years.
I recieved the bike drained of all fluids, and the cover over your right calf taken off and gears apart. Besides the vin and small details, thats all i know. I want to make a bobber with fat tires. nothing crazy, I can do those things myself, but I think I aught to get it running at a shop. Ive never used a shop for bikes and dont have much XP on what it should cost just to get it running. ABOUT how much time and money will this cost? Any interesting possibilities/concerns early in this project? Ill TRY to post a pic or two if it lets me.. it won't now but ill keep trying. Thanks for any feedback
I recieved the bike drained of all fluids, and the cover over your right calf taken off and gears apart. Besides the vin and small details, thats all i know. I want to make a bobber with fat tires. nothing crazy, I can do those things myself, but I think I aught to get it running at a shop. Ive never used a shop for bikes and dont have much XP on what it should cost just to get it running. ABOUT how much time and money will this cost? Any interesting possibilities/concerns early in this project? Ill TRY to post a pic or two if it lets me.. it won't now but ill keep trying. Thanks for any feedback
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you need to run the VIN
sorry should have left this here http://www.vin-decoder.org/harley-davidson-vin-decoder
sorry should have left this here http://www.vin-decoder.org/harley-davidson-vin-decoder
Last edited by Muffbrorick; 07-18-2016 at 01:41 PM.
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Knowing the little you know about the bike, if you brought that to my shop to get it running I would tell you to budget at least $2000. I know that sounds like a lot, but there are too many unknowns. It could end up cheaper, by a lot, but it is the unknown factor that could potentially drive the price up. Also, if I tell you it is going to be $500-$1000 and it comes in at $1800, I am an ******* and you are pissed. If I say budget $2000 and it only comes to say $1100, I came in under budget and you are not pissed at me. While that bike is not an ironhead, I did have a guy bring me an ironhead roughly a year and a half ago, same situation as you. I referred him to a guy in the area who only works on ironheads and he got it up and running for the guy, and fixed a number of other issues unseen at the time. I saw the guy riding the bike the other night and stopped to talk to him. He ended up spending $3500 on the bike to make it run properly and be road worthy.
I say all that not to scare you off, but that bike needs a bunch of time put into it. Once together and able to turn over I would recommend having a compression and leak down test done to see what condition the engine is in.
I say all that not to scare you off, but that bike needs a bunch of time put into it. Once together and able to turn over I would recommend having a compression and leak down test done to see what condition the engine is in.
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You guys are right. What I came up with was a older ironhead. Swapped it out to the 86 frame. The number made me think it was 85, but I suppose that sort of thing happens. Had to swap the rear 4 bolt mount with the evo's, wired it, got it to turn over once with carb fluid and its still in progress. For the price you guys say, it was 1000% necessary to swap the broken evo with a better motor and do it myself.
Do they make a conversion kit for my rear brakes? I have a cable from the case that was on drums and i need them to work for hydrolic disk. Any ideas?
Do they make a conversion kit for my rear brakes? I have a cable from the case that was on drums and i need them to work for hydrolic disk. Any ideas?
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I have the paperwork and its good. Still need to find a push rod conversion for my rear brakes. I was able to acquire what I think is a "fat bob" rear fender and a full length rear fender with the flare at the end. Not sure which one I want to go with. Going for a bobber, however I love that slick lip look and that fender will shield the engine better. I need an updated seat too. My cousin was nice enough to give me a nice single but it didnt fit, its for a softtail I think. I can trade the extra fender and seats
I forgot to add that I had to cut and weld the rear exhaust pipe to fit, then I wrapped the pipes. I ended up painting them silver to match the motor
I forgot to add that I had to cut and weld the rear exhaust pipe to fit, then I wrapped the pipes. I ended up painting them silver to match the motor
Last edited by maestro89; 08-13-2016 at 06:33 PM.
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