Hello all!

I decided to take on another wrecked Harley project. As I am a frequent lurker and infrequent poster on the forum, you can see my only posts are related to my last bike, a wrecked street glide rebuild.

I had decided late last year to sell my Street Glide and purchase a wrecked Road Glide Special and see how much I could complete the project for. Since I am a weekend night owl, I figured I could do some of the work myself in the garage. With that being said I have to say two things:

1. I am in no way, shape, or form a mechanic or Harley technician. The worked I perform is usually helped by manuals, internet videos, internet forums, and good ol' trial and error.

2. I hope that you all enjoy the posts. If you have any questions I will try to answer them if time allows. I will also try to publish price and sourcing information for parts if I can.

Please leave the bashing to a minimum......

The Start:

I was able to sell my Street Glide for $10000. I then purchased the Road Glide Special at a price of $8995 from Autocyclers LLC in Madisonville, TN. Great people to work with. I purchased the bike with a $6000 deposit in November and paid it off when I picked it up in January. Autocyclers were extremely helpful in holding the bike and loading it up. Below are the pictures are from the day I picked it up and a few days after I brought it home.

 

Why wasn't that bike fixed through the previous owners insurance? Doesn't look too awfully bad.

 

The bike was issued a NJ salvage title. I do not know why the insurance would not have paid for the repair. I agree that it is a perfectly repairable motorcycle. It worked out great for me though!

 

In the State of North Carolina on salvage vehicles you are required to have a "pre-repair" inspection. At the inspection these were the items that are required to be repaired, replaced, or removed. I have chosen to replace all:

1. Outer Fairing
2. Inner Fairing
3. Crash Bar
4. Mirrors

You must have receipts for all of the work performed and parts replaced and a "post-repair" inspection in order to have a salvage rebuilt title.

With that being done. I started my first project which is replacing the handlebars. The factory pullback is too far for my liking and they were tweaked slightly from the accident. I was able to source a used KST Kustom 10 inch Renegade handlebar for $120.00 shipped on Ebay. I used two videos on youtube showing how to install the handlebars. It took around 6 hours to complete the swap because I ran into problems threading the wires through the handlebars. In the end Vaseline, WD-40, and electrical wire helped me get it done. I normally try to take more pictures of my work. Since this was the first upgrade forgive me. I will try to have more pictures going forward.

 

Looking forward to seeing all your work!

 

Turn it into a Street Glide since you're replacing the fairing

 

Why on earth would he want to do that?

 

And give up the great looks and handling?

 

Wha?!?!?!

 

Not sure how it works where you are but once the title is branded here it stay that way and the value drops no madder how you fix it up. Some will not insure it or charge you a high rate and many will not make a loan on it.
I am sure you knew this before getting into it.