Today, I saved a heritage springer.
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10-21-2015, 09:16 PM
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10-22-2015, 06:52 AM
I am a member on HSOA. I'm not on there as much as I should. There are many helpful people there, and here. Joe G., is especially helpful. I will post over there soon. I'm going to take stock tomorrow. And see what I need. I just ordered a service manual. I'll, also, post pictures of the progress i make. It's going to be a great project! Post some pics, when you get it!
What a great bike, you did very well. You can spend a lot on that bike and still be in the money.
I love the purple, save that paint for sure.
I'd suggest you make a list of everything you need and start a thread on HSOA.... pretty good chance folks have everything you need for a fair price or at least will give you advice on what a fair price is, and where to get things (surprisingly a lot is still available from HD). For example, BossBags can rebuild your bags to be better than new, but it costs more than new from HD for $800ish shipped from Boardtracker.
Those bags look pretty well shot indeed. You should try soaking them good in a tank of warm water until pliable (may take a while on those) then stuff them with towels until in shape. Free to try and you never know, I improved mine a lot with that technique and I think a few soaks and I might get them back 95%. If the backs are cracked I did a post with pics on the Harbor Freight plastic welder, it's cheap and works great, I can dig it up for you if you need it.
#20
10-22-2015, 08:03 AM
Well thanks for the shout out!
What a great bike, you did very well. You can spend a lot on that bike and still be in the money.
I love the purple, save that paint for sure.
I'd suggest you make a list of everything you need and start a thread on HSOA.... pretty good chance folks have everything you need for a fair price or at least will give you advice on what a fair price is, and where to get things (surprisingly a lot is still available from HD). For example, BossBags can rebuild your bags to be better than new, but it costs more than new from HD for $800ish shipped from Boardtracker.
Those bags look pretty well shot indeed. You should try soaking them good in a tank of warm water until pliable (may take a while on those) then stuff them with towels until in shape. Free to try and you never know, I improved mine a lot with that technique and I think a few soaks and I might get them back 95%. If the backs are cracked I did a post with pics on the Harbor Freight plastic welder, it's cheap and works great, I can dig it up for you if you need it.
What a great bike, you did very well. You can spend a lot on that bike and still be in the money.
I love the purple, save that paint for sure.
I'd suggest you make a list of everything you need and start a thread on HSOA.... pretty good chance folks have everything you need for a fair price or at least will give you advice on what a fair price is, and where to get things (surprisingly a lot is still available from HD). For example, BossBags can rebuild your bags to be better than new, but it costs more than new from HD for $800ish shipped from Boardtracker.
Those bags look pretty well shot indeed. You should try soaking them good in a tank of warm water until pliable (may take a while on those) then stuff them with towels until in shape. Free to try and you never know, I improved mine a lot with that technique and I think a few soaks and I might get them back 95%. If the backs are cracked I did a post with pics on the Harbor Freight plastic welder, it's cheap and works great, I can dig it up for you if you need it.
Once I get the bags off, I will try soaking them, they look pretty bad, though. The bike has 107,000 miles, and so do the bags. Lol. The seat has a couple of small holes, I may be able to use it for a while, but I would like to find a better one, eventually.