REALLY?! But thanks (NOT) for jumping in with a comment like that..........
Anyway I've always wondered about the color since I have the bike now and my brother is gone. I don't have any way to find out the REAL STORY. This is how it looked in June of 2004 when I pulled it out of the shed after he passed. I guess he finally got tired of the color? I wish he pulled the tins with the original colors and got new ones, instead he had them painted over.

 

WOW interesting! THANKS for the info. I wonder if I contact HD with the VIN they could shed some light??

 

Ok, now tell him to his face. Jeez, I just realized he had passed?? I was just jesting about the color. So sorry about your loss and sorry if I offended you. It was all in fun I thought.

 

Maybe you should do more of that FIRST!! Before typing...............
I've got pretty thick skin, no harm no foul.

 

He did paint it black. Had to be a reason. If I was going to repaint in memory of him, it would surely be the black that he himself had chosen.
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From what I'm seeing here you don't mention he's passed until this note right here. You post a pic of your deceased brother on a pink Harley without telling us he's dead then jump my **** when I joke about it? Maybe it's YOU who need to think a little, dude. Plus you even mention the pink color and "his size" so how is it that you get upset when someone else follows up on it??? HUH?????

 

Regardless of the above misunderstanding,.......

Don't paint the bike pink! He he! It would be an insult to the former owner.

I am one who loves the limited color schemes from years past. SEVERAL of them I love. But that gray pink thing is just not worth trying to redo. It's a bad combo. The owner repainted it to a much better color.

Of Course peoples tastes differ, so take my comment as only one man's opinion.

 

Don't worry, I'm NOT going to repaint it "Magenta" any time soon! I've just always been curious about the original color. I left it black for the first year I had it up here, but then decided to continue modifying it in his honor.
And Tactical111, I'm over it aready, what part of "I've got thick skin, no harm no foul" ddn't you get? Let it go PLEASE.

 

You got it, bro. Actually I was just trying to compliment him anyways by implying how bad and tough he looked on the bike and only a fool would comment on the color . I lost a brother myself to a hunting accident years ago and know it's tough. I didn't realize until after I sent that post that your's was gone too or I wouldn't have touched the thread. Ride safe and hard.

 

In years gone by, HD couldn't make bike fast enough to fill the demand and people were put on waiting lists. I don't know why your brother bought that particular color scheme but maybe it was just because it was available (the bike, I mean). I too lost a brother when I was in the army, to cancer. It's sad, because I barely remember him now.