Looking at a 1999 Fat Boy....originally thought it was a TC 88 but pictures confirm it is an Evo. Considering it is pretty much near the end of the evo run, my guess is that it should be pretty solid. Anything I should be aware of? I currently have TC 88 and TC 103 bikes.

 

They’re pretty solid from the factory.

But…..1999 was years ago and is the bike still factory?

If it looks good and has good maintenance records, definitely consider it.

If it shows shady mechanic work such as gobbled wiring and rounded off fasteners….I better get it cheap or I’m passing on it.

 

You did not mention how many miles are on the bike? Assuming that the milage is low, the one issue that I know of on the latter model Evo's is the Ina cam bearing. The Ina bearing that Harley used from the Factory was $#!?. I'd replace it ASAP with a Torrington style bearing. While your in there, and assuming that you are going to leave the motor otherwise stock, I'd probably change the cam to a Andrew's EV 13, the factory cam was pretty wimpy. Hopefully some of the other guys will chime in on any other advice.

 

i doubt highly the bike is factory, its possible but with a 20 something yr old bike i doubt it ..
i got lucky with mine bought it from the original owner ( daughters god fathers uncle )
it wasnt original but he had paper work for stuff he did , and he did a good bit , head work, bore kit, ev27 cam, bearing upgrade, s&s carb
even tire and battery changes ...
it has 53k miles with the motor work getting done at 24k and i got it for 3800
he missed some stuff, which i replaced or fixed, then of course i started throwing money at it to make it mine ...

just make sure you do your research on it . on what the person did and has papers on doing it, all helps in the long run

one thing ill never get rid of it .. love the evo

 

Thanks....still shopping as I did not hear back from the seller. Meanwhile, found another evo Fat Boy. My search criteria are less than 10K miles. I am looking to add to my collection and anticipate not putting more than 1K miles per year on it since I have a garage full of bikes. I want something as close to stock as possible.

So how difficult is it to replace the oil tank in these evo softails? (cosmetic reasons only)

 

i took my tank out in about a hr to replace the rubber mounts.. and ive never done it before, so i was winging it
now that i know how prob less time

 

Check your intake gaskets.

 

I dropped the 99 Fat boy. Owner was unrealistic and would not budge from $10K. I found a perfect condition '12 Fat Boy (with new tires and complete service) with just over 3K miles for a little over $12K. Too good to pass up so I went with the TC103 again. All stock so it is a blank canvas for me