1998 Heritage Softail Restoration

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Mar 21, 2026 | 02:25 PM

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Bubba Zanetti

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From: The Wasteland

Wow, great job man! You’d never know it was in a fire.
Looks like the Sportster got cooked pretty bad. What happened with it?

Mar 21, 2026 | 06:56 PM

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Dave0176

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From: Brick NJ

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Originally Posted by Bubba Zanetti

Wow, great job man! You’d never know it was in a fire.
Looks like the Sportster got cooked pretty bad. What happened with it?

Still have both the one in the lift is my sons it’s a 1990 883, it hit got burnt badly and water got in the motor. The other one on the right is my first bike from when I was young it’s a 1990 1200, it got beat up but it runs good 😊

Mar 22, 2026 | 07:49 AM

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98hotrodfatboy

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You really did a very good job rebuilding the Softail and good to see your son helping... I like the summarization
You now need to show updates and repairs to the 2 Sporty's... looking forward to it..

Mar 23, 2026 | 01:02 PM

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Bubba Zanetti

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Yeah, I'll be watching for the Sporty rebuild thread. I'm happy to help you spend your money.

Last edited by Bubba Zanetti; Mar 23, 2026 at 01:04 PM.

Mar 31, 2026 | 05:32 AM

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89FLHT

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Great work on the rebuild, really glad no one was hurt and you were able to get your house and ride fixed. Looking forward to seeing the sporty's fixed up in the future.

Mar 31, 2026 | 02:04 PM

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tar_snake

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You should trade me the headlight and the passing lights for my LED headlight and passing lights.

Oh, I notice you use Fast Eddy tools. They are fantastic tools!

Mar 31, 2026 | 08:53 PM

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Aussiemadness

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From: Sydney, Australia

Great job on the rebuild, ground up resto in the end and the time and money was well worth it.
Good to see your son jumped in and helped, thats time well spent with each other.