EVO question for you guys
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From: Central Cal
EVO question for you guys
I came across a 91 electra glide I was thinking of dragging home but I had some questions.
The info I have from seller:
1991 Harley Davidson Electra glide. I just received this bike in a trade only had it for 2 days. 50k on it. It fires right up no smoke. Oil light is on,I think its running on one cylinder. It's leaking a small amount of oil from the primary cover. I don't know the history of the bike so please don't ask, it has air shocks that drop it to the ground or airs up to stock height, paint is in good condition all lights are working, cd player works. Seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm not a Harley pro, so I don't know what or if anything is wrong. I have the title and the tags are current.
Sp based on that info; what do you guys think? Any red flags go off? Any idea what I'd be looking at to fix? (limited info I know)
Thanks!
The info I have from seller:
1991 Harley Davidson Electra glide. I just received this bike in a trade only had it for 2 days. 50k on it. It fires right up no smoke. Oil light is on,I think its running on one cylinder. It's leaking a small amount of oil from the primary cover. I don't know the history of the bike so please don't ask, it has air shocks that drop it to the ground or airs up to stock height, paint is in good condition all lights are working, cd player works. Seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm not a Harley pro, so I don't know what or if anything is wrong. I have the title and the tags are current.
Sp based on that info; what do you guys think? Any red flags go off? Any idea what I'd be looking at to fix? (limited info I know)
Thanks!
Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
The very first thing you should do is go and look for yourself. Never take the word of someone you don't know and is trying to sell you something. That said it is very easy to tell if it is running on one cylinder. Just have him start it for you and you will know for sure. As for the primary leak you might be looking at something as easy as putting some Teflon paste around the primary drain plug. As for the oil light being on, Harley's are a low pressure system and having the oil light on at idle is not impossible but rare. If you rev the motor and the oil light stays on then I would be concerned.
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I came across a 91 electra glide I was thinking of dragging home but I had some questions.
The info I have from seller:
1991 Harley Davidson Electra glide. I just received this bike in a trade only had it for 2 days. 50k on it. It fires right up no smoke. Oil light is on,I think its running on one cylinder. It's leaking a small amount of oil from the primary cover. I don't know the history of the bike so please don't ask, it has air shocks that drop it to the ground or airs up to stock height, paint is in good condition all lights are working, cd player works. Seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm not a Harley pro, so I don't know what or if anything is wrong. I have the title and the tags are current.
Sp based on that info; what do you guys think? Any red flags go off? Any idea what I'd be looking at to fix? (limited info I know)
Thanks!
The info I have from seller:
1991 Harley Davidson Electra glide. I just received this bike in a trade only had it for 2 days. 50k on it. It fires right up no smoke. Oil light is on,I think its running on one cylinder. It's leaking a small amount of oil from the primary cover. I don't know the history of the bike so please don't ask, it has air shocks that drop it to the ground or airs up to stock height, paint is in good condition all lights are working, cd player works. Seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm not a Harley pro, so I don't know what or if anything is wrong. I have the title and the tags are current.
Sp based on that info; what do you guys think? Any red flags go off? Any idea what I'd be looking at to fix? (limited info I know)
Thanks!
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From: Central Cal
He wants $4500, I will go look before I decide but I wanted to have some idea what I was in for before going to look.
I suspected it would be hard to know much from the little info I have.
I assume he knows more than he is saying. I'll bet it is not something simple.
I suspected it would be hard to know much from the little info I have.
I assume he knows more than he is saying. I'll bet it is not something simple.
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From: Central Cal
So I got more info; he got it, heard it run and it was good. Later it was backfiring, front cyl wasn't getting warm, rear was, oil light on. Unknown cause of oil from primary- "looks like the cover"
So far that is what I have, everything else is good on it.
Thoughts?
I know I can get it for $4k; too high? I'd like to learn to work on EVO's just not sure about this one.
So far that is what I have, everything else is good on it.
Thoughts?
I know I can get it for $4k; too high? I'd like to learn to work on EVO's just not sure about this one.
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That's a 2K bike in my book, and that's probably too high. Oil light on is never a good sign. I wouldn't touch it without factoring in a new motor job.
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Oil light may just be a bad switch and front cyl is likely a plug but you have to bargain from worst case scenario, offer him 2K and tell him its your risk.
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My 89 flht I probably paid too much as I seem to be changing everything ( just because ) I bought it planning to rebuild the motor.
