1992 Touglide Ultra Classic value??
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Well I can tell ya from my side. My wife also HATES the sharknose, but then its MY bike and its always easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Mine started out as an Electra Glide Sport and I bought all the stuff to make it a Tour Glide. I can tell you that I have owned batwings and this is the first sharknose that I've had. There is nothing that cuts the wind better and protects the rider than a sharknose.
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Well I can tell ya from my side. My wife also HATES the sharknose, but then its MY bike and its always easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Mine started out as an Electra Glide Sport and I bought all the stuff to make it a Tour Glide. I can tell you that I have owned batwings and this is the first sharknose that I've had. There is nothing that cuts the wind better and protects the rider than a sharknose.
Also part of the fun of being a Harley Girl is thinking you look cool. If your husband's bike is "ugly" in your mind that takes away that fun. So if OP was on the fence about purchase, and wife hates it, time to move on.
I considered a tour glide when I was looking for a used bike. But I was too afraid to buy such an old bike. I have limited wrenching skills. If OP can wrench, and is willing to risk alienating his wife, go for it.
OP, if your wife doesn't like the shark nose, tell her you would be happy to get a Batwing, but you are going to need a bigger budget. Plenty of other garage queens, if you are patient. I was looking for a softail, for an acquaintance, and there were nice bikes from guys too old to ride, or divorced.
Hope you become the former and not the latter!
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From: ASHEBORO NC
Great info guys.. I am really leaning toward trying to go for it because its honestly been on my mind for over 2 yrs... BTW, she hates batwings too...lol...
.Im hoping she will give in but if she doesnt, well, guess I will have to get a "cool" looking bike that has been slammed with a badlander seat and no backrest..lol.. Then she will be begging me for an ultra..lol...
And in the end.... its my money thats involved.. not hers..lol...
.Im hoping she will give in but if she doesnt, well, guess I will have to get a "cool" looking bike that has been slammed with a badlander seat and no backrest..lol.. Then she will be begging me for an ultra..lol...
And in the end.... its my money thats involved.. not hers..lol...
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From: ASHEBORO NC
And as easier for forgiveness than permission...lol.. I know all about that..lol.. My 1st wife found out the hard way...lol.. I may just have to get my old Mustang Drag Car back and start racing again.. because we all know how cheap it is to race..lol.. Just KIDDING...llol
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From: Indian Head, PA
My wife didn't even really look at the front of the bike. She was primarily concerned about how comfy the back seat looked. When she saw that it looked like a leather armchair and she even had floorboards instead of pegs, she was sold. She did mention about how with 2 headlights it should have good lighting out the front, but that was about all she said about it.
From your description of it, I kinda wish I had come across that one before the one I have. I love the blue color scheme and sometimes kinda wish mine was an ultra, but I think all I'm missing is the lowers, cruise and communications stuff.
Heck, even if something goes horribly wrong, replacing the engine really isn't that huge of a deal. Evo crate engines are still available and the MoCo still remans the big twin evos as well for a very reasonable cost. I replaced my engine just over a month ago with a reman through Harley's engine reman program, did it all myself in my garage, and the total cost was under $3000!
From your description of it, I kinda wish I had come across that one before the one I have. I love the blue color scheme and sometimes kinda wish mine was an ultra, but I think all I'm missing is the lowers, cruise and communications stuff.
Heck, even if something goes horribly wrong, replacing the engine really isn't that huge of a deal. Evo crate engines are still available and the MoCo still remans the big twin evos as well for a very reasonable cost. I replaced my engine just over a month ago with a reman through Harley's engine reman program, did it all myself in my garage, and the total cost was under $3000!
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From: ASHEBORO NC
I have always liked evos and have had great luck with them.... I think she will come around.. Im just glad that bike isnt sitting for sale..lol... I thought my dad's friend sold it after I looked at it 2 yrs ago and then I saw it again in his garage by accident.. So, I had to ask again...lol..
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I agree it is his bike, and he should get what he wants. Except that this is an old bike, and if he wife doesn't like it, she won't be supportive (or worse) every time something goes wrong.
Also part of the fun of being a Harley Girl is thinking you look cool. If your husband's bike is "ugly" in your mind that takes away that fun. So if OP was on the fence about purchase, and wife hates it, time to move on.
I considered a tour glide when I was looking for a used bike. But I was too afraid to buy such an old bike. I have limited wrenching skills. If OP can wrench, and is willing to risk alienating his wife, go for it.
OP, if your wife doesn't like the shark nose, tell her you would be happy to get a Batwing, but you are going to need a bigger budget. Plenty of other garage queens, if you are patient. I was looking for a softail, for an acquaintance, and there were nice bikes from guys too old to ride, or divorced.
Hope you become the former and not the latter!
Also part of the fun of being a Harley Girl is thinking you look cool. If your husband's bike is "ugly" in your mind that takes away that fun. So if OP was on the fence about purchase, and wife hates it, time to move on.
I considered a tour glide when I was looking for a used bike. But I was too afraid to buy such an old bike. I have limited wrenching skills. If OP can wrench, and is willing to risk alienating his wife, go for it.
OP, if your wife doesn't like the shark nose, tell her you would be happy to get a Batwing, but you are going to need a bigger budget. Plenty of other garage queens, if you are patient. I was looking for a softail, for an acquaintance, and there were nice bikes from guys too old to ride, or divorced.
Hope you become the former and not the latter!
I didnt buy my bike for "Harley Barbie's" approval. I bought it to best suite the riding I like to do......long distance and the shark fairing IMO is best at that. If she doesnt like the look of it, oh well, she can stay home, or sit on the back....her choice. My wife HATES the shark fairing, but given the alternative of staying home, she picks passenger.
and yes we are happily married even owning a Tour Glide.
That must be part of the difference between EVO and Twinkie
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Before I bought my Ultra several years back, I had been riding a '68 Bonneville and an '83 Gold Wing, neither of which the old lady found comfortable for any length of time. Hell, even I never found the Bonneville comfortable for any length of time. But it was such a cool machine I kept it for a long time, 17 years to be exact.
When I brought home the Ultra, she looked at it and said something like 'I thought you were getting something cool. That looks like an old man's bike.' I replied that I was, after all, an old man.
But once she sat on that big old seat (that I had re-done with memory foam by Mean City Cycles) and leaned back and put her feet on the floorboards, she was sold. She can ride now for a few hours without complaints. So it really is a case of function over form.
When I brought home the Ultra, she looked at it and said something like 'I thought you were getting something cool. That looks like an old man's bike.' I replied that I was, after all, an old man.
But once she sat on that big old seat (that I had re-done with memory foam by Mean City Cycles) and leaned back and put her feet on the floorboards, she was sold. She can ride now for a few hours without complaints. So it really is a case of function over form.