Flathead shopping
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From: la la land jerzey
Almost no one lets go of a real machine with all its original pieces at a Harley dealer - the place they know absolutely nothing about original iron machines
like billy has said its more then likely a swap meet piece together - and dump - make sure you know what your buying
like billy has said its more then likely a swap meet piece together - and dump - make sure you know what your buying
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I agree with John $20k and up for a complete bike,
That bike looks to be a bit of a mess, or maybe it is just the front end. The front fender is off a much later 45 and the shock on the fork is a '46 and up thing. 1940 would have ride control.
Rear fender looks to be rotated too far forward, notice luggage rack is not level. I would start thinking the fender is reproduction.
Still a great place to start, but I would be bringing Palmer's book with me and be spending a lot of time checking casting numbers etc. You don't want to pay top dollar for something pieced together.
That bike looks to be a bit of a mess, or maybe it is just the front end. The front fender is off a much later 45 and the shock on the fork is a '46 and up thing. 1940 would have ride control.
Rear fender looks to be rotated too far forward, notice luggage rack is not level. I would start thinking the fender is reproduction.
Still a great place to start, but I would be bringing Palmer's book with me and be spending a lot of time checking casting numbers etc. You don't want to pay top dollar for something pieced together.
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(says the guy with 5 bikes)
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Im a glutton for punishment and I sure did on my wide glide but that was self-inflicted, still no regrets. We're not tripping over flat heads up here at the North Pole, we take what we can get.
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I would guess the restoration was more like 15-20 years ago based on the billet stuff on her and all of the chrome.
Overall a good enough place to start, I would want to be into the bike for no more than $12k, $10k would be better. Lots of expensive parts needed to make that one right.
Just as a rider, I could not live with the tanks, regulator and timer, that must be replaced. Needs a Linkert and then we can worry about chaining out the Taiwan parts.
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I tried the link but the CL ad has been deleted. Did you save a picture of the SN? Thanks.
Eric
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Thanks. It looks like the SN in post #12 in a thread from February 2020. I commented on it at post #14 in that thread.
Eric
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/flath...gine-no-2.html
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https://www.hdforums.com/forum/flath...gine-no-2.html
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