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Been looking at motorcycles lately and found this on craigslist. It reminded of the Revival. I'm not interested but it is amusing that this costs much less than the new one. Good deal or smoking crack?
The owner is asking $18K . I think folks are paying over $32K out the door on the Revival. That leaves around $14k to get this one looking and running great.
To the OP, you should thank your lucky starts that MoCo did NOT use that bike as their platform for the new "Revival".
How is it that folks present a bike as "restored" when it looks like this '63 FLH. A "restoration" implies that the bike is being represented as it would have come from the factory for the particular year model. The 63 in question is not even close.
Heck I am trying to figure out why/how HD decided that the Shovelhead should/would represent the "revival". It is not a bad choice but for me I would have preferred they use the 1965 FLH as the platform. It had a lot of first year/last year components and is one of the reasons HD has made it this far. That said I would assume it had to do with the fact that the particular year of Shovel represented was also the first year for the fairing
Harley has some really cool bikes in its lineage; the MoCo probably took a little of this and a little of that and came up with a way to charge a premium (uh, more premium) price for basically a parts shelf bike. And a good looking one at that; just sayin'
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Slideshow: The bar-and-shield logo shows up on far more than motorcycles, some of the company's most unexpected products have nothing to do with riding.
Slideshow: From the troubled AMF years to modern misfires, these bikes earned reputations for reliability issues, questionable engineering, or disappointing performance.
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Slideshow: The Swiss custom shop has taken a Harley Softail and stretched it into something so long and low that it looks closer to a rolling sculpture than a conventional motorcycle.
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Slideshow: A standard cruiser becomes an intricate metal canvas in the hands of a Swiss custom house known for pushing Harley-Davidson platforms far beyond their factory brief.
Slideshow: Harley-Davidson's challenges aren't abstract; they show up in dropping shipments, shrinking dealer traffic, and strategic decisions that aren't yet translating into growth.
Was this the inspiration for the Revival?
