Help, I owned few bikes before but never a Harley, I have a chance to get a 1979 Shovelhead and would like to hear from guys who know business, how much is that bike worth.Any advice would be deeply appreciated.

Bike has 1000 miles on new upper...(have no clue what that means)














my email is damirzanne@yahoo.com in case someone wants to give me advice in person.Thank you all, I really appreciate your help.
God bless.

Db

 

What are they asking?

 

Just bought a 78FLH at Christmas time. NICE ride. Chrome front end, 1 1/4 Chubby mid apes 2005 controls, pre 67 speedo, new Corbin solo seat, chrome oil, batt, adjust. swingarm, GMA brakes and all brand new sheetmetal and 3 stage black paint, motor doen 1 1/2 yrs ago, limited use, new BDL encosed belt primary, most of this in Aug last year. PLUS a set of Fatboy wheels, and 3 BIG boxes of HD parts. Paid$4800Shovels up here are going now for 5500 - 8500.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/563139994.html
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/579160344.html NICE
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/576139530.html
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/558748461.html I know this bike personally, this is the deal of the century. Frank and his brother in law built this thing over a period of 8+ yrs. It is immaculate AND rocks down the road.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/583264167.html
http://www.cycletrader.com/find/list...T-BOB-89427215 This should be the mate to the chop, but me and FX's have never gotten along.
There you go, something to compare to, just like buying a house, only WAY more fun to shop and compare.
Is it an FLH with the wide glide and 21" or is it an FX wide glide? Has the FLH speedo vs FX. Rear shocks look FLH, but they could have just put the dome covers on. Never mind, All that is mute, I guess. Just looked closer, it has FLH primary cause it has floorboards on it. So, I'm guessing it is an FLH that someone stripped the tins off the wide glide and added a 21" front. Looks like it could have a Sumax rear fender, but the "flip" at the bottom doesn't look Sumax. All that would only matter if you were trying to buy an "original" bike. Sounds like you are just looking for a "decent" Harley to "ride like you stole" (Joke onanother thread) Beings how you are "just" getting into HD, try to find someone who you can trust, who knows shovels, and have them take a look at it for you. By the looks of the yard and neighborhood, you are no where close to me. My yard is WHITE and frozen. Good luck, PM if you hae any specific questions about it. GUMBY

 

Not sure on your question, but it looks like a decent bike. Those freakin apes are a bit high for my taste, but easily replaced.

 

DUH, sorry. Forgot one of your ?'s. Top end - Cylinders either bored or replaced. Pistons and rings. Valves ground or replaced. Guides, seals. Rocker shaft bushings. Basically everything from the cases upwards, thus "topend" FYI Bottom end - cases, and the rotating assembly, flywheels, crank, con rods, bearings.

 

$7500


thank you so much for all your help guys. no need to ask me any questions, I`m 100% dummy when it comes to Harley`s.Steel guitars or banjos, Ruger`s or Glocks ok, but Harley`s, no..[&o]

 

Neat bike though price is what you make of it when it comes to the older bikes now since harley flooded the market for a few years now and people drove down the values by treating my beloved bikes like their used cars. You can pick up a couple year old dyna for not much more than 7500 ust a thought but shovels do seem to me to have the best sound and run like hell with Nitrous, dual plugs and ground down piston for a 1/4 mile.

 

With todays market being flooded with low mile newer bikes I'd go 5-6k on that shovel.

 

thanks, guys, 5-6K , that helps.Keystone, you have a killer bike there my friend, that is a nice ride.I`m originally from Europe and we don`t have too many Harleys over there, mostly croach rockets, but at my age, I`m 40 6'5" and 300lbs, I can`t barely fit on the croach rocket anymore, and it`s not very comfortable for me neither.

Db

 

hanks Damir! It's a 2007 FLHTCUI, or an Ulta for short.

Nothing wrong with an old Shovel. But for a first Harley I would suggest you look for a newer one. In the 8k range you opions are pretty wide.