Is it worth it?
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With all that work and only 60k on the clock it sounds like its had a hard life and not been looked after,maybe you should post this on the evo section of the forum,there seems to be a few FXR experts there.
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Just had a thought,i had an FXR some years ago,and the return spring in the gearbox broke i was around 5 miles from home at the time,and bike was stuck as i recall in 2nd gear,and i managed to ride it home, could be thats the problem with this bike of yours,at the time it cost around $600 in your money to fix at a dealers as it had done a fair bit of damage to the gears and that was around 1994, hope that helps you.
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From: Deltona, FL
Just had a thought,i had an FXR some years ago,and the return spring in the gearbox broke i was around 5 miles from home at the time,and bike was stuck as i recall in 2nd gear,and i managed to ride it home, could be thats the problem with this bike of yours,at the time it cost around $600 in your money to fix at a dealers as it had done a fair bit of damage to the gears and that was around 1994, hope that helps you.
Personally, if you're buying this as a second bike to complement your brand new Harley and you're getting it as a project, I'd jump on it. I'd love to have another FXR and I've actually been checking Craigslist and Ebay a bit looking for a deal.
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I'd have no problems buying it. all it needs is some tranny work and it sounds like you'd be done.
I'm not afraid to get dirty and work on a bike.
oh, and OCT49, all harleys are money pits whether there's something wrong with them or not
I'm not afraid to get dirty and work on a bike.
oh, and OCT49, all harleys are money pits whether there's something wrong with them or not
