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From: San Quirino, Italy
Other than the cam tensioners, that is the best twin cam motor Harley has ever produced. If it has a carb, jump on it. It it has MM injection, do some reading. It's not bad but it can be a PITA...
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From: Left Coast FL
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Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Fort Scott
its a classic, can you tell me what size motor came in these? Sorry for the rookie questions but this is my first harley. Been riding for a long time but in the dirt and street bike.
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From: Michigan
That's a good price.
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
My only issue would be one of upkeep. A 13 year old bike with that low mileage, hell it may still have the original tires on it. I'm at 36,000 miles and my bike is only two and a half years old.
See if he'd be willing to have it checked out, or let you arrange for it to be checked out by a dealer or a indy just to be safe.
See if he'd be willing to have it checked out, or let you arrange for it to be checked out by a dealer or a indy just to be safe.
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From: Louisiana
I bought an '02 Fatboy last fall with 16K on the clock. Guy was asking $7500 but I brought up about the cam chain tensioners and asked if he would split the cost of having the bike checked out. He countered by dropping the price to $6500, sold. I checked it out myself and everything was good to go. Put some new tires and have put 2k miles on it this winter with no problems. You might do something similar and use the "checkup" as purchase leverage. It should be good to go if it runs good.