$3300 to replace a wiring harness on 95 road king?
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$3300 to replace a wiring harness on 95 road king?
My boyfriend, who doesn't have much experience working on bikes recently had his 95 road king die. The shop said that the wiring harness is bad and to replace will be around 2300 in parts (for the harness) plus another 1k in labor. Does this sound about right?
And if not is it possible to have a wiring harness rebuilt? Or where can he get an after market model?
Thank you I really appreciate it.
And if not is it possible to have a wiring harness rebuilt? Or where can he get an after market model?
Thank you I really appreciate it.
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Very limited information..all we know is 1995 road king and someone says wire harness.
Rather rare for an entire wire harness to be required unless bike was in a fire situation.
Seems like the shop basically had no clue and did not want to work on it.
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Miles
Upgrades like bars, pipes, air cleaner, carb or fuel injected although that year should be carb unless it was something special.
was bike a repo, pulled from a lake, rebuilt title..
The more information provided the better.
Did someone check the battery, charging system, fuel,fuel tank, coil any history or description helps.
If the owner has absolutely no mechanical experience they may wish to consider taking bike to an indy. mechanic...You could do the wire harness, coil, ignition, switches, battery, stator, regulator, replace hoses, fluids, several electricals and still have money left over at an indy if that gives you an idea.
Rather rare for an entire wire harness to be required unless bike was in a fire situation.
Seems like the shop basically had no clue and did not want to work on it.
Consider adding some information:
Miles
Upgrades like bars, pipes, air cleaner, carb or fuel injected although that year should be carb unless it was something special.
was bike a repo, pulled from a lake, rebuilt title..
The more information provided the better.
Did someone check the battery, charging system, fuel,fuel tank, coil any history or description helps.
If the owner has absolutely no mechanical experience they may wish to consider taking bike to an indy. mechanic...You could do the wire harness, coil, ignition, switches, battery, stator, regulator, replace hoses, fluids, several electricals and still have money left over at an indy if that gives you an idea.
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I had a 1996 Road King completely rewired for about one half of that price and that involved converting from a Fuel Injection harness to a Carb harness and using one from a different model bike which involved extending a lot of the wires.
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what happened to the original harness?. a replacement shouldn't be much more then $250-300. you could find a used one for $100. 2 hours labor is plenty of time to do the work.
any decent shop would fix the bad wire, not replace the entire harness.. i would rewire a bike from scratch for a couple hundred..
any decent shop would fix the bad wire, not replace the entire harness.. i would rewire a bike from scratch for a couple hundred..
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