I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

Well, I have inherited a 62 Panhead this year. I am not familiar with bikes this old and not sure what to expect as far as a price I should ask for it. It was taken apart about 8 years ago to get a new paint job. Everything was working fine at that time. It was never put back together and has sat in storage ever since. Now I am looking for the value of it left apart in the boxes and the price I would be able to get if it was built back up to working condition. I currently have two people interested in buying it, but they have not seen it yet to give me a price. The only thing my dad told me he wanted to change on the bike was the forks. He said that the guy who owned the bike before him, for some god awful reason, put jap forks on it. Other than that I really don't know much else about it. Thank you in advance.

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

How much do you want for this basket case?

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

If it where My dads ,I would put it back together and ride it. You need to have some one look at it.Being all original other then the forks worth rebuilding . Or sell it to me cheep.62 pan last year befor sturges

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RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

put it back together. you won't be sorry. that was your Dads.

don't let the allmighty doller get in the way.

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

Get it rebuilt, then decide what you are going to do with it. If it were my dad's, no way Jose, I would sell it.

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

Don't sell it! Keep it, put it back together and ride it. A 62 is not old, it is just an older bike (old is like from the 20s and 30s). There are a couple of books and a factory manual that will guide you, along with members of this site who are very good at offering reliable information on pans. You won't be sorry...

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

You can get a parts book and service manual from Antique Cycle Supply. If you have those and know which direction to turn a wrench, you can put it together. There is nothing quite like riding a bike you built yourself, and that one will have special meaning to you.

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

If you want to sell it PM me.

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

What ever you do ,don't sell your bike without getting top dollar ,Ask The dealers what it would be worth ,but dont say its yours .Let on your toying with the idea of buying one ,and casually asking . Check all the internet sites that are advertising Harleys .You have a rare bike .If you decide to put it together ,you must be dedicated and LOVE doing it ,or it will frusterate the heck out of you .The first bike I built was a basket case ,as were the second and third .I had to get pictures from everywhere to see how the brakes went together ,and just about everything else too.But I loved it ,If someone paid me to put a lawn mower or airplane together I'd refuse ,but I love old bikes . If you read up you will find your bike was one of several years that had rear shocks but no electric start.There are so few of these bikes being ridden around that if you wait for the right guy you can get probably around 12.grand for it ,On the other hand There are bikes that year being sold assembled for that price ,but not all original and mostly they have been chopped or a mix match of all years . restoredwhich may cost up to $ 6,000.00including the cost of forks and you would need a written estimate first,I think you could get from $20,000 to $30,000 . Keep in mind I have no idea if your bike was all decked out with accessories from the period or pretty much bare ..The more accessories the more rare your bike ..Good luck ..

RE: I'm new with bikes and I just got a 62 Panhead
 

xcaret...Not sureI would say that a 62 pan is rare. Granted not a lot of old pans around today but when produced there were 5,184pans for that year. Rare would be something like a 58 FLH (195 total) vs 58 FL (1,591 total)or a 59 FLH (121 total) vs a 59FL (1,201). Even better would be a 63 FLH (100 total) out of a total pan production of 4,246.

No offense to anyone who works for Moco but IMHO Dealers, for the most part, haven't got a clue about the value of old pans.


If someone got somebody to pay 20-30K on a 62 panI would say he caught the biggest fish of all.


My$0.02...