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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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Always heard there were 85 shovels built for police depts...never seen one...check this one out...8254 miles


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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 12:27 AM
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Nice looking but he must be smoking some really good $hit to believe he's going to get a price of 18K...and that does not even meet reserve. There are several guys on the shovelhead forum who have some really, really nice 85 Shovels.


Sorry but this seller must think he is going to retire with the money he dreams of making.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by panz4ever
Nice looking but he must be smoking some really good $hit to believe he's going to get a price of 18K...and that does not even meet reserve. There are several guys on the shovelhead forum who have some really, really nice 85 Shovels.


Sorry but this seller must think he is going to retire with the money he dreams of making.
Speculators are getting more common with older stock shovels like that , seems guys sitting on shovel parts around here think the stuffs gold and I mean tossed off crap in a crate we where getting for a $10 bill for all a few years back .
 
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Originally Posted by panz4ever
Nice looking but he must be smoking some really good $hit to believe he's going to get a price of 18K...and that does not even meet reserve. There are several guys on the shovelhead forum who have some really, really nice 85 Shovels.


Sorry but this seller must think he is going to retire with the money he dreams of making.

Not as much as this guy...he is really smoking something.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS:MOTORS:1123
 
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom84FXST
Not as much as this guy...he is really smoking something.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS:MOTORS:1123
K...you get the prize in the Cracker Jack box for finding this one. Wow!
 
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Both nice but no way on the price.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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Thought they stopped Shovels in 84? I have a 84 FLHS.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Raider Bill
Thought they stopped Shovels in 84? I have a 84 FLHS.
Yes and no...MoCo had committed to five-oh folks on deliveries of FLH models so some were actually 1985 models.

Enjoy your ride... shovels are a dying breed...84/85...all good!
 
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Originally Posted by Raider Bill
Thought they stopped Shovels in 84? I have a 84 FLHS.

They stopped making "production" shovels in 84...but they had tons of contracts for bikes....mostly police depts...that shovels went to in 85...got rid of all their "leftovers'...lol
 
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That is a nice and unique bike...up for collectors mostly I would say. Too much investment for a rider...documentation would have helped this one big time.
 
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