Lost frame
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From: Suncoast
so you lost your 81 frame but want to know if all the stolen parts of it will fit a 76 frame you found on the cheap to register a legal bike????
for a first post a doubt you'll get much help around here on this
for a first post a doubt you'll get much help around here on this
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From: NH
Not like that at all. I was in a serious accident a number of years ago with the 81 shovel. I was having a friend rebuild the bike for me. He had sent the frame out to be straightened and painted, but in the interim he passed away (cancer). No one knows where he sent the frame, including me obviously. So I have all my original parts except the frame.
I just saw a frame for 1976 FXE advertised for sale and just wondered if this would work for me.
Thanks for the response.
I just saw a frame for 1976 FXE advertised for sale and just wondered if this would work for me.
Thanks for the response.
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From: Michigan 15 Minutes East Of Hell
Wow .... That a rather big assumption!
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From: Suncoast
Not like that at all. I was in a serious accident a number of years ago with the 81 shovel. I was having a friend rebuild the bike for me. He had sent the frame out to be straightened and painted, but in the interim he passed away (cancer). No one knows where he sent the frame, including me obviously. So I have all my original parts except the frame.
I just saw a frame for 1976 FXE advertised for sale and just wondered if this would work for me.
Thanks for the response.
I just saw a frame for 1976 FXE advertised for sale and just wondered if this would work for me.
Thanks for the response.
It is.
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From: south bend, IN
just curious, how long ago was it sent for a frame repair? I did that to my old one years ago, but now cannot seem to get any such frame work. They actually want to total my bike as we speak, and I really do not think there is much at all wrong with it. The cross bar where the front engine guards is mildly bent from laying her down.....
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Not many shops are tooled to straighten frames. It's easier to total them. There are a few indy's that have the jigs to do the deed. There is one in Port Arthur, TX that does it.
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From: SE Pa.
This probably doesn't apply to a shovelhead frame, but a little fyi about restoring a newer frame.
Several yrs ago a friend was in an accident on his 1996 HD (don't remember the model), the bike frame was bent. He talked to the HD dealer about rebuilding his bike and getting a new frame. He was told that the company (HD) would build him a new frame and stamp his old numbers on the new frame. The dealer would cut the neck w/ the numbers off his old frame send it to HD, they would make a new frame for his 1996 HD. Then HD would destroy the old neck.
He said for this to happen, all parties involved would have to agree. These parties would be, him the owner, insurance company, HD dealer, and the HD company. All parties agreed, he got a new frame and his bike put back together as it was originally.
Several yrs ago a friend was in an accident on his 1996 HD (don't remember the model), the bike frame was bent. He talked to the HD dealer about rebuilding his bike and getting a new frame. He was told that the company (HD) would build him a new frame and stamp his old numbers on the new frame. The dealer would cut the neck w/ the numbers off his old frame send it to HD, they would make a new frame for his 1996 HD. Then HD would destroy the old neck.
He said for this to happen, all parties involved would have to agree. These parties would be, him the owner, insurance company, HD dealer, and the HD company. All parties agreed, he got a new frame and his bike put back together as it was originally.