What to look for in a soft tail
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What to look for in a soft tail
I’m test riding a 1999 Night Train tonight.
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Is there anything in particular I need to look for/at?
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I've never road a soft tail but I like the looks of this bike.
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I had to sell my \\;low rider a while ago. So it's time for another HD.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.[/align]
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RE: What to look for in a soft tail
I would hold the grips real light and check for wobble in the steering head.
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Other than that only the obvious stuff like leakage, signs of being dumped ete.
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Mike
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Other than that only the obvious stuff like leakage, signs of being dumped ete.
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RE: What to look for in a soft tail
Do \\;a walk around. Put your hands on critical fasteners, swingarm pivot bolt and nut. Free moving throttle. needs to idle smoothly no shakin like a rubber mount. smooth fork movement. rear end should move good too unless its been lowered.
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RE: What to look for in a soft tail
Last year for the evo motor. Your going to feel more vibration than the newer counter balanced softails have but that isnt necessarily a bad thing. It can be a really good fun ride. Check general maintanance, it should tell you overall condition.
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RE: What to look for in a soft tail
I'm going to have to wait till Monday to ride it I got to the guys business yesterday afternoon and they decided to close early for the weekend so I didn't get to check it out. \\;[sm=confused06.gif][/align] \\;[/align]Big Tractor Pull weekend here.[/align] \\;[/align]Small town living ya gotta love it.[/align]
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