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Gentlemen (ladies, too) with knowledge of such: My neighbor has this bike in his garage. It was his father's bike and was purchased a year or so before he passed away in 2006. I'll assume his father was the 2nd owner, and it was purchased from a HD dealer about 30 miles from our town. An Ultra Classic in "luxury blue pearl/diamond ice". It has sat in his garage since his father died, as he or other family members share no desire for riding. I took these pics in and around all the other stuff stacked inside the garage. My question is basically two-fold: Besides a new battery, tires and fluid changes... what more would you expect needed to be done to bring her around mechanically, assuming she was in good shape when parked? The cosmetics would include a LOT of patina extraction, leather renewal and cleaning/buffing to dig down through the years of idleness. The last work order for a circuit breaker recall issue in 2004 revealed mileage of 11,762. Secondly, based on the above and the unknowns, what would you offer for this bike, as is? The family is still in the process of estate probation as the mother did not leave a will when she died just a couple of years ago. I'm sure he'd like to just roll it across the street and be shed of it, but he has to consider his siblings in generating a suitable sales price for estate purposes.
Thanks for any and all input. I'm retired now and have some time, but not a lot of extra funds laying around for "projects". I'm currently restoring a '75 FXE that I've owned since the '90's, to boot. Also, to my knowledge, the neighbor's machine is perfectly stock with the 1450cc engine of the time.
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