been out of the harley game for a few years and was ready to start riding again. was looking for another old shovel or possibly another ironhead to get my feet wet. but a deal on this bike was too good to pass up.

2000 Road King Police. the bike has a bunch of add ons and need some TLC (see pics). been collecting some parts and have some time this weekend to get some work done.

routine maintenance will be completed.

buff paint

polish chrome

remove black spray paint from the chromed parts (see pics)

polish, polish, polish

check cam tensioners

confirm or deny it has aftermarket cams

need new tires


all in all i'm happy with the bike. it needs some work but it's just the type of stuff i enjoy doing. it took a bit of will power to not just take it down to the bare frame now and redo everything. but it's great weather for riding. so just going to clean the thing up and get it safe. next winter will be a complete rebuild.


just washed it off and am on my lunch break. here's the base i'm starting with. more to follow tonight and through the weekend.









mistreated paint that's a year old. easy correction





hand controls flaking and oxidized





one of the owners wanted it "blacked out". say no to spray paint on chrome







rediculous exhaust. don't wrap your pipes please. was going to redo this setup with a single slip on but love the dual exhaust with hard bags. so i found some stock exhaust off an 08 and ordered some CFR slip ons. very excited for the new exhaust



oxidized wheels. better pics to come. need help identifying what wheels they are





kind of bummed about the tires. but they're not crazy expensive. more to the list

 

Looks like it's got a lot of potential. Keep us updated with pictures of your progress.

 

Only way you'll ever get rid of all that rust is strip it down to bare metal frame and work back up. Even then, the frame will be rusting from the inside. At least it would give you a chance to build it the way you'd like. I haven't seen that much rust on a Harley here in Minnesota, where there's no such thing as "too much salt". Nice looking bike otherwise, oughta still have some years left in it.

 

 

hey, congrats...I don't see anything that beer and tunes can't fix. that corrosion in the battery area is caused by gas from the AGM batteries when using a trickle charger...gas above 3psi gets vented and if the bike is not rolling the gas interact acts with metals.....copper within wires get eaten up as well as aluminum off fuses

 

a better pic of the wheels would help in identifying but they look like 05/06 stock road king standard wheels that have been chromed.

as for the bike itself. good find and good work so far man.. whether you buy new or used, you're going to spend $ and work on them.. Might as well get it cheaper on the front end and make it yours.

 

Thanks guys. It'll be a fun project. Nothing too difficult. The rust is 99% surface that you can scratch off with your finger. Should have some good results done today. Even got the wife out here helping!

 

Oh and bought a craftsman jack that was on sale for $80. Stupid thing sits too high. So have to roll up on 2x4's to get it up. Live and learn on the cheap tools

 

Here's the wheels. They're aluminum and are going to be saved. Quick test with the power ball showed good results

 

yeah those are stockers that have been chromed.