Bike Dilemna ??
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Bike Dilemna ??
Want to start riding again! Found theses two possibilities that I am pondering about.
1989 EG with S&S 111 6000 miles on motor. Pretty much redone(Front forks,swingarm,stator,new primo clutch,etc,) Needs Primary chain. $5500
2002 RG with Ultra TourPack 84k miles.Owner says he just takes it to Mechanic and tells him if it needs it,fix it! $6000 but will take $4800 FIRM.
Any advice on Pros and Cons on these Two will be DEEPLY APPRECIATED !!
Thanks in Advance
PackN
1989 EG with S&S 111 6000 miles on motor. Pretty much redone(Front forks,swingarm,stator,new primo clutch,etc,) Needs Primary chain. $5500
2002 RG with Ultra TourPack 84k miles.Owner says he just takes it to Mechanic and tells him if it needs it,fix it! $6000 but will take $4800 FIRM.
Any advice on Pros and Cons on these Two will be DEEPLY APPRECIATED !!
Thanks in Advance
PackN
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I have a 1990 EG owned from new with an S&S 107 motor with rather more miles on it. A great bike, as you would expect me to say! The 111 is successor to the 107, so more recent than my 2008 engine. You should get just over 100HP/100TQ with that engine, significantly more than from the '02. After that it's down to appearance, general condition, etc.
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you buy a used bike like those, you are buying someone else's problems.
how handy are you?
If you are able to work on the bike you can get a spankin' deal
if you are gonna be paying someone to work on it...with an older bike they forst have to try to figure out what all the previous guys have done to it
how handy are you?
If you are able to work on the bike you can get a spankin' deal
if you are gonna be paying someone to work on it...with an older bike they forst have to try to figure out what all the previous guys have done to it
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Neither one you deserve a hell of a lot better. The first one is too old,
and the second one is too ugly, but this is only my opinion. Now opinions
are like *** Holes, every body has one, and they usually stink like ****.
and the second one is too ugly, but this is only my opinion. Now opinions
are like *** Holes, every body has one, and they usually stink like ****.
2002 was a good year for engines, 85k is getting up there though.
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It's got an entirely new engine! 
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Want to start riding again! Found theses two possibilities that I am pondering about.
1989 EG with S&S 111 6000 miles on motor. Pretty much redone(Front forks,swingarm,stator,new primo clutch,etc,) Needs Primary chain. $5500
2002 RG with Ultra TourPack 84k miles.Owner says he just takes it to Mechanic and tells him if it needs it,fix it! $6000 but will take $4800 FIRM.
Any advice on Pros and Cons on these Two will be DEEPLY APPRECIATED !!
Thanks in Advance
PackN
1989 EG with S&S 111 6000 miles on motor. Pretty much redone(Front forks,swingarm,stator,new primo clutch,etc,) Needs Primary chain. $5500
2002 RG with Ultra TourPack 84k miles.Owner says he just takes it to Mechanic and tells him if it needs it,fix it! $6000 but will take $4800 FIRM.
Any advice on Pros and Cons on these Two will be DEEPLY APPRECIATED !!
Thanks in Advance
PackN
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From: Glen Rose TX
I'll skip the stuff about getting a newer bike as you are obviously looking for something in that price range.
Tough call but I think I'd lean towards the one with the newer S&S motor in it.
Obviously the guy was sinking some money into it and likely reached the point that he no longer wanted to do that and is either bailing out altogether of getting together a good down payment for a new/newer bike. But is it a runner being that it needs a primary chain so you can at least give it a spin around the block?
Tough call but I think I'd lean towards the one with the newer S&S motor in it.
Obviously the guy was sinking some money into it and likely reached the point that he no longer wanted to do that and is either bailing out altogether of getting together a good down payment for a new/newer bike. But is it a runner being that it needs a primary chain so you can at least give it a spin around the block?