KB Harley experts - I need your help please!
A work colleague has been given two Harley Davidsons from her father, with instructions to "just get rid of them" for not a heap of money. She knows nothing of bikes and wants nothing to do with them, so has offered them to me for first refusal. Based on the photos and a potential upcoming visit to see them, I need to decide whether the purchase price and cost of getting the bikes back to riding condition is financially viable if I am able to on sell them.
The story from the father goes: Both bikes were purchased new (possibly) in the mid-1970's, one is most likely from 1974, the second from 1975. They were both ridden sparingly and then they were mounted on a wall (yep, mounted on brackets on the wall) to look at for maybe 20 years in her fathers house. The story then goes that the house was subjected to a home invasion by a gang who were after the two bikes, but a couple of massive chains that were attached to the bikes and the beams of the house meant that they were not stolen. The bikes were then moved into secret storage for a further ten years until they finally saw they light of day again last week when they were pulled out and moved, and these photos were taken.
This has resulted in very low mileage on both of them, the 1974 bike has 11k miles on the speedo, and the 1975 bike only has under 3,000 kms. Yes they may have gone round the clock, or speedos been tampered with, but if the story of mounting and storage is true then the mileage could be believed. Not hard to confirm obviously when looking at wear and tear of the bike components etc.
Both bikes were started 10 years ago before they were moved to storage but not ridden. The 1975 one has a semi-locked back wheel, it was hard to move apparently over the weekend when they were pulled out of storage.
So my questions to the Harley faithful are:
- What is the model / year of the bike
- What would be their scrap value?
- What would be their value if up and running?
Apologies for the photo quality.
Any assistance would be highly appreciated!
Many thanks
Buzz
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