Does it stay or does it go?

[Biggles2000]

Sell it and let some one else enjoy the ownership. Would a evo glide be a suitable donor for a custom?

[Bren]

i will take it off yer hands....for a fee!

[Big Dave]

Would a evo glide be a suitable donor for a custom?

Hell yeah - keep it as a glide and bling the S&S out of it. Performance machine wheels, bose stereo, flame job.

Jack it up, set of fournales and a front end tweak and in the right hands they gets along.

[popelli]

pic attached

[Padmei]

I take it you're in England. Is the bike there too? I reackon keep it as it will be worth more money later

Just seen photo - very very cool!

[The Lone Rider]

Yeah I know I'd take it - keep it as my rally bike, and muscle up the v4 for shows

[oldrider]

pic attached

Nice, looks in great condition, history is a good advert for Harley Davidsons too! John.

[Headbanger]

Hell yeah, Damn cool.

I'd do what Dave suggested, Or maybe just an engine rebuild with a few performance tweaks, a full paint and polish, new seat. She be the badness.

Though I like her just the way she is.

[popelli]

, Or maybe just an engine rebuild with a few performance tweaks, a full paint and polish, new seat..

engine rebuild ??? why it runs fine as it is nice flat torque curve with 77ftlbs torgue on the dyno and 67 hp at the rear wheel, had ev27 cam & S&S carb fitted 12 years ago, and about 5 years ago got a 5 angle valve grind and skimmed heads 30 thou to bump compression - to get any more power is serious money and less rideability - tried a ev46 cam it was great at 80 plus mph but bottom end power suffered

paint??? yes but there are acres of plastic and I have other projects to spend money on

new seat?????? it has FXRP seat which is sprung independantly to the frame to give about 1/2" movement these seats are just about the most comfortable seat you can get, why change to something that would be less comfortable

[Headbanger]

Fair enough then.......

Sounds like it deserves to be ridden by someone who could enjoy it rather then be parted out.

[Meanie]

Keep it if you can, otherwise sell it to someone who will ride it
I realy wish id have kept some of my old bikes
I dont like to see any bike pulled to bits for parts unless its totaly stuffed

[popelli]

have decided to keep this bike and give it a birthday

complete ground up rebuild starting with complete strip down and repainting the frame

anybody got any advice for curing the weave these bikes get at 85mph plus, it used to, about 60 thousand miles ago be dead stable at these speeds, now it feels inherently unstable

apart from new wheel bearings, rubber engine mounts, steering head bearings and swingarm bearings as anybody got any ideas

[Horse]

anybody got any advice for curing the weave these bikes get at 85mph plus, it used to, about 60 thousand miles ago be dead stable at these speeds, now it feels inherently unstable

I know there's a lot of enthusiasm on some of the HD touring forums for add-on stabilisers like this one due to perceived issues with the way the motor mount & swing arm interact. I say perceived because it seems to be a bit controversial, some claim it's unnecessary and some say adding a stabiliser has transformed their bike (see threads like this). I don't know enough about the actual mechanical bits involved to even begin to have an opinion. I do know the pro-stabiliser faction point to the frame redesign of the 09 tourers as vindication that there was a problem that needed addressing.

I don't know if this is related to the problem you're experiencing - the guy linked above only makes his kits for 1997 model year and above, so possibly the issue doesn't apply to earlier bikes.

[naberus]

good idea on keeping it i have an electra glide also that i bought when i was 19 i dont ride it so much these days as i have other more fun bikes to ride i have put some big miles on it in the last few years though i think theyre great bikes i wouldnt sell unless i had to mines 1980

[popelli]

thanks Horse for the info, the kit won't fit my bike (86) but the idea can be easily replicated / copied