Recently my wife and I inherited a 1998 Dyna Low Rider from her Uncle. History of the bike; was my wife's fathers bike. He has passed and the bike went to her Uncle in 2007. He stored it in a shop until 2014, when a Harley Davidson shop in Ohio went through the bike and had it running well. Bike sat until January when I picked it up. Bad fuel in the tank of course. Had the bike looked through at another dealership and the tank is rusted horribly inside. I was told to find a new tank for the bike. I've been searching ever since and this has turned into a needle in a hay stack. Any recommendations as to where to find one or what else could fit?
The last year of the EVo in that model. The seat on those is great. But check underneath it. They sometimes begin to rust at the rails under the seat. You might want to catch that as quick as you can.
You might be able to find a stock tank somewhere, but something like a Paughco tank is what you might want to look at. Course, you'll probably want to Kreem the inside of it, and it'll need to be primed and painted. The low rider is going to be a little different to fit due to the tank mounted gauges. While you're at it, you should check out the Pingel petcock for it. And if they still make them, a carlini torque arm will do wonders for the handling.
If you can find an aftermarket shop where someone has some evo experience, it'll do wonders. I wouldn't trust most of the dealers to work on a bike that's coming up on 20 years old. They just don't have the experience that some of the geezers do. I had a 93 fxdl back in the 90s. It was a great bike.
You can probably ferret one out on E-bay. And you can also let up on the amount of tie-downs you're using on the bike! One set for the bars and one across the bottom of the rim in the rear is plenty.
The last year of the EVo in that model. The seat on those is great. But check underneath it. They sometimes begin to rust at the rails under the seat. You might want to catch that as quick as you can.
You might be able to find a stock tank somewhere, but something like a Paughco tank is what you might want to look at. Course, you'll probably want to Kreem the inside of it, and it'll need to be primed and painted. The low rider is going to be a little different to fit due to the tank mounted gauges. While you're at it, you should check out the Pingel petcock for it. And if they still make them, a carlini torque arm will do wonders for the handling.
If you can find an aftermarket shop where someone has some evo experience, it'll do wonders. I wouldn't trust most of the dealers to work on a bike that's coming up on 20 years old. They just don't have the experience that some of the geezers do. I had a 93 fxdl back in the 90s. It was a great bike.
Thank you for your reply. I will look into your recommendations. Hopefully we get her going.
You can probably ferret one out on E-bay. And you can also let up on the amount of tie-downs you're using on the bike! One set for the bars and one across the bottom of the rim in the rear is plenty.
02-17-2017, 09:23 PM
Fuel Tank 98' Dyna Low Rider
