There's a dealer near me that has one of these with 4400 miles and I'm thinking about buying it. Any issues I should know about?


thanks
Mike

 

good luck finding parts if / when you need them

 

Don't know about any issues, but that engine/trans should still be all standard Sportster parts.

I've never owned one, but have ridden a '96 S1 Lightning & loved it. Sport bike handling with hotrod Sportster grunt? What's not to like?

 

I had an 06 lightning that I loved. I'm more of a cruiser guy so I went back to Harley. Parts and service are going to be difficult to find but for the most part not impossible because nothing on there is truly proprietary except maybe some plastics. Buellxb.com is a good source for good people and advice. I was on there a log when I had my Buell.

 

Nothing should be too hard to find as far as parts go. Bad Weather Bikers is a great source of knowledge.

As far as things to look for, check out the exhaust mounts. Pretty good chance it is cracked.

Another big one is the shock eyelet. They had a recall in the summer of 2000 and wouldn't sell any new ones until the fix was performed. You can have them pull the VIN or if there is a "strap" of metal around the shock eye it has been fixed. The better fix is a Penske shock, they put a bunch on Buells that year.

Buell was offering a hop up kit that year that they pretty much threw in with the bike. Came with an exhaust, hi-flow filter, and a race ECM.

Very torquey bike that wheelied easy so the steering head bearings may be beat up.

 

H-D recently updated their parts info to the dealers with all the parts that they have in stock to sell. Now that the 7 years is up any dealer can sell the part.