1997 Sportster w/6.4 miles - Value?
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08-02-2024 | 10:14 PM
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What a shame that the bike has never been ridden. That bike will probably take some money to get it ride ready, so price would be about the same as any other Sportster. Here in South Central Pa that bike would sell for about $2000-$3000 tops.
And if you're going to buy a Harley as a collector's piece, make sure it's not a base model, plain Jane Sportster.
And if you're going to buy a Harley as a collector's piece, make sure it's not a base model, plain Jane Sportster.
Chances are it will leak about everything after riding it a bit,dried out gaskets and seals.
Tires will need replaced,brakes will need gone through,probably a carb rebuild and the list goes on.
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08-03-2024 | 08:54 AM
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Tank dry, carb dry of gas? Tires still the originals that came with it? A collector bike would be first year, low production built, like the XR1000. being in the sportster category of collecting in that series.
Is it refined some thru the years but still is an Evo type top end representation? Yes. So say if it was a 1984 first year, maybe 10k to start at a Vegas auction, where collectors pay good money because if the want it they've got the bank.
But yours is not an '84. It's booked at 3k and change. So say 7k? Privately, you'll be selling what the market will only pay. Auction, you might get lucky someone has room to park it like the queen it is.
Is it refined some thru the years but still is an Evo type top end representation? Yes. So say if it was a 1984 first year, maybe 10k to start at a Vegas auction, where collectors pay good money because if the want it they've got the bank.
But yours is not an '84. It's booked at 3k and change. So say 7k? Privately, you'll be selling what the market will only pay. Auction, you might get lucky someone has room to park it like the queen it is.
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08-03-2024 | 09:45 AM
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08-03-2024 | 11:32 AM
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I had an early '84 FXRS ,Evo motor but the rest was like a Shovel with the dry clutch and all chain drive.
Sportsters got the Evo two years later for the '86 model year.
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08-03-2024 | 08:23 PM
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08-03-2024 | 10:25 PM
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What I've noticed about HD is the top and bottom evolution of model changes. The pan, shovel, and now Y2K's info about the shovel clutch bottom end, and evo top, was the same as my nephew schooling me with the terms cone and slab side. Cone being a single cam, and slab being 4 cams across. Just more trivia to remember if that interests one.
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08-04-2024 | 08:07 PM
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What I've noticed about HD is the top and bottom evolution of model changes. The pan, shovel, and now Y2K's info about the shovel clutch bottom end, and evo top, was the same as my nephew schooling me with the terms cone and slab side. Cone being a single cam, and slab being 4 cams across. Just more trivia to remember if that interests one.
The big twins were all single cam until the Twincam came out in 1999.
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