brainfrz think it through, stock is better than no bike at all.
if you do part it out the only way your getting decent $$ is to sell the part out all at once.
i sell ebay alot, go check out a guy on ebay handle: mechanix1 he parts out entire sportsters in one shot ALL the time n the say he auctions gets him more $$ than guys who try sell a couple parts at a time.
i'd seriously just be happy stock rather than go the sell it whole or part out route.

 

my pops keeps telling me about that. is that a real threat? u think it really will be a problem soon? not to threadjack my own thread..

 

Well I do not have some of my stock parts since I bought the bike used, but the only parts I have kept that I have taken off is the seat-part of the XL50 package and the mirror and I ended up putting them back on.

I say sell them and get some money back

 

I'm kinda in the same boat, with not being able to milk money away from other things to spend on my Iron. I try to sell all my stuff because A) I don't have the room for it, and B) I don't have a bunch of money lying around to spend unless I sell stuff. I tell people that selling a bike with aftermarket gear on it is like selling a house with a pool: you're not going to make any money off of the extras, but if someone else selling the same kind of house without a pool, you're more likely to entice the buyer. Just my outlook on it, and it has worked well for ME in the past.

 

If you do sell your stock stuff try to have the buyer come to your workplace to look at it. There have been cases of "buyers" coming over to look at parts just to scope out your ride and the security of your garage, next day you come home from work and your bike is gone.

 

I keep some of the take offs and give some to buddies when they need it or want it. They do the same with me, the SE exhaust on my Sporty was take offs from my buds Softtail.

I may eventually sell some of the parts but I tend to hold onto them in case I or someone needs them.

 

I re-assembled the stock exhaust and hung it on my wall as "art". Now, my "take-off parts box" is smaller because of it. But yes, I throw all the take offs into a box up in my attic.

 

I'm going t opost all my parts in clasifieds on here. There is just to much I want to do to my bike and I don't have the $$. I got the title for the bike and don't plan on getting rid of the thing, maybe buying another bike down the road. So if anyone is looking for parts keep an eye out for my post.

 

Ha ha! That's great!

I've actually been brainstorming lately about different things to use my OEM stuff for in my garage that would make them practical. For instance, I'm gonna turn my OEM bars into a paper towel, extension cord holder. I'm gonna attach the risers right to the wall and have the bars come right em! May turn my ham can air cleaner into an artistic expression along with my mid controls. Haaaha!

I say, for the nickles and dimes I'd get for my OEM stuff on EvilBay, I'd rather have OEM Harley crap hanging off the walls of my garage!

 

Begger here

If you have stock 1200 heads laying around, I need some. I'd be more than happy to clear up some of you attic space... (Not totally begging, I am willing to pay for them).