They ride like anything else, really. It's what you make it to be. A hardtail is a hardtail; but if you leave it a swingarm, it's a little sloppier than a modern bike, but not bad, and the ride is pretty smooth.

 

I would ask to see receipts to see what 'recently rebuilt' means and check the compression and keep in mind you may be doing motor or drivetrain soon...'cause you just never know.

I've ridden mine into the oceans on both sides of us. Do maintenance through the winter and minor adjustments through the summer. I keep on top of it and it hasn't failed me.

It rides like a 50yr old bike...kicks back once in a while...but...you can measure the man by the stallion he's tamed.

Taming a Stallion is fun...riding them gives great pleasure.

Old Iron is the way to go...

 

My Ironhead takes the bumps better than my Evo. The Evo is more solid around curves.

I like Scotts comment also about a 35 year old bike that starts on the first kick. I love it!! I give her two shots of gas with the throttle, put the choke on, kick it through 3 times with ignition off to prime the cylinders. Open the choke, turn on the ignition and she roars to life on the first kick.

That's of course after a good inspection and tune-up.

I do like having the best of both worlds, nice to have options for riding.

 

Wel my penny pinching/saving starts now and I will get some income tax return so in time I will be there probably first half of next year. I see the ironheads appeal and the evos appeal. I may just weigh each while I save and go from there. I do think a 1000cc ironhead or 1200cc evo would be what I like. I think the ironhead would be cool but would be a challenge to find an engine that hasn't been beaten to **** or whatnot.

 

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Probably gonna pull the trans to fix it.

 

A friend of mine just got this 98 1200s off craigslist for $2750...

 

I would start by lubing the shaft at the case and if that doesn't do it then you might be looking at a bent shifter arm or worn shifter cam or pawl carrier springs in the gear box.

 

You guys have some great deals down there. A buddy of mine just sold a 1200 98 xlc for $8500 cdn. (and our dollar is par with yours)

It doesn't say good things about your economy though.

 

Thanks scottfisher. I'm going to start tear down monday as i think it's a worn pawl but for 900.00 bucks i can put a little money into it.