since I bought my sportster 48 I haven't been using my road king. most of my earlier riding buddies from my youth have passed, married or dropped their bikes so I dont have many people left to ride long distance with, in the meantime I bought a sporty 48 to keep the bike thing going, I hated not riding & the 48 is much easier to pull out of the garage every morning to hop on and rip around within 100 miles or so a day. I was going to sell the road king this year but realized it wasn't even worth it due to the depreciation of the bike, so I figured I might as well keep it in the garage in case I find new friends that do road trips or in case I feel like taking off for a weekend. one of my buddies suggested I put a few dollars into it and wake it up a little, give it a makeover if you will, so I did... I took the bike to my friends shop...got a new c&c ostrich solo seat, threw on some thunderheaders, with an s&s carb,blacked out the whole front end and all the fender trim in a gloss black, blacked out the motor with a wrinkle black, and put on a set of RSD 12" pro step handlebars, arlen ness grips, Harley round mirrors, blacked out the inside of my front rotors, powder coated the stock mags black, new brake pads, put 2 new Michelin tires on,had it detailed and now it's finally done! got the call this morning to come check it out. the bike looks brand new, & it was definitely alot cheaper than selling it for nothing and buying another big bike for $20,000+ in the next year or 2 when I remember I cant go too far on the 48 without pain.

 

Very nice! Have you had a chance to ride it yet? How's it run?

 

Looks great,it's always amazing how a lot of labour and some paint and powder coat can transform a bike!How about a before pic?

 

What a beauty

 

Very nice indeed! Hey, if you need someone to ride with, just head down to NC and we can ride the Blue Ridge or the Dragon.

I also have a Sporty Custom and both get equal saddle time.

 

Beautiful bike, Love the flames on the black.

 

I totally forgot to do a "before pic"...my bad
it was a stock chromed out motor, corbin 2up seat, lower handle bars, 2" white bros straight pipes, stock setup, one on each side, stock chrome front end, stock mag flhr rims

 

I did the same thing with my 'King. It's at the painter now getting stretched bags and a Woody's fairing. Was way cheaper than trading in and buying a new bike. Yours looks great I hope you have many great miles on it!

 

not yet, going to try and get out today...

 

Looks good.