A friend of mine had an '08 FLHT. At idle, it looked like his front wheel was ready to bounce off the ground.

There was actually nothing wrong with his bike. That's just how the 96 in his bike idled. Off idle that thing was pretty much as smooth as glass.

Still, wouldn't hurt to change out the front motor mount. It's not a difficult job.

I'm running a glide pro front mount in my '06.

 

Don't forget that the engine mounts are different pre-2009 as well. The 07 he's looking at has a single front motor mount that is notorious for failing causing serious vibration.

 

BOTH of the above statements.
Glide Pro engine mount. Glide Pro

and

Check you fairing brackets. Both of mine were broken.

 

Surprised nobody has told him to check the inner fairing brackets. I chased this problem for a while (replaced mounts) and eventually peeled the fairing off a few times. The cracks in the fairing mount didnt show until they both completely failed and snapped.

 

Um.... post numbers 4, 6, & 13 suggested checking the fairing brackets...

 

Hahaha. Beat me to it.

 

OK if I get that bike will check on the above items and report back. Thanks

 

I don’t want to keep you from buying it but that started happening to me on my 2007 Street Glide and I eventually lost oil pressure. Keep an eye on it. What happened was the crankshaft slipped and got out of whack. I ended up getting a new crank and oil pump, covered under warranty thankfully. One of many problems with it. If you really like the bike then make sure you get a warranty. If not I would suggest a 2009 or newer. Plenty of good 07s out there I’m sure but I wanted to give you a heads up.

 

My 07 Ultra was exactly the same. I enjoyed every one of the 22,000 miles I put on it.

 

My 07 Rk shakes like hell, always has, I did change the front motor mount to the glide pro, smoothed out some but still shakes hard at idle.

rk classic.