I'm going to look at an '05 electra glide standard with a carb. Are these later models ok with a carb?

I was also wondering how difficult it is to install an aftermarket stereo and speakers into these?

This bike had low miles, a matching tour pack added, and other than that it is completely stock. What do you think of $10,550?

 

As far as the carb goes, no problem. It will actually give you just a hair more hp than FI. Just let it warm up properly.

 

That's a positive! I actually feel better working on a carb over FI too.

 

Check to see if it had the valve seals replaced or if it was a problem with it. 05's had some oil consumption issues with the valve seals.

 

I run a carb on my 03 and wouldn't have it any other way. +1 on the valve seals. Check the plugs for oil and you should be fine. Good luck.

 

I have that same bike. My carb has not been an issue at all. As is w/ any 06 and earlier tc88, if it's at 20,000 miles or more, inquire about the cam tensioners. As for the radio, I installed a kenwood excelon radio and if I can do it, anyone can. No hand controls though, and I have no speakers in the tour pack. The price seems great, I paid considerably more for mine, but it had a lot of accessories I wanted and really low miles, 4,700.

 

I bought my last bike ( 2006 FLHT) because it had a carb.
The carbs are easy to tune and for about $20.00 worth of jets and a needle , will run beautiful and get better fuel mileage than stock.
If I could have bought my '09 with a carb , I would have in a second.
The bike should be wired for a stock stereo , so that shouldn't be much of a problem.
I traded my '06 in and the dealer resold it for around $13,500 with 12,000 miles on it , so the price seems pretty good (at least around my area).
I always felt that with a carb , I could probably limp it home , but an injected bike pretty much stays where it dies so to speak.
Mick

 

Seems like a good deal then. It only has 10,000 miles, so I think I will pull the trigger.

The valve seals have not been touched, should that be a deal breaker?

 

good for you causeofhim. carbs are so much simpler than fuel injection, and it's something that we can actually work on rather than taking it in for someone else to fix. the carbs are easy to work on. joe minton has done lots of mods on the keihen carbs, and his recommendation is to use the 88 through 90 sportster needle, and jetting preferences, and of course if the dummy plug has not been knocked out to where you can adjust the idle mixture, that's easy to do. you can google joe minton cv carb mods, and you'll find his knowledge on the subject quite useful. i prefer carbs, but nowadays fuel injection is about all we can find. you're gonna dig that ride.

 

The valve seals have not been touched, should that be a deal breaker?