Harley guys...what's this bike worth? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**LEEVON** · 05-26-2009, 08:00 PM

A guy wants to trade this bike for my '87 silverado. He's advertising his at $6500 and I have mine at $4900. He put a new RevTech 100" motor in, just had a new inner primary installed. The paint is a home job and the bike has a bunch of miles. By the way if I got it I would promptly paint it black and change the fenders/seat. I'm fairly confident I could make the bike look alot better...

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/mcy/1170267619.html

That's all I know about the bike, what are your opinions? Should I throw in any cash, what's it worth?

**LEEVON** · 05-26-2009, 08:02 PM

If any of you Harley guys are so inclined, please drop by this thread and let me know what you think:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...76#post3328676

It's an '88 FSXTC with a bunch of miles, ugly paint and a new RevTech 100". What's it worth?

t&tkennels · 05-26-2009, 08:09 PM

id say that the engine & primary cost that much. so yeah its worth it. but is it still a harley with a non harley engine?

**LEEVON** · 05-26-2009, 08:20 PM

I guess there's two schools of thought on the engine, one negative because of what it is, the other positive because of what it is.

I'm sorta struggling with that, BUT...100hp has a much better ring than 50hp to me

vectorit · 05-26-2009, 08:26 PM

The engine alone sold new for close to 5 grand.
For what it is, along with the engine upgrade his price seems pretty fair.
The pictures are so small I can't see much detail, but it looks like there is no turn signals. Plus the pipes are sure to be obnoxious, so that along with no signals = major ticket bait, at least in my area.

Don't think that just because it's a bike, that the painting will be cheap! Unless you plan to do it, or you have a buddy that will hook you up. Since having all that tin preped and painted will cost quite a bit just for a basic black with no fancy stuff.
A shop that does MC paint and custom work, to do that up in basic black and lets say some basic pinstripe could cost a few grand alone.
I did some shopping around on this recently, and being that yours has a non factory paint job just adds another grand in the time it takes to strip it all off.
At least this is what I was being told by two very reputable MC custom paint shops here in SoCal.

If you can swing it, see if he is cool with taking it to a shop to get it checked out. If he has nothing to hide he should be cool with it, just as long as you guys agree on how to cover the shops cost in doing the check up.

That's my .02 on this scoot deal.

**LEEVON** · 05-26-2009, 08:34 PM

Thanks for the input vectorit. I appreciate what you're saying about the paint, I would probably do it myself as I've been fairly handy with the paint gun lately. I also have a neighbor who does media/soda/sand blasting. Another route would be powdercoating.

On a side track...my buddy just built a custom bike and had his frame and tins powdercoated locally for a very reasonable price then just won a show with it a couple weeks ago. It was his first build, he called it "war bird" and it had this lettered on it along with a tasteful eagle and some other touches. He is a decorated Army major with several tours in Iraq/Afghanistan. It was pretty cool to see the old timers drooling over his first build and he deserved it.

Yeah the little stuff on that bike would concern me, he's probably had it apart a couple times and likely there's some hacked wiring and worn stuff. If it was in my garage tonight I'd blow it apart and fix/change the stuff like I want it.

So would this be a good bike to start with price aside?

cdowns · 05-26-2009, 08:57 PM

you'd need to completely dismantle the bike to paint it//no smALL JOB//UNLESS youre doing yellow frame and black tins/i'd rather have a really nice 1200srortster at about the same price and less headaches---elecxtrics alignments etcseat fenders . i really dislike those bars and hate dragpipes

not my style of bike so i'm really not that objective

corn · 05-26-2009, 09:06 PM

Its worth @ $5K

t&tkennels · 05-26-2009, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LEEVON

I guess there's two schools of thought on the engine, one negative because of what it is, the other positive because of what it is.

I'm sorta struggling with that, BUT...100hp has a much better ring than 50hp to me

yeah, thats true.

**LEEVON** · 05-26-2009, 09:49 PM

well, I'm kinda on the down side of this. My wife had a good point, she said why bother if it's not the one you really want?

t&tkennels · 05-26-2009, 10:08 PM

well i would have to agree with your wife. if its not what you really want i would forget about & find somthing you want or youll never be be happy with it.

jwa76fleetside · 05-27-2009, 11:09 AM

5k or less bike

**lolife99** · 05-27-2009, 11:52 AM

I would pass on that bike. I wish I could trade you something for your '87. I have too many now to buy more and not get rid of anything.

smashingchuck · 05-27-2009, 12:26 PM

I am NOT a fan of the REVtech motors. They are made in Korea. I'd say it might be an even trade, but that bike has that "kit bike" look that just makes it pretty uncool to me.

**LEEVON** · 05-27-2009, 01:30 PM

I moved on, but what was I thinking? That bike is U-G-L-Y!!!

**LEEVON** · 05-27-2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolife99

I would pass on that bike. I wish I could trade you something for your '87. I have too many now to buy more and not get rid of anything.

Hmmm...do I get to pick

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**Thealien** · 05-27-2009, 01:42 PM

Not a rev tech fan. Even with a stock HD motor I would say 5,000 in this market.

05-26-2009, 08:00 PM	#1
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Harley guys...what's this bike worth? A guy wants to trade this bike for my '87 silverado. He's advertising his at $6500 and I have mine at $4900. He put a new RevTech 100" motor in, just had a new inner primary installed. The paint is a home job and the bike has a bunch of miles. By the way if I got it I would promptly paint it black and change the fenders/seat. I'm fairly confident I could make the bike look alot better... http://easttexas.craigslist.org/mcy/1170267619.html That's all I know about the bike, what are your opinions? Should I throw in any cash, what's it worth? __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids

05-26-2009, 08:02 PM	#2
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Guy wants to trade a Harley for my '87 swb... If any of you Harley guys are so inclined, please drop by this thread and let me know what you think: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...76#post3328676 It's an '88 FSXTC with a bunch of miles, ugly paint and a new RevTech 100". What's it worth? __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids

05-26-2009, 08:09 PM	#3
t&tkennels Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: creedmoor n.c. Posts: 188	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? id say that the engine & primary cost that much. so yeah its worth it. but is it still a harley with a non harley engine?

05-26-2009, 08:20 PM	#4
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? I guess there's two schools of thought on the engine, one negative because of what it is, the other positive because of what it is. I'm sorta struggling with that, BUT...100hp has a much better ring than 50hp to me __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids Last edited by LEEVON; 05-26-2009 at 08:22 PM.

05-26-2009, 08:26 PM	#5
vectorit What? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,617	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? The engine alone sold new for close to 5 grand. For what it is, along with the engine upgrade his price seems pretty fair. The pictures are so small I can't see much detail, but it looks like there is no turn signals. Plus the pipes are sure to be obnoxious, so that along with no signals = major ticket bait, at least in my area. Don't think that just because it's a bike, that the painting will be cheap! Unless you plan to do it, or you have a buddy that will hook you up. Since having all that tin preped and painted will cost quite a bit just for a basic black with no fancy stuff. A shop that does MC paint and custom work, to do that up in basic black and lets say some basic pinstripe could cost a few grand alone. I did some shopping around on this recently, and being that yours has a non factory paint job just adds another grand in the time it takes to strip it all off. At least this is what I was being told by two very reputable MC custom paint shops here in SoCal. If you can swing it, see if he is cool with taking it to a shop to get it checked out. If he has nothing to hide he should be cool with it, just as long as you guys agree on how to cover the shops cost in doing the check up. That's my .02 on this scoot deal. __________________ Chris 1968 K20 Suburban 1972 K10 LWB PU

05-26-2009, 08:34 PM	#6
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? Thanks for the input vectorit. I appreciate what you're saying about the paint, I would probably do it myself as I've been fairly handy with the paint gun lately. I also have a neighbor who does media/soda/sand blasting. Another route would be powdercoating. On a side track...my buddy just built a custom bike and had his frame and tins powdercoated locally for a very reasonable price then just won a show with it a couple weeks ago. It was his first build, he called it "war bird" and it had this lettered on it along with a tasteful eagle and some other touches. He is a decorated Army major with several tours in Iraq/Afghanistan. It was pretty cool to see the old timers drooling over his first build and he deserved it. Yeah the little stuff on that bike would concern me, he's probably had it apart a couple times and likely there's some hacked wiring and worn stuff. If it was in my garage tonight I'd blow it apart and fix/change the stuff like I want it. So would this be a good bike to start with price aside? __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids

05-26-2009, 08:57 PM	#7
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? you'd need to completely dismantle the bike to paint it//no smALL JOB//UNLESS youre doing yellow frame and black tins/i'd rather have a really nice 1200srortster at about the same price and less headaches---elecxtrics alignments etcseat fenders . i really dislike those bars and hate dragpipes not my style of bike so i'm really not that objective Attached Images __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY Last edited by cdowns; 05-26-2009 at 09:00 PM.

05-26-2009, 09:06 PM	#8
corn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: here Posts: 5,789	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? Its worth @ $5K

05-26-2009, 09:49 PM	#10
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? well, I'm kinda on the down side of this. My wife had a good point, she said why bother if it's not the one you really want? __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids

05-26-2009, 10:08 PM	#11
t&tkennels Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: creedmoor n.c. Posts: 188	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? well i would have to agree with your wife. if its not what you really want i would forget about & find somthing you want or youll never be be happy with it.

05-27-2009, 11:09 AM	#12
jwa76fleetside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: bothell Posts: 247	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? 5k or less bike __________________ 76 Chevy Fleetside 63 Lincoln Continental w/ Ford Racing 460 (550hp) 2012 VW GTI 2013 Escalade 2008 Harley

05-27-2009, 11:52 AM	#13
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,700	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? I would pass on that bike. I wish I could trade you something for your '87. I have too many now to buy more and not get rid of anything. __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

05-27-2009, 12:26 PM	#14
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? I am NOT a fan of the REVtech motors. They are made in Korea. I'd say it might be an even trade, but that bike has that "kit bike" look that just makes it pretty uncool to me. __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build

05-27-2009, 01:30 PM	#15
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? I moved on, but what was I thinking? That bike is U-G-L-Y!!! __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids

05-27-2009, 01:42 PM	#17
Thealien Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Ridge Florida Posts: 4,135	Re: Harley guys...what's this bike worth? Not a rev tech fan. Even with a stock HD motor I would say 5,000 in this market.



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