@tinkeringwithharleys I have a love hate relationship with my bikes, especially when it comes time to wash them. I wish someone would invent something to keep them from ever getting dirty Haaa
It's a labor of love. If I owned a Shovelhead like yours I'd be pulling my hair out of my head. Your carburetor issues sure don't seem to be going away
Thank you so much for the compliment!!! Oddly enough, there were brochures out for the 95th Anniversary models and the one missing in every one I've seen is the Road Glide. The Mo-Co didn't make a Tour Glide in 1997 as they were tooling up for the new model the "Road Glide". It's been my "suspicion" that they probably weren't sure if the new Road Glide would be ready in time so they probably left it out of all of the brochures. Their initial numbers were very low production due to the fact that the Tour Glides weren't good sellers so they deliberately chose keep their numbers low. Believe it or not my factory carbureted Standard is way rarer than the Anniversary bike is. I've seen my share of EFI 1998 Road Glides but so far I've never seen another carbureted one. I love mine, it's the best bike I've ever owned and I've had upwards of 6 HD's in my life.
Nice lineup Kenneth! You are a true officianado. Years ago you commented on my kurtben519 channel about my "catastrophic ressurection" bike that I put too much money and time into it and that it was probably a waste of time and now look at what you've done! Ironic eh?
Haaaa Hi John, yes Sir. It all boils down to how bad do you REALLY want to save it and how deep your pockets are! LOL I put more money into the motor than the actual cost of the motorcycle 🤦🏻♂️ Probably not the smartest thing in the world to do but it was a bike i was on the hunt for and was almost an impossible find. A 1998 carbureted "Road Glide standard" is an extremely hard find. How's your bike holding up? Thanks for chiming in and thanks for the compliment
Thanks Kenneth! I think we would get along! The glide is great and running well. Put a lot of S&S stuff in it like gear drive 583 cams and a D&D fatcat also. Check out my johnnielsen5076 channel for my 2002 road king classic ressurection! She's the third in the stable now. Mine are called Esmerelda, Black Betty and the king is Laverne! Cheers mate!
Beautiful bikes. My father in law has a 1999 Electra Glide that’s sat for >4 years. I’d like to buy it from him and restore it. You’ve given me hope I wasn’t being foolish.
It's not easy Jeff, I just got done tinkering with both carburetors. Annie and Fatboy, they started running fat due to the extreme change in humidity. I hate tinkering...
