My brothers 01 Roadking

Pulled the carb of and the boot was not torn but was pushed in a one side. Took a pic maybe you can spot it. Stopped most of the Hic Ups but not all. Course the temps are down in the 50's. Head light is back on and the front breaks are now working very well after rebuilding the master cylinder. You probably can't see much on the side bag on the inside but the right inside corner has bondo in it and it is tweaked. Got the lid to stay close now when latched.
I would really like to rebuild the carb with Kens kit if he is going to keep the bike.


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That's a good looking dark Blue , Is the s bag repair where he went down & they fixed it ? & yes you can see the ring out of round bet it leaked a bit

It caughed real bad before now just a little. Carb needs to be rebuilt and rejetted. Told him if he is going to keep it let's rebuild it otherwise leave it alone.
Side bag repair was when he went down.

Bike is all done as far as I can go with it for now. Did adjust the A/F mixture screw out another 1/4 of a turn and it's out to 3 turns now. Engine runs pretty good now that the choke and the RPM's are adjusted correctly.
Don't like the box he put on the back as the luggage rack on it is so far forward that it will hit the passenger in the back. The side bag latch is working better now. Some one had taken and replaced the latch screws with longer ones which caused the screws to push up against the bag and the handle would flip back up when riding it. Pulled the screws out, cut em shorter and re-installed em, works perfect now. Wonder what they put in Pig Spit sure does make the motor area look good.


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You can probably pick it up for about 8,500, only has 17,000 on it.
Pipes on it are the real SE Mufflers.

Understand, I wouldn't either However the only thing that needs more fixing is the side bag and its not all that bad. Got it working now. The scraps on it have been repainted. If yea, could get one for a good price would be OK. The title is still clean. But I do understand.

Good thing ya don't think that way about wimmen....


I don't see a problem if it's been taken care of...

Save a ton of green and start a project.

Did it ever have the cam bearings replaced? What about tensioners.

Just wondered as the 99's had the bad back cam bearing (wrong type)

Yep the cam bearings were fixed. The bike has 17,000 on it so doubt the tensioners are bad but worth looking at. That would be the first cover I would pull and check. Told my brother it should be checked. Sure wished HD had not plugged up the inspection hole.
I did adjust the primary chain tensioner, was not to bad.

One of the first things I would replace on it is the bars, I hate those stock Roadking bars.

It's called priorities and family always comes first. Even if you have to put off on a new bike for a year or two.
However if you don't dump a lot of money into the sporster that would give you more money towards a new bike. The Sporty could always be upgraded later. Just a thought.

No you don't. I can remember a whole lot of times of having to make sacrifices when the kids were young. Heck I didn't even get my first Harley until after my child support was finished. I had to ride used and inexpensive Japanese bikes until then. You'll get there just keep the faith.

Oh been there , more then once not easy but had to be done at The time family first

I know I sure appreciated my first Harley and everyone sense then.


Was going to ride my brothers Roadking today was dry and could not get that dang choke knob to stay pulled out. Pulled it off and yep cracked. Rode my Springer to the dealer and 12.99 for a new one, works fine now. Started raining so won't take it out, just finished cleaning it yesterday.

That's good your thinking like this & beside you don't have to keep up the jones , you can still find a good used bike .& make it yours