u/Robert_Hotwheel

I’ve been riding for 3 years and I’m looking to buy my first Harley. I’ve been browsing the used market for a Sportster 1200. Mid 90’s to early 2000’s. (I’d like to have a carbureted one.) Is there anything in this year range I should look out for? What’s considered high mileage on an evo engine? What’s too much to pay? I’m experienced with wrenching on cars so I don’t mind having to fix up a bike, but I don’t want to end up with something that’s going to need major work. Any advice is appreciated.

I posted this in some Harley specific groups but if you have any suggestions on a different type of cruiser, I’m open to that too. Currently ride an old Honda CL350.

I’ve been riding for 3 years and I’m looking to buy my first Harley. I’ve been browsing the used market for a Sportster 1200. Mid 90’s to early 2000’s. (I’d like to have a carbureted one.) Is there anything in this year range I should look out for? What’s considered high mileage on an evo engine? What’s too much to pay? I’m experienced with wrenching on cars so I don’t mind having to fix up a bike, but I don’t want to end up with something that’s going to need major work. Any advice is appreciated.

I’ve been riding for 3 years and I’m looking to buy my first Harley. I’ve been browsing the used market for a Sportster 1200. Mid 90’s to early 2000’s. (I’d like to have a carbureted one.) Is there anything in this year range I should look out for? What’s considered high mileage on an evo engine? What’s too much to pay? I’m experienced with wrenching on cars so I don’t mind having to fix up a bike, but I don’t want to end up with something that’s going to need major work. Any advice is appreciated.

What do you guys torque your lug nuts to? I did a brake job today and the tire shop I went to last year had them so tight I had to sit on a breaker bar to bust them free. I dug out an old Haynes manual and was surprised to see it called for only 75 ft lbs. Does that seem low? I’ve always done 110. I have aluminum rims if that makes any difference.

I’ve got brown bats roosting in my chimney. The mortar desperately needs repointed, there are spots between some bricks at the top where the mortar is completely gone and that’s where they come in and out. The chimney has a liner in it and a flue that vents my hot water heater. My question is, where do brown bats go in the winter? Do they migrate south or do they stay here and hibernate? I’m in the Midwestern US. I was wondering if I could just wait until winter and have the chimney repaired, but obviously I don’t want to trap them inside if they spend the winter in there.