1977 FLH Confederate Edition Bike

[ryan]

Rob,
I feel the same way about the values of the bikes, that is why I said if it was a standard Shovelhead that it would go based on value a lone.
I know original paint devalues a bike, but not all bikes happen to have original paint on their sheet metal, especially the now controversial, Harley C.E. bikes according to this write up: http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/cl...1#PageContent1

Now about the 1977 C.E.:
I have owned the 1977 Harley bike since 1994 and I do not want this to cloud my judgement, as well as not being able to find a direct value on this machine also plays into the judgement of my decision. Now, I do own a set of original decals for the 1977 and the guy, whom wants to trade me the Indian, owns a set of original paint C.E. tanks and fenders. The 1977 has 15k miles on it, the chrome looks like new and I also have the original, new take off including the sidecar, tires with about 20 miles on them. I also have access to the original sidecar, which was sold by the original owner with another bike he owned. I did buy the bike from the original owner, who asked to have it painted black by the dealership when he bought new. Funny thing is, he did not have the fairing nor the hard bags painted black, so they all still have the original paint on them which still looks new.

Now about the Indian: It has been sitting in a museum for a about the past 30 plus years. It does get started twice a year, but has not been ridden since display. It is yellow, which has no bearing on anything. Other than what I just typed; I haven't any other information on the Chief except the bike and motor were rebuilt by a Harley dealership, so who knows what is right or wrong with the rebuild on the bike.

Other than the Indian being one of the most common vintage Indian Chiefs on the market, that is all the information I have on the two bikes at this time.

[hairynob24]

your bike loses valvue not been orginial paint ,but is a rare with numbers , what else is special to this model ? the 48 chief not seeing any photos must be worth about $22 g ?a standard 77 FLH maybe around $ 9 g , Rob

[ryan]

Hello,
I have a 1977 FLH Confederate Edition bike that is one of only 33 registered bikes that are still around. The registered list includes all makes including Sporters and the FX series bikes.
So here is my dilemma, I have some one that wants to trade me even up within a 1948 Indian Chief for my 1977 FLH C.E. bike. If my bike was a standard 1977 FLH, there would be no hesitation nor question about trading him. One other thing about my 1977 FLH C.E. is that it is an originally sidecar bike, missing the sidecar of coarse.
My bike is origin except for the sheet metal paint. The Indian I really do not know much about except it is a number matching frame and engine a d seems to run well, but is nothing special except it is an Indian.
Any thoughts would help me out greatly.

Thanks a bunch!