Road King advice wanted.

[oblertone]

Evo looks nice. and a lot cheaper

According to the Op they were both priced the same

 

[Akulaking]

According to the Op they were both priced the same

Yes both at £6999.
On Ebay, dealer is called WiseWheeler.

 

[Akulaking]

08 was somewhat of a transition year for the Tourers. It was the first year for the 96, 6-speed, large tank, throttle by wire, and a few other electrical changes, and final year for the old chassis and exhaust.
Between the two I think I lean toward the 1996 Evo if it checks out. Is that blue and white a factory colour offering? I don't recall ever seeing it but they well could have made different colours for Euro markets.

Not sure I suspect the colour isn’t original but has the ‘look’ of an older model.

 

[Akulaking]

The evo will sound nicer potato potato, carb not fuel injected. It will also be happier at 65 rather than 75. The later bike will idle higher and be happy at 75 plus. However, inside and outside it has been made with “economy” in mind

Wow that’s an eye opener, not expecting much but cruising at 65 seems poor. Guess the 50 limit in the states meant not much more was needed.

 

[Akulaking]

I have a 03 twin cam, cam chain tensioners do need checking and probably renewing, which I managed myself. Alex at Fast lane headwork is great if you need help advice..

Do the Evo’s not have the tensioner issue then?

 

[Captain jack]

Wow that’s an eye opener, not expecting much but cruising at 65 seems poor. Guess the 50 limit in the states meant not much more was needed.

Im not saying evos wont cruise at higher speeds i just said happier. And no evos don't have cam chain tensioners. Having said that i have had four twin cam 88 motors and not had a problem. I changed to cyco tensioners on my last one

 

[Doris]

The 1340 Evo looks nice, but has a strange MOT history & back story, so I think I would pass unless I was able to deal with the owner directly to delve a little deeper. Looking at their catalogue, presumably PM M/Cs are selling customer bikes on commission SoR.

That would leave the 2008 bike - it's a standard seat, but the chassis look low to me & the lower frame rail odd. I guess it could just be the camera lens/angle. Still it's been ridden to/from the MOT regularly once a year & hopefully had the benefit of the odd oil change from time to time.

It's a shame their EG 110 CVO is over 40k miles, as that would otherwise be my admittedly biased choice.

Just my take - go check them out if they float your boat.

Not a fan of the 110 Harley engine.

 

[squibb34]

Yes the Evo mileage is odd, there is some confusing comment about it having a two year Speedo which doesn’t make much sense, also the first mot was done in 2008 meaning it’s almost certainly an import. Coming into the country with less than 7k miles at 12 years old seems a bit suss too.
The other one is a UK bike at least, and as you say been run to the mot station and back most years, with little other use.
Didn’t notice the low frame rail, the Evo looks similar?

Thanks all for the input.

Given PMMC is in Harleston, I guess the Evo could have arrived courtesy of US service personnel at Mildenhall. The VIN code will inform you, just enter the VIN in this link & click to the right of vehicle details for the original destination: -

......... https://serviceinfo.harley-davidson.com/sip/vehicle/lookupForm