I have found 2 potential Sportster to buy for my next bike. One is a 2002 883 with 11,000 miles on it. it doesnt have many after market parts but looks like a clean bike. Its a private seller (in the midwest) and he is asking 00 for it. It looks like a really good deal, but should i be worried he is trying to rip me off some how? The second bike i am looking at is a 2000 883 with a lot of after market parts. Its a private seller, but the guy works for the local Harley Dealership, and it seems like the bike was taken care of. He wants 00 for it (originally 4700). The exhaust is LOUD..almost too loud (call me crazy). but i have to work early mornings and dont want to wake the entire neighborhood up while i pull out. What would be a good exhaust that would give me some roar, but that wouldnt kill my ears. I think the 2002 looks a little better, but am worried something might B wrong because of the lower price, plus i would have to drive 3 hours to go pick it up. Suggestions?

I would just like to see a checklist of stuff to buy to do this service on a 2004 Heritage Softail...and a checklist of things to check over.

I don't want to spend 300 bucks for the harley shop to do an oil change and adjust my cables...I can do that myself and save the cash.
Oh yeah...I think your right...I do recall seeing that in the manual.
to the second answer: I've heard that...but then I've heard that it doesn't void the warrentee...

AND ABOUT you sly comment about the mileage...I had two babies in the past two years...worked real close to home...DIDN'T GET OUT MUCH DUE TO HAVING CHILDREN...plus it is an 04 which I BOUGHT in December of 05...so what's your point again about my milage?
oops...I mean december of 04...Dealer had 05 already out and 06's would be on the way in 6 months...so I got a great deal...
Good answer Bennett...I just don't see the point in having HD shop do the work when I am perfectly capable of doing this myself...I used to do all my own work on my sportster...but of course that bike did not have a warrentee...

My husband is restoring a 79 sportster, but the shops around here don't work on them, and even through Harley Davidson, you can not get parts for a bike that old. We are looking for like a catalog that specializes in this year, or at least includes it, and i am not having much luck finding anything online. Please help us out, there is a lot of history in the bike we are restoring.