Bikes
The 1930s started out with over-the-top Art Deco styling, and ended up in bare-bones functionality. Its was the strange juxtaposition of the two that gave us beautiful but purposeful machines like the Depression Era Knucklehead Harley. The W-Series Harley was the entry-level bike with a 45-cubic-inch engine, and the E-Series had 61-cubic-inch powerplants. The U-Series was the sporty middle class, with several trim levels: the U and UL had a 74-cubic-inch engine, and the UH, UHS and ULH had 80-cubic-inchers.
Values
E-Series bikes are the most valuable: NADA guides lists them from $8,335 to $39,715 for a non-running parts bike to a perfectly preserved original. A non-original restoration E-series is worth about $22,600, and the EL is worth about $2,000 more than a base E-Series. The WL is the cheapest, at $4,200 to $19,400, and the other W-series are only slightly more. The base U-Series runs about $5,200 to $22,000, and the UL costs a little more. A parts bike will run about $5,700, a preserved original $23,300, and a non-original driver will sell for about $14,500.
No comments:
Post a Comment