My dad bought a '87 softtail and sold his '71 hardtail sportster, at this time I was about 11 and I cried my eyes out, I swore to God the bike was gonna be mine and I had big plans for it too, well I started saving all my birthday money and when I was 14 I had about $200, and thought maybe I could find a basketcase for like $500, and my parents would loan me the rest of the money. Well I started looking and was in for the a rude awakening, you cant get a Harley for $500. Well I found a bike for $2000 in the paper that had been for sale for like 2 years and never sold I E-mailed the people to see why they couldn't get rid of it, they told me it was registered as a non op. for about 6 years and it had been sitting in a back yard in San Diego and weather had taken its toll on the bike, they said it ran but the carbs  were clogged up form sitting, they said if I came to pick it up that weekend I could have it for $1000.