{"id":1496,"date":"2012-04-24T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotbike.local\/basic_content\/bartered-beauty-2005-harley-davidson-heritage-softail\/"},"modified":"2022-01-02T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T17:34:03","slug":"bartered-beauty-2005-harley-davidson-heritage-softail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/bartered-beauty-2005-harley-davidson-heritage-softail\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartered Beauty | 2005 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s refreshing to see that even in these stressful economic times, people are still determined to start up a fresh business and try to make a living by following their passion. Joe Pereira of Hollister, California, is just one of those people. After years of \u201ctinkering\u201d around with cars, trucks, motorcycles, and just about anything else with wheels and a motor, it was this attention-getting, beautiful black Softail that inspired Joe to take his hobby to the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always been into bikes, trucks, and hotrods and enjoy building my own projects. From a 20-inch lifted pickup to an air-bagged pickup that lays on the frame; I couldn\u2019t stop there, so I had to lower my Peterbilt dump truck,\u201d Joe said.<\/p>\n

It was the age-old tradition of the barter system that landed what could be considered a basket case of a project into Joe\u2019s skilful hands. \u201cI do concrete work for a living and one day a friend of mine wanted some work done at his house and offered to trade me a \u201995 Heritage Softail for the work,\u201d Joe stated. It turns out Joe\u2019s friend was getting ready to rebuild the bike so it was completely torn down and stashed in an assortment of boxes. The engine had already been polished and rebuilt and the stock tins had a fresh coat of gloss black sprayed on them. Joe\u2019s friend offered to rebuild the bike and then give it to him for the concrete work, and while it sounded like a great trade, Joe knew he wouldn\u2019t be happy with it in the end. \u201cI thought to myself, there is no way I want a stock Heritage Softail, so I know it\u2019s going to become another project (money pit). Do I really need another project? Yeah, why not?\u201d Joe told his friend he\u2019d accept the trade, but that he wanted to rebuild it himself.<\/p>\n

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The stock sheetmetal was either replaced or heavily modified with the front fender mounted low over a 40-spoke 19×3.5-inch Sun rim and Metzeler tire.<\/p>\n