George.....
Yes indeed the FXR3 Dark Candy Bue With Flames is a "limited" color which numbers 55 total (not built in CA). What are your "chances" of finding one? Well....let's put this in statistical numbers....there are 570 1999 FXR2 Arresting Red bikes (not built in CA).....so if you take 10% of those you have the total amount of the FXR3 Dark Candy Blue with Flames. That should put it in perspective....if you are willing to go anywhere in the US to secure one of these models you will do so, but the question is @ what price. Time will tell. I have heard it communicated that the FXR3 Dark Candy Blue with Flames was presented to Dealers as a "bonus" to them for award purposes....obviously only 64 dealers received one.....and to this end please be advised that it's the "paint set" that is so limited.....HD produced a total of 2,342 FXR bikes in 1999 and 2000 that were not built specifically for California. How they have been distributed is by model features and sheet metal color.
Where ever you are located in the US your ability to search for any FXR2, FXR3, or FXR4 is just like mine, you can call every dealership in America to see if they have one, you can check on EBAY, you can google by doing a specific search for the model you are looking for. <~~~this is the way I found my bike, via a "google" search by typing in FXR2 and I found an add a person was running in their local newspaper and for some reason this add got into "Google". You can also check Cycle Trader dot com and see at any given point what someone is offering as well.....these are the tools at your disposal or anyone elses for that matter.....or you can obviously net work with your friends.....Also this 'forum" / "website" serves as a place for those who own these bikes to stay in communication as well....hopefully through time more and more will come here for communication....
In any given year I would say for each model/color you will have 3-4 opportunities to purchase one of these bikes....when I was tracking FXR's for my selection process I had about 20 bikes throughout the US that were for sale....for every state except for CA as I wasn't interested in a bike from CA.
Every year the mileage on these bikes will go up as well....that's the normal way of things....unless an owner is keeping their bike as "art" in their garage which will make it difficult to negotiate with them most likely anyway....
What's my point......my point is it's the "frame" that makes these bikes so special....everything else that goes on them is of personal choice, ie: sheet metal "tin" color, engine color, one front rotor, two front rotors, laced wheels, mag wheels, drag handlebars, wide handlebars, leather bags, no leather bags, windshields, no windshields, shocks, about the only thing that begins to change the "ride" of an FXR is when one decides that they want to run a 180 or 200 tire on the rear, or slam the frame via shorter shocks and springs in the forks....
You could even pick a 1993 or 1994 FXR model bike and have a great selection....you will simply just have an older bike....
I will say however that the gearing of the 1999 FXR2's and FXR3's (I am not sure of the final gearing for the FXR4's) is fantastic at 2.925. Earlier this year I did have a "debate" with myself about that....wondering if going to 3.37 gearing made any sense.....just like the 1993 FXR's have....but at the end of the day after careful analysis I determined @ least for myself that the 2.925 gearing is perfect for the weight and engine size of the bike for both mountain use and touring on flat highways.....
So that's why I keep suggesting George that you do a "grid" and figure out the features that you find most interesting or accepting for yourself and THEN make some decisions....
I just happened to find the most appreciation for the "arresting red" which is second in terms of volume made only to the FXR4 Yellow Pearl. Which didn't make a difference to me because that's the one I desired most.... Although I must admit that my affinity for the FXR3 "emerald green" was quite high on my list, but my buddy owns that bike (well actually it's his wife's technically) and he told me when I was looking to purchase after he already had purchased the FXR3 emerald green that she didn't want another one around....since we would be "around" one another I honored that request....it's a very "smart" looking bike with all of the "black" with the "emerald green" misted into the black....but I really didn't care for the "Thunderstar" front and rear mag wheels as well as the "Thunderstar" sprocket.....so it really didn't take much for me to truly appreciate the "arresting red" FXR2 and at the end of the day as I have said before....that "hologram" pops like nothing else on the gas tank.....none of the bikes have this characteristic....So as you can see I am right back to talking about "personal" tastes....all of the bikes will perform the same....except for the FXR4 will brake a bit quicker with more responsiveness because of the upgraded brakes....other than that all of the bikes are the same....
How difficult will it be to find an FXR3 Candy Blue with Flames? With a price of $11,000.00 and only 2,200 miles most likely in 2008 fairly difficult....and pragmatically impossible....and in the future, as I have tried to share as well as others here no one knows for sure....and that's all I am sure about....that I am totally unsure....
Regards,
"Classic"
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