A few years back, I began a search for a shovel head on Ebay. It took about two years and lord knows how many bikes that I looked at before I found my '82 FXR. To give you some perspective so that you can apply it to your situation, I paid $3900 for it and put about another $400 into it to get it street worthy (tires, oil change, brakes, carb rebuild). The bike had a semi custom paint job , an S&S super E carb, and a True Fire ignition . It is a matching #'s bike and doesn't smoke or burn oil. For a shovel, it leaks very little. One of the previous owners had removed the chain oiling system and replaced the clutch disks with "wet" ones. A picture of the bike is on my avatar, but it's pretty small. In short, research your purchase, and don't "jump" at the first one that comes along. Trust me when I tell you I looked at a lot of pure junk that people wanted and got a lot more for, than what I paid for mine. IMO KBB is a reference and little more. An item is worth what someone will pay for it. Good luck.
