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Any major downsides to buying a used harley?
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Any major downsides to buying a used harley?
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The bike i want is cheap new, but it's much cheaper with a few thousand miles on it. There are very few downsides to buying used cars, but is a bike different?
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Sith_Mauler
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Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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besides the fact that even new harleys are maintenance hogs?
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Ptilk
Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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Every bike I ever bought in my life was used. Potential problems depend upon who rode it before you and how they treated it. Never owned a Harley (or hung out with people that do) so I have no idea how they hold up.
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Sith_Mauler posted:
besides the fact that even new harleys are maintenance hogs?
no profanity sherlock.
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Ptilk posted:
Every bike I ever bought in my life was used. Potential problems depend upon who rode it before you and how they treated it. Never owned a Harley (or hung out with people that do) so I have no idea how they hold up.
Okay. What about mileage? Cars can be good until 200k miles if taken car of, are bikes similar? Is a 25k mile bike nearing its end or pretty much new?
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Cuttlery
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Registered: 2001-1-9 19:31:21
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Used ones are even bigger maintenance hogs.
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Hyperimiator
Title: Maximus Probus
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Registered: 2001-7-20 18:55:36
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Care by the owner is even more important with a used bike.
Except for some of the highway tourers I wouldn't buy a bike with over 25k miles.
I have only bought used bikes too over the years like 30 of them, lol.
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Date Posted:
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Cuttlery posted:
Used ones are even bigger maintenance hogs.
Maintenance isn't an issue for awhile. Dealership is offering me 5 years of free maintenance. By then I'll probably be on to a new bike. As I send, the one I'm looking at is complete beginner.(except break, etc.)
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Hyperimiator
Title: Maximus Probus
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Harley's start at 900cc so are you calling a sportster a beginner bike?
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Ptilk
Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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Depends upon maintenance and the way it was ridden of course, but on a cruiser, I wouldn't start to worry till 100K or so.
Crotch rocket I would worry at about 25K.
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