Exactly my view, right there.

There's no reason a guy with halfway decent mechanical skills can't keep an Evo on the road forever. That's what I intend to do with mine.

 

There it is in a nutshell, if I'd have bought an FXRT when I wanted to years ago I'd still running the wheels off it. JUst didn't work out that way.

 

I hear that. No matter how much I spend on my old Softail, it's still cheaper to fix it than to buy a new bike.

 

I would go further than that! My first decision point, having owned my 1990 Glide from new, came some years later by which time the darned thing had left me stranded on the outside lane of a busy multi-lane highway, in the rush-hour! It no longer ran and having been recovered got put at the back of the garage for a while, in disgrace, as I fumed and cussed!

By then it was scruffy and had all the classic early Evo problems of leaking trans seal, leaking base gaskets, broken gear lever spring, the list went on. It wasn't saleable like that, so I had to spend money just to get it running again, if only to sell it. Resale value at the time even against a new bike was not good, so I was faced with a large bill, whatever I decided to do.

So in for a penny, in for a pound, I decided to spruce the darned thing up! I had it stripped and the frame repainted (you should have seen the state of it, under the engine/trans - yuk!), engine refreshed and stroked, etc. Once you start spending money, you'll find it gets a whole lot easier! Then it doesn't matter any more and you can get on with further mods whenever you fancy.....

 

The only guys really getting screwed are the ones going to the dealer and shelling out 18k for a new one. Talk about a loss!

 

Everyone has an opinion but, I haven't regretted my purchase for ONE DAY.....

I will say however, I do miss the first Harley I purchased.....She was a peach and I gave her a lot of love and CLEANING......

AND sold her for 1k more than I paid for her.......

RIP Bertha......

 

Isn't if that's what someone wants and can afford it , sometimes it just isn't about the money.

 

Man it's all about what you want... i will never sell my newly acquired evo or my twinkie.

I would buy a low rider s tomorrow if i could afford the tickets and stay out of jail it would cost me.

 

Nonsense - I bought Hyacinth new back in 1990 - doesn't owe me a cent, or a penny for that matter! Those of you who mostly buy secondhand bikes are totally dependent on others buying new bikes, so don't complain, you should be encouraging them.....