I have a friend that wants to buy a harley and I know someone that is selling a 05 fatboy with 11K on the clock for 15K. Now in my opinion I would just buy a new fatboy for that price...am I wrong for suggesting that he look at the new bikes for that price?

Thanks guys

 

Might be a little steep......is it stock? What kind of extras does it have?

 

Harley isn't about price... Tell him/her to take a test ride & then again at least one more with an other model.. Then he/she will have a chane to know just a little bit more....

// Peter

 

Is your friend a new rider?? I would then push towards a used bike!! Maybe not that one...seems a bit high in price, unless there is a-lot of work into it!!

 

There are a lot of great deals out there on used bikes.

15K for an 05 Fatboy with 11,000 miles on it is a pretty high price to pay unless it's allready decked out.

Just for Ha, ha's, surf Ebay for Fatboys and see what all the starting bid's look like.

 

i would spend a little more and go new.

 

Maybe some negotiating would make the used bike very appealing............

 

unless the used one had a bunch of goodies (that your friend would do to a new one anyway) - for less than $1,000 - I'd go with a new one under warranty.

 

We havn't been out to see the bike yet but it has saddle bags and I think thats it. NOt really sure I might be able to see the bike tomorrow...

 

Harley's "2 year warrenty" is useless. I would look for a USED bike, and to narrow it down I would look SPECIFICALLY for a low miliage 2002 model year. That was the best built year for Harley bikes to date. A good low miliage 02' should run for no more than around 10k.