First of all that bikes in Texas, second of all it appears to be a private seller (always cheaper) and third and most of all, it has a salvage title, it isn’t worth anything to me. Prices on Used stuff seem to be higher in the PNW than it does the rest of the world. Definetly more than Texas. The average home in my area is 450,000.

that is a good question actually. Honestly, for this bike, and what’s available in my area. I’d pay 10.5, which is kinda where we are at on the deal if you count the gift card. I’d rather pay 9.5 for it but it’s in new condition and has probably 2 grand in upgrades on it. I priced out what the upgrades we would do would cost, pipes, led lights, tuner, air cleaner, the stuff that she wants anyway, and it actually came out to be pretty close. This bike has that stuff. I used 4000 as the trade in value and 8650 as the price of a new bike since There’s a bike 100 miles south of me priced at 8650, and with the upgrades the deal comes out to
about the same, and I don’t know the condition of that bike down south, it looks clean in the pictures but you never know till your standing there.

When I’m looking for deals on a new bike purchase, I’m always willing to drive a bit to save some cash. To me, it’s insane to refuse to drive an hour or two if you will end up saving $1000 or more. Heck, I’d spend $30 in gas to drive 100 miles each way if it meant I was saving $250.

It’s your money, and you should spend it how you see fit. Since you are asking for opinions (the overwhelming majority of which indicate the price is too high on that Dyna you are considering), let me add this:

You can rent a motorcycle trailer from u-haul for $15 per day. Idk what your cage situation is, but pretty much any small or full size truck / SUV can handle pulling a trailer and a single bike easily. If there is a bike that is 100 miles away that is a better buy, rent the trailer and pickup the bike that way.

Im also assuming that the bike 100 miles away is at a dealer. I would also ask them to send you a proposed closing statement before you make the trip (don’t tell them about the trade yet...just get hard numbers first). I always do this when buying a car from a dealership to ensure they are not trying to pull some ridiculous fee scam at the closing table ($999 doc fee, $1499 dealer fee, $499 “walk into our showroom” fee, etc.).

I agree with you, I rode 400 miles to Spokane in the dark last year, with a pinched nerve in my neck, to trade my street glide in for my road glide. Deal was too good to pass up. They put me up in a hotel, bought me dinner and drinks, gave me 1000 bucks to spend at the dealer, They really treated me well.

I guess everyone’s circumstances are different. I’ve always had the mindset of spending time making a buck rather than saving a quarter. I would not spend the entire day driving just to save 250 bucks, but if I made 27k a year I probably would haha. Im not spending 12k on it, were at 11 with a 500 dollar gift card to spend on accessories. Which is smart on their part because they heard us discussing stuff we needed to buy for the bike anyway. This garauntees I’ll buy the stuff from them haha. So 10,500 is the price basically, and they’re buying the sportster off me for what I have it up for sale for, which actually saves me 450 bucks on sales tax too. I’m gonna try getting em down another 500 tomorrow. I think this deal is ok, not great, but good enough that I’m not gonna drive to Seattle to hopefully save some money.

And thanks for your input everyone.

Keep looking... that’s way too high. You can buy a brand new street bob for not much more.