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I avoid high mileage bikes like I avoid brand new bikes - both come with a premium, one is up front and one is a hidden time bomb (or series of)
Both of my current bikes were low mileage low use. One was a lady owner, it had 2" chicken strips on the rear tyre and the only wear was scuffed clear coat around the fuel cap (she obviously had long nails)
In my area, any decent used bike goes for like 70% of msrp. I can buy a new bike, ride it for 5 years, and sell it back out and take literally a $100 loss per month. That's one cheap rental if you ask me. Used bikes sell for ridiculous $$$ here in Canada. They are mostly toys for most riders here considering we have such a shorter season of dry weather and a demographic with too much money, hence no one is ever in rush to sell their bikes...it's a seller's market. I've made out like a bandit in all my bike sales.
Well with all the low mileage garage queens out there why buy a high mileage bike?
I just brought home a 2000 Dyna Convertible last night. One owner bike with 14000 miles on it. All maintenance records tons of extra chrome on the bike always garaged inside. The bike was the old guys baby.
I paid half of Kelly Blue book for it. With bikes like that around why pay the same price for one with 50-60k miles on it?
So I'm not going to avoid a high mileage Dyna. But I'm damn sure not going to pay top dollar for one.
I am getting a 1998 Dyna Wide Glide that has 65k for $1600, I am sure it needs the tappets to be replaced, as the owner told me he didn't do any work on it, I am thinking about replacing the cams, bearings and pushrods too, and do the wrenching myself, so if I am keeping the budget under $1k, I am still getting a good deal.
Brought home a '96 Dyna convertible with 11,400 miles on the clock. I'm the third owner. She needed fresh fluids and a few adjustments and some serious elbow grease to clean off all that crap that settles on a stationary object. She's a bit cold blooded, but once warmed up, she runs really nice. If I let her sit too long, (rainy days and such), she is more stubborn about starting than if she is run every day. Machines respond to being used as intended and remain more healthy because of it. I have lots of confidence in my 27 year old vintage bike.
Finding ones that are not all hacked up is more important than the actual mileage to me but as with anything else when comparing bikes that are equal with the exception of miles I would take the lower one.
My days of buying new Harley's has long past. Plenty of great bikes out the looking for a good home for way less than dealing with a dealer. You just have to have cash in hand and be ready to jump immediately on deals when they present themselves.
I just did that with the 2012 wide glide I just bought for 6k. Low mileage and the only thing the owner did to it other than some minor cosmetics was to add big shots. The air cleaner and ECM is untouched.
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