Seems like motorcycles with 20k miles or more are considered high mileage. My 2012 Dyna has 40K miles and she still runs like a champ. One of my coworkers is up to 120K on his 03.

What would you consider high mileage on Harley's built 2010 and after? Any one here with 100k miles on their bikes? What year?

 

Mileage is pretty irrelevant to me, but good ownership history is important. With cars or bikes, I prefer something that has been used regularly and maintained well, over something that's sat a lot without use.

 

It's not just dyna...all motorcycles. Cost of ownership and maintenance increase over time, especially if you dont do your own major services.

 

The same reason you avoid high mileage anything? Vehicles have parts that slowly deteriorate or breakdown- whether from regular use, age, the elements, neglect etc etc.

A car with 200k on the clock is not going to be in the same condition as the same car with 20k on the clock.

This is a very silly thread...

 

Depends on the price and maintenance history. I have a couple of friends whose Dynas are pushing 150k. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy either one of those bikes if the price was right. They’ve both been properly maintained and not abused, which is why they’re still going strong.

 

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.

 

bingo

 

I just got out of a truck with 460,000 miles on it and got into another with 260,000. Both are dead reliable.

I've never sold a vehicle that had less than 250,000 miles on it. It's always rust that kills stuff around here.

 

I'd use mileage to drive down the price but I'm a mechanic. Most modern HD buyers are aging boomer posers (aging boomer here, not a poser) who barely ride their machines then sell them when they're bored, and the real danger is from sitting in poor conditions vs. clean dry storage. I look at condition and I bring a compression tester no matter what year a used bike may be. I've over 100K on my Evo but that's expected of any Evo. Plenty of TC engines go that high but "plenty" is relative to the vast majority which are not ridden much. 40K is young for any modern HD engine unless the owner was a moron.

Check oil and transmission lube for moisture (if it looks like coffee or snot, run away or if you wrench knock that price down hard) and eyeball everything carefully for corrosion beyond reach of casual detailing on any bike you buy. Insist the owner leave it cold so you can watch it start and look for blue smoke (=oil burning) or black smoke (rich mixture). Most bikes are never worn out and die of neglect.

It's a buyers market so you can afford to be picky and Dynas aren't in high demand. Most buyers want Softails or baggers so if you like Dynas take full advantage. If buying to hot rod I'd want to save money since I'd be gutting the cases anyway. My line would be "Well, it's high mileage but I don't have much money..." then use the low mileage bikes to drive down the higher mileage bike price. I always go shopping in cold blood. The seller is free to reject any offer and there's plenty of other Harleys.

 

Yepper. Worth repeating again. In 40 years (where the hell did all that time go?) all I've ever bought is garage queens.