Year vs. Mileage
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Glendale, AZ
2001 sounds good except the mileage.
3,500 miles in 13 years would have me concerned.
Sitting that long a lot of things would have to be replace. Possibly a engine rebuild may take place in a short time. A lot of seals has dried and may need to be corrected.
Now if you are planing a engine build that would be different.
Fork seals, fork oil, swing arm bushings(maybe), all fluids , tires, carb work etcc. needs to be considered. Unless I get a super deal on one that old with that few of miles as it is I would consider the 07.
3,500 miles in 13 years would have me concerned.
Sitting that long a lot of things would have to be replace. Possibly a engine rebuild may take place in a short time. A lot of seals has dried and may need to be corrected.
Now if you are planing a engine build that would be different.
Fork seals, fork oil, swing arm bushings(maybe), all fluids , tires, carb work etcc. needs to be considered. Unless I get a super deal on one that old with that few of miles as it is I would consider the 07.
Last edited by DesertDyna; Mar 5, 2014 at 01:33 PM.
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Harleyland, USA
I'd believe that, it's very common in the bike world for people to put 1,000 miles on first year then maybe 300 each additional year.
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Road Captain
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From: Harleyland, USA
I bought one 2 yr old used bike with 1,950 miles, then a 10 year old bike with 15,000 so these were ridden about 1,000-1,500 miles a year. However, I live near a great used bike store (WOW) and the low mileage on many of them is ridiculous. I myself am sometimes guilty of only putting 2,000 or 3,000 miles on a bike in a year if I'm busy with other things. And I'm really ashamed of the low hours on my ski boat.