Miles for Used Hog
A '14 or '15 with 30k on it still has plenty of life left, but there is no shortage of low miles examples out there to pick from. I'd expect a decent discount on something with higher than average miles.
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'14-'15 with maintenance records (done by owner or shop): 40k miles would be my cutoff. Without maintenance records: 10k miles.
I put 20k miles a year on my bike, which is why I will not go above 40k miles when looking at a used bike.
If you're going to put 5k miles or less a year on the bike, I would cutoff at at 75k miles. These bikes will go over 100k miles if maintained, so 75k on a maintained bike would give you about 5 years of riding at 5k per year.
All in all, if someone has put 75k miles on a bike in 3-4 years, chances are pretty damn good they maintained it well to be able put those kind of miles on the bike in that period of time.
I put 20k miles a year on my bike, which is why I will not go above 40k miles when looking at a used bike.
If you're going to put 5k miles or less a year on the bike, I would cutoff at at 75k miles. These bikes will go over 100k miles if maintained, so 75k on a maintained bike would give you about 5 years of riding at 5k per year.
All in all, if someone has put 75k miles on a bike in 3-4 years, chances are pretty damn good they maintained it well to be able put those kind of miles on the bike in that period of time.
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I would say between 5-10K a year is average. Below, or above that would affect the price I'm willing to pay. Maintenance records are easy to keep. I print out mine for all of my services that I complete myself and note the fluids and materials used.
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