View Poll Results: Would you contact a previous owner?
Yes
45
67.16%
No
22
32.84%
Voters: 67. You may not vote on this poll
Contacting a previous owner?
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,197
Likes: 708
From: (Toronto) Canada
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 595
Likes: 6
From: Detroit, MI
I wish I could have done that, bought my "84" FXRT from Brighton H-D here in Michigan. With a bike that old the previous owner might have had some stories about some cool trips or thing he might have done with the bike, just some history.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 497
Likes: 2
From: Australia
happened to me, Traded a triumph in on my bike, next day had a phone call from the dealer,asking me if i would mind speaking to a fella that was interested in buying the trumpy, he wouldn't purchase it until he had more info about the bike. mods, and such. i told them i would contact him, which worked out real good for me. after he purchases it, i am going to sell him stuff i had left over.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 349
Likes: 1
From: Orange Co. So Cal
Wanted to contact the PO of the bike I bought last year, the auto wholesaler who handled the deal (the owner rode, and they had several bikes there) wouldn't provide contact info and the the PO declined to call me. I know why, too, the bike had an issue (needed a re-jet). I sold a sailboat to a guy, and to make the sale, I told him he could call me, and he did, a few times, once from the slip, he couldn't get the diesel to shutdown.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 2,203
Likes: 2
From: Pittsburgh, PA
My theory is that once a prior owner got rid of his old bike, why would he really want to tell the truth about all the problems he had with the bike??
Would the dealer get pissed if the old owner told the truth about why he dumped a junker on the dealer?
Would the dealer get pissed if the old owner told the truth about why he dumped a junker on the dealer?
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,984
Likes: 8
My bike was a repo, so no I did not call him. I did not know if he was pissed, or still had an extra key. I just called all over the area to find out who had done on the first service for information.
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